More than 24 hours on and I'm still feeling terrible about the result.

The worst thing is that we should have been out of sight and in the final without having to worry about the last minute. Even with a few mins to go Ryan Hall juggles an interception and has a chance to go the full length of the field.

Iin the past against top teams we have been hanging on and desperate and eventually couldn't hold it together. This time we controlled the game and defended well , made good breaks kept attacking and didn't resort to one up rugby. That's why it was so desperate at the end . We should have been playing the Aussies for the World Cup next week - and IMO with a good chance if beating them . Absolutely gutted . Still .

Trust me your not the only one

Nope. Still gutted here too.

Same, absolutely distraught still. Never been like this after any RL game before, don't think ill ever have the bottle to watch that match again.

the pain will never go away, we could have been ending 41 years next saturday

we f*cked it.

Yep its the most gutted I have felt since the 92 final when we got very close to lifting the trophy.

the worst thing is that this time I think we would have gone into that final with more than a decent chance of winning.70k english fans on the back of yesterdays performance would have given us the edge imo.very happy with yesterdays performance but still feeling its a great opportunity missed that may not present itself again for a generation.

That game was ridiculous. The skill level from both teams was off the planet and the tension cannot be described. England were the best team, but you knew there was a twist in the tale. The best advert ever for the greatest game!!

I'm quite up beat. To be honest my biggest worry is the gap between that game and the next international on English soil.

Union has the 6 nations each year, we could lose momentum as France or Wales will not bring in the punters the same.

But longer term we should be in the running for the next 4 nations. The pack will remain pretty much the same and the backs will get better.

It's properly heartbraking and will take a long time to get over. I've spent the last day trying to analyse where it went wrong and what could have been done differently, but it won't change the result. The players must be pig sick.

The last 2 minutes just keep playing over in my head. Its ridiculous. Ive never been like this over a game of rugby before. I could weep, and I feel desperately sorry for the players. In my rugby watching life ive never seen an international game as good as that, and ive never seen a better England team.

In a few days ill realise what an amazing spectacle it was, and be proud to have been there despite the last 20 seconds...but not yet.

Just watched the replay and it's not helped. It's the chances we have to kill it that's the heartbreaker. The Westwood chance were he's about an inch short of getting it down and the Hall juggle are the big two that stick out and even watching the replay I still hope that I see them finish then off but to no avail. They were both great efforts and as per usual we just seemed to lack that bit of luck.

The majority of the team yesterday didn't deserve that. To lose it like that has gutted me like no other defeat before. I've seen Wigan rugby do the double this year and was at the FA cup final to see Wigan Athletic shock the world but I'd trade it all for a win yesterday. I want nothing more then a major trophy fir the England rugby league team. I want us to have our moment in the sun and pinch a big game that that yesterday.

One day it'll happen, it has to happen. One thing is for sure I'll keep turning out for these games. I've seen too many defeats to not see the glory moment.

I tried watching the highlights programme. I had to turn it off at 18-14.

Well said, agree entirely. Especially the Hall moment, he did the exact same thing against Manly last year but managed to keep hold and went the length of the field, I think remembering that somehow makes it even worse.

Oh and I'd definitely trade Wigan's double for a win yesterday

Ditto - I was there on Saturday [iand[/i i've just finished watching it for the second time. Still expecting Hall to intercept or Sinfield to kick it dead right at the end. And yes, i'd trade our double for a World Cup win in a heartbeat...

I can only relate to what people are saying on here when Cas have lost cup semis in extra time/the last minute. I was more bothered about missing out on my win after lumping on England 1-12

There will be another chance for England in the Four Nations next year.

However it won't be the World Cup and it will be played in Australia and NZ.

Glad I'm not the only one

It's the most horrible feeling after a sporting event I've ever had.
My dad just left the room. He had to leave half way through the game too because his heart was going. Mine was too most of the game.
And when that last try was scored my language would have been heard down the street. Started punching a table. It was just horrible.

Someone summed it up nicely.
If I had a cat I would have booted it out the stadium

I'm not even looking forward to club rugby now either.
Super league is not in a good state financially and the best players for the sake of England need to be in the NRL.

Bring on the 4 nations.
It was the best England performance I've ever seen and everyone will agree that the best team lost.
The lads did not deserve to lose that game.

That's me done on the subject

One final thought for the 4 nations

COME ON ENGLAND.

This is how NSW feel every year

Should hopefully see plenty of fans come over for 2017 RLWC. Would be great to have a travelling army behind England in 2017. I know I will be taking two weeks off to catch qtrs, semi and final.

Had everyone in work (Liverpool) asking me about it today. Still finding it difficult to talk about, immensely proud but devastated.

I just wanna say that before the game I said neither Sinfield or Tomkins had been 'outstanding' thus far in the tournament, but my god were they on Saturday. Gareth Widdop had one of the best games I can ever remember an England number 6 having and Sam Burgess was inspirational.

I have never been so anxious, exited and nervous as I was during the last 20 minutes of that game and it certainly was heart breaking stuff. Hearing 65,000 plus inside Wemberly chanting "ENGLAND, ENGLAND" was spine tingling and I was devasted for the fans, the players and the sport in general at the final score.

The amount of non-RL watchers/followers that have commented in work about the game has been unbelieveable. It seems as though international RL has finally arrived to the British public, the hard work starts here now in building upon this successful tournament.

Definite parallels there.

I still can't get over it. Will probably have to retrieve the programme that I immediately deleted and watch it again at some point. Absolutely gutted just sums it up for me.
From watching that game, I think Sam Burgess put in the best display I have ever seen from a forward in RL, with a few others not too far behind him (ie Graham/SBW etc). His interview straight after just shows why we like the honesty and integrity of our game.

Can only think the Aussies will win the final with the emotional drain the game will have on the Kiwis. Hope not though.

Precisely why we need a presence in London. Its where the money is if we want to attract sponsors etc. I was in London in the early 90s when international RL was on everyones lips. We had a great British side then made up of international stars. With the Burgess boys, Tomkins, etc we have a chance to shine now. We just need to grab the bull by the horns and seize the day.

Sadly i fear no legacy and we will trundle along again for another 8 years until we have a WC here again.

We stopped off at a few pubs on the way back to Kings Cross, and in almost every one we had somebody local chatting to us about the game. Most had watched on tv or in the pub, but all were extremely complimentary about the sport and the players. One lad told me he'd been to Cardiff the night before to watch Wales and Tonga union game, but said he wishes he'd spent his money at Wembley instead.

It confirmed for me once and for all that there is a market down there if only somebody can work out how to tap into it.