I'm proud. To be even competing in the final is a huge achievement given the inexperience in our backs but I think Australia have been there for the taking and we just haven't been clever enough.

Weakest ever Australian side goes home with the trophy. International league is still well and truly dead.

a blowout coming

Do you do funerals?

Same old story - compete for 60mins but blown away by 80. We can't compete with their intensity - they're switched on for the full 80... Having State Of Origin helps a lot...

International RL smells!

Shocking kick again!

Clueless, but then again why change the habit of a lifetime?

In again.

Wank.

Didn't Slater knock on when he slapped the ball forward for himself to then hit back?

Aussies show us how to do it. This is hugely flattering though!

But as ever we can't do 80 minutes. We did two ten minute bursts at the start of each half. Nowhere near enough!

Eddie's sick of it too.

we've always been able to compete in one game during each series for the past few years, but once again, it's for 60 mins. I'm sick of the same thing happening...

Lack of control from the England halves, Kyle Eastmond has shown glimpses but Sam Tomkins hasn't shown up tonight IMO...

england just gave up,after the 65th min !

Same old story. Aussies ease up in first match against England for the financial viability of the tournament and then blow them way when it counts.

When it matters we cannot get anywhere near them. International league is:

Aus
NZ (When playing Aus)














































England

PNG
France


Loads of nations with no league being played domestically.

Anyone looking forward to next year and the 60 point thrashings we've got coming. I just hope we don't embarass ourselves against PNG.

Lockyer+Thurston > Eastmond+Tomkins

Also, at some point in the game, the threequarters have to offer you *something* going forward, and ours haven't at any point. Good effort up front, not good enough 1-7.

Eddie getting upset as reality kicks in again, however does he not proclaim week in weeek out during the SL season that such and such a player is the best in the world?!!! He's a t!t.

Indeed. So disappointing The last 15 miniutes has set us back to where we were three week ago. Anyoo, NZ didn't get to the final so we're not at the bottom of the barrell as we were in the WC.

No. It would only have been a knock-on if it had hit the ground or an opposing player. It was a freakishly good piece of play.

This is true they deserve everything they get for jackin it in

Even as an Englishman his rose tinted spectacles get on my nerves

Nope, are you going off what Stevo said in the first half, deeming Hayne to knock on after getting a boot to it? That's so wrong it's not funny, that was play on then and it was a Smith try later.

But I've lost count of the times people have told me the above is untrue.