I'd like to think that Wasps had good intentions, they own the ground so need extra income (there are rumours the football team are moving out again) but then they will have encountered RFL organisation which is light years behind the RFU.

We need someone new to do the marketing, sinply emailing the existing RFL list of past customers isn't enough what agency helped the NFL turn one London game a year in to 6 games a year? who got a decent crowd to attend the Wembley semi in the 2013 world cup? The game needs fresh ideas

Except it was down to Gale misreading and going for the dummy runner......still that's not the pre-determined scapegoat.

This has the standard and intensity of a super league game of 2016 ie Absolute garbage.

Hodgson is taking the wrong option every time.

I was not one of those pre-scapegoating Watkins. But fact is both teams have targeted that side.

Nah wasps are just looking for extra revenue streams. They will bid to host a world cup game in 2021 also.

They even bidded for the magic weekend in 2017

I do think this should have been a double header but should have started earlier on in the afternoon. Problem is that with the Rugby Union tests starting this weekend I highly doubt that the BBC would have wanted to have the Wales vs Australia RU test go head to head go against England vs Scotland Rugby League match.

Now onto the game itself. England have been terrible. Serious lack of intensity!

Gale is having a shocker

well so far only hill and taylor are playing at a decent level. halves very average, hodgson poor.

I didn't realise England's right hand side defence solely consisted of Watkins. Considering it was Gale who got done it might be they're targeting him.

Now you've done it

can't be criticising the chosen one

Sensational finish.

Bennett needs to give them a rocket at halftime to wake them up, its been very flat

looks a try to me

Superb.

50 views to give a try that needed about 2

Amazing finish. Good to see the video referee not bottle overturning the referee's decision for a change.

At least he got it correct in the end!

It's partially Bennetts boringly, basic, no risk, no interplay game plan that's to blame for England's turgid performance.

You can do, but it can be pointed out for it's stupidity when it was Gale who got done for the first try. Let me guess it was Watkins fault that McGillvary slipped off his attempted tackle of Russell.

Half these "Scots" are third rate Auzzies, wonder what will happen next week?

But they have targeted both his inside and outside. He is the common factor in their point of attack.

John Kear: "it's been a cracking game"
Ha!

Bennett's England so far is the worst and flattest I can recall in a long while.

what am i watching here. we will get dry humped by the Aussies next week, absolute garbage

Just checking the blame Watkins brigade is in full effect.

Don't worry about the fact that Gale made the misread, or that McGilvery dropped off his man, or that NZ actually DIDNT score down that side last week.
Any try a team scores on our right hand side is Watkins fault.

(fellow confused Leeds fans, we have to join in this pointless scapegoating or we might have to come to the reality that England as a whole still aren't good enough)