Woke up late doe 18 minutes in :\.

Aus lead 4-0.

Aus seem to be making meters much more easily despite Eng trying to slow the play down. Eng seeming slow and perhaps ill disciplined? Not been watching long enough to say with conviction.

Eng make a great length of the field break via Tomkins to Hall. Clark should have passed on the overlap but played it safe and was dragged into touch and receives penalty (I'm not sure how fair that decision was). Eng put Watkins on early in the next set, Widdop converts.

4-6. 29 mins.

Much better period from England. Making much better meters and forcing an error from Inglis to get a repeat set from a high ball, again getting the ball out wide easily and with Sarginson putting Hall in. Widdop converts. Tomkins is still down on his knees minutes later after taking a knock in the challenge where Inglis made the error.

4-12. 35 mins.

Aus force repeat set but bomb a try on 39th minute. England return the ball up and make a good break via a decent inside ball from Graham but Clark gave to Widdop who put it down. A good finish to the half I think. England managing to slow the Aussies down (much to their appeals).

HT.

Hey! SV, stop posting and watch the game! lol

Joel Tomkins is pants.

Just 40 to go boys. Great first half. I'm buzzing, we are finally showing what we can do in this years 4 nations.
Clark and Hill are doing us proud.

Aus:

1. Greg Inglis
2. Josh Mansour
3. Michael Jennings
4. Dylan Walker
5. Sione Mata'utia
6. Daly Cherry-Evans
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Aaron Woods
9. Cameron Smith (c)
10. Sam Thaiday
11. Beau Scott
12. Greg Bird
13. Corey Parker

Interchange

14. Boyd Cordner
18. Ben Hunt
19. David Klemmer
20. Josh Papalii

Eng:

1. Sam Tomkins
2. Josh Charnley
3. Kallum Watkins
18. Dan Sarginson
5. Ryan Hall
6. Gareth Widdop
7. Matty Smith
8. George Burgess
9. Josh Hodgson
10. James Graham (c)
11. Liam Farrell
12. Joel Tomkins
19. Sean O'Loughlin

Interchange

14. Darryl Clark
15. Brett Ferres
16. Tom Burgess
17. Chris Hill

I can do both

. Although I'm not sure anyone cares right now.



I agree on Hill and I think Clark has had some good scoots but overall I think Clark has the occasion getting to him. If he was more composed he would have passed on the first break and would have given a better ball to Widdop on the 2nd. I'm certainly not complaining, though.

BBC love these Leeds/Saints love in's in the studio, don't they.....

I wouldn't go so far with Clark.
He is showing his inexperience at this level.
He bombed a certain try overlap.

Wilkin is a good talker though. He loves it. He was even doing commentary one time when he was playing for Saints!!

Hall and Widdop have been immense.

If this is given that's a great try from Inglis.

No try. Obstruction. That was the kind of full-back play we're missing from old Bert :'(.

Inglis has to be the best Aussie outside back (I know he covers fb too, not so good at that though)since Mal Menenga, even if he didn't score

Hall my mom

He should of passed to Hall in the first half no doubt about that. I hope it doesn't come back to bite us.

That was a ploy from Inglis to confuse by standing in his play the ball.
Cronk and Hunt worked it.

I'm amazed at the two penalties Australia got for interference, considering the mugging they've been doing in the tackles prior on us

ffs

If England lose this, we might as well give up any prospect of beating the aussies. The second half performance has been abject and we've allowed the most average aussie team I've seen all my life to get back into, take control and lead the game.

And the responsibility of that lies squarely with the coach, but no suprise there.

We have to swap Hodgson for Clark
and
Swap anyone with Joel Tompkins.

Cronk showing Smith a master class in kicking.

If this is given we have got out of jail big time.

That is theft

If that was Greg inglis finger on that ball, it would have been awarded