Agreed mate.

This is the defeatist mindset we face.

Why automatically presume the Aussies will find a player to better Tomkins???

From what i see of the NRL there doesnt seem to be any young aussie born halves really ripping the comp up!!

Not only do we have Tomkins but Eastmond was putting doubts in the defensive line yesterday big time and can kick the football also and weve seen young Myler (who will only get better working with TS at Wire) step on to the international stage recently.

Im quite excited by the way we are giving yout6h the chance.

We could have gone down the tryed and failed route yesterday with likes of Wellens, Senior, Gleeson etc and still been beaten but the lads like Briscoe at fullback (still early 20s heart of a line good support player with pace and decent defence) will only get better and showed no fear.

you read me point proper i said that they dotn have any young halfbacks Lockyear is 33 and tbh having looked at the young 6s coming through there isnt many. Inglis is a better centre dont get me wrong Austrilia are good but they win cause at 6 year old were we are playing for fun they are having it drilled into them to win thats why as a team we will never get near them but individually we arent as far behind as people think

Are you sure , fairly certain the aussies dont even tackle in matches till much older than that , they concentrate on skills rather than winning , plus they dont try to make ' super teams ' like so many do here

Well although I maybe labouring the point the main difference between the two sides is the speed of passing.

Fitness is the same for all sides at this level. At the moment Australia have faster outside backs. We have Australian coaching methods.

We can compete but at this time we need the bounce of the ball to beat them.

We will soon.

Think thats because Lockyer went hiding ,the poor fella was knackered from trying to catch Tomkins

These two will cause problems for any side. The amount of experience gained from this competition will serve these lads well!
The Aussie's were knackered in the last quarter of the game and, if we can dish some rough treatment out to Inglis and co, we could see a much more competitive game, next time!