Saddened! wrote:
Its an unbelievable result and one which frankly makes the whole tournament a bit of a farce. They may as well just play Aus v NZ as the World Cup and put England in with the rest of the semi pro nations. That second tire competition would be far more appealing as any of the Nations who can draw on a few NRL players would have a good chance of beating England. That wasn't far from out strongest possible team and they get beaten by a gaggle of fringe and reserve NRL players.
Australia could put 80 on England if they wanted to.
The England squad looks OK with quite a few good and classy players.
However, the problem is McBanana; he is as clueless as he was at Hudds and got the England job a week before they were going to sack him.
Can't figure out why it was taken from Smith; its not exactly a full time job is it?