Should be ok in the forwards but the backs should mash ours....you never know though so we have to be hopeful

Handling errors to ultimately cost us, we'll lose the numbers battle. Of course I'd love to be wrong!

I'll be there watching a fantastic display of RL from whoever it comes from. I was there at the Tri Nations final when we got whalloped but it was fantastic to see such amazing RL.

Convicts by 24 I reckon.

not got a in chance

This is embarrassing !! Nearly a point a minute !

Certainly is - Great to see the skill of the Aussies though - Play a completly different game to England - shows the quality or lack of it in SL.

They are winning by a country mile

Franchising and no relegation has started to allow SL clubs to try out talented youngsters. I can see the green shoots of that coming through in the first half of this match. Can't i?

You can, That young Mark Riddle at Wigan must surely be in for a shout in the next game, or that Danny Burdirous lad from Leeds.

This was exactly the scorn I poured on the Dulls signing Menzies for the recent season ( and beyond ) and now they take Burgess in the opposite direction. Our clubs are to blame for the mess we are in at International level.

Indeed. The RFL laid the platform for clubs to blood English youngsters by removing the trap door that is relegation. That's all we heard wasn't it? Chairmen saying that they had no choice from signing overseas players because they needed that quick fix.

I hope that the one saving grace against all this is that franchising is in it's infancy but i won't hold my breath.

It won't change as we just don't have the depth of talent and level of professionalism that they do down under.
We need to accept that our clubs are only bothered about themselves and nothing else, they chnage the rules to suit, like a bunch of politicians.