we don't stand an earthly. I hope it is not embarrassing.

Morley now out of the series with a torn bicep.

oh dear.

Oh yeah, losing morley is a massive blow.

I mean with him.....we were going to play badly, lose and look stupid.

Without him, we are going to play badly, lose and look stupid.

Then we were going to have to put up with AP prancing on here like some devine oracle of knowledge and explaining to us all that england are no good. Thanks for the heads up on that one, sherlock.

It's not so much that they are crap defensively, it's just they aren't used to dealing with the:

execution
speed
skill
and plethora of plays that the aussies put on whenever they moved the ball wide.

If they don't deal with it week in week out they ain't going to be able to for a few games at the end of the season.

Had we had a fully fit squad to chose from we may have actually run the Aussies close, but as it stands anything under a 20 point defeat against NZ or AU will be acceptable.

Are there any 'highlights' online yet?

against a weakened Aussie side? No
against the side the that we faced at Elland Road last November? No chance

You went to Elland Road? I did. I saw us running them close until Shenton was carried off and then we leaked tries on his edge. I think that the Aussies were bemused by the Tomkins and Eastmond combo last year and had Shenton remained on the field, we could have beaten them at Elland Road.

A game lasts for eighty minutes and not until someone gets injured three quarters into the match. However I still think that we have some chances ain this four nations if this England squad plays to their abilities for eighty minutes and stays fit.

But the warm up games against Cumbria and NZM where probably the least promising warm up games that I have seen in my lifetime.

Lets up the action really starts this Saturday!

The two warm up games have been very poor, hope they can do better next week but can't see it.

Appart from a few players most are very average at Sl level.