I was dubious before the game about SOL and the penalty under the posts had me biting my tongue but i have to say like the rest of the team i thought he did really well the longer the game went on, and when Blair ran into his shoulder for his try i thought that epitomised his game

Who gives a damn? He's eligible to play for England. He's been the best forward of 2015, and he should be in the England team ahead of O'Loughlin.

Personally I don't enjoy watching O'Loughlin play. I don't like the tactics he uses, even if they come off while he wears an England shirt. I don't like the fact he is often late into tackles, I don't like the way he messes around and attempts to rip the ball out of peoples arms, I don't like the way he uses his hand onto of peoples heads to stand up. I don't like his wigan tactics, he should drop them when he has an England shirt on. I like fast, free, open, Rugby League...

O'Loughlin may sometimes get results from his tactics, but as with the first test, he also gives away penalties (Which cost us two points - and on any other day, those could have been the two points that mattered).

Drop O'Loughlin, put Cuthbertson at 13, then lets England really have an offload game, and open up our back row...

Cuthbertson should've at least been in the squad. If Cooper misses out with the injury he got then we have to bring a second rower in (probably Westwood).

Think McNamara's might've deliberately avoided Cuthbertson solely because of the nationality thing after getting his fingers burnt with Chase and Heightington

Really don't get all the hate for O'Loughlin, he always performs on the international stage, one of the few in recent past who hasn't gone missing when up against it against OZ and NZ, he was solid enough last night.

I agree Cuthbertson should be in the squad.

I agree O'Loughln has performed well for England in the past. On Sunday that first 40 mins though, On many occasions when he was involved in a tackle he was threatening to be penalised, shouting at the tv for him to smarten up.

It will be interesting to see if the penalty count is 7-2 in our favour next week with an Aussie ref.

The same ref who sent Ryan Hall's try in the 2014 Four Nations up as a no try, which his brother the VR upheld.

At the end of the day we got a lot of calls in our favour on Sunday, so can't see us getting that again, regardless of what nationality the ref is.

The balance of the squad is laughable. Percival, Cuthbertson were very unlucky not to be named and I can see it coming back to bite Mcbanana.

Missing Walmsley, G Burgess, Reed and Samkins was always going to be a loss but he hasn't covered for them very well in depth.

He doesn't seem to have a plan beyond emulating Wigans style and tactics.

Selections aside, he (or any England coach) simply doesn't have the time with the side to develop anything a great deal more complex imo. True too of other international sides but the top ones simply do the basics a bit better than we tend to, with the occasional truly gifted back thrown into the mix. FWIW I don't think we will be found out in this series thanks to our fearsome pack. But the number of series we can expect to win in this way is probably quite small.