we should be doing better than we are dont think england will do owt with this clown as coach

Embarrassing.

Can anybody tell me how that is supposed to engender any respect and credibility for the game of RL?

After some fantastic SL matches in the run up to the GF that fiasco....I'm lost for words. World paper thin Cup here we come.

sorry but this is international rugby league not a mess about (even if it was wales today). being a 'sound lad' should have nothing to do with selection, its all about skill, especially when our talent pool is so small.

We at least seem to finally have a full set of 5 exciting backs of Tomkins - Charnley - Watkins - Reed - Hall.
With Hardaker, Atkins, Briscoe as options too we're much healthier there than for a very long time.

are you sure you have been watching the right fella Luke burgess has done nothing but impress me this season. he has been very consistant and pushing with sam for one of the best forwards at the rabbits

I agree wales arent up to much at present, but we (england) have had our fair share of drubbings against the better sides, the likes of wales, france etc need to be playing the best sides to get better imo.

TBF to steve mc i couldnt argue with his selection except i probably would have started abbo at left centre, and had luke burgess on the bench

I thought alot of the side showed up well, i thought the right hand side of KW and JC was better than the left, sinny led the team well, myler showed some good touches. I really like Mickey mc's agressive style similar in some ways to issac luke. considering we dont have atkins, sam burgess, westwood, mags, roby id say we are still a fair way off but we are in a healthier postion than we have been for along time

Finally in the backs we appear to have more talent than we have had in a long time, and was nice to see the young players from the different teams all getting along. Zac did well and at least offers competition for tomkins.

It is hard to judge however against such poor competition. People go on about the step up in competition playing internationally, but this series is a big step down from SL level. At least it's a Bonding excersize for the players.

It is a bit embarrassing on Bbc1 to have that poor a crowd. Not very well promoted by the RFL

Someone on the VT mentioned we turned down NZ offer of a tour, which for me is a stupid decision to take.

Not if you cannot afford to fund it

Doesn't fill me with confidence that we cannot afford to take a team to NZ.

Really pleased to see Watkins getting a crack at international level, I really think he's a star in the making.

He's just like Luke without the talent. Luke doesn't look like a dick either. Otherwise a doppelganger.

Match pics here rlhttp://gcsports.zenfolio.com/rl

Yesterday got me thinking about the state of British hookers

I realise this is England and not GB but remember not too long ago GB having Cunningham, Lowes and Newton to pick from in that position

There is no one remotely close to that standard playing now it seems to me

Where has British hooking gone wrong?

One of the highlights for me yesterday was Hock losing it when the Welsh guy gave him a little nudge at the PTB, the best part was Ryan Hall's face in the background with a huge grin.
I think we all know what he was thinking & he wasn't the only one.
We were leading by a shedload of points at the time, it could only happen to Hock.