Man of the series imo has to be between Ellis, Crabtree & Sinfield. When the games started I thought what the f/uck is Smith playing at, Sinfield proved me wrong tonight, and even as a Bulls fan Ihave no problem admitting that it was a top class performance frm yoir skipper tonight.

Not only is he a fantastic player but he would make a fantastic captain.
Its always been my opinion that when possible a captain should be a Loose Forward or Hooker anyway, for communication reasons if nothing else.

I think Peacock serves the armband with pride but for the sake of England I feel its time to hand it to Kevin.

Excellent game from Sinfield tonight (and across the board from the England side for that matter). I really like his control of the game from dummy half. Making Roby look distinctly one dimensional. I'm with Rogues on this...I hope it's the start of the death knell for the 'scooter hooker'.

Sinfield has really stood up at international level this series. He has performed well in all 3 games. His second half performance against the Aussies was class. His kicking yesterday was different class and the Kiwis didnt want to know. His tackling was first rate and he talking to all the players and giving them a "pick up". Really is an all round world class player.

I can't say any more than has already been said about Kev's performance. He was sharp and organised at dummy half and controlled the game when he was playing pivot. 80 minutes of game time as well - credit to the coach there.
But what a great performance from the rest of the big guys. Really stuck it to NZ up front. Crabtree plyed a little longer than he did against the Aussies (think Morley was hurt when he went off), and was absolutely outstanding. He looks the real deal, big, agile and skillfull.

Briscoe seems to have come in for some stick, and I'm not sure why? He fumbled one kick, but in the end didn't panic and made it safe. Other than that he got involved really well (I also though he was okay last week).

That's exactly how I saw it. Briscoe did make the fumble, but that was because he was a little indecisive. He thought the ball was going out of play and didn't want to play it in case he got tackled onto touch and give away possession.

Apart from that I thought he played well.

I thought Kev was truly awesome. He really ran the show. A stunning display from a stunning player.

Good comments. Much has been said of Sinfield as a hooker but for a good part of the game last night he was in his usual position at 13. The key has making him the main playmaker the job he does so well at Leeds. Peacock may have led out the team, but for 80 minutes on the park Sinfield was the real skipper as he led from the front and continually talking to the other players. He stood up to the mark with an accomplised allround performance.

On the money again.

Is there a better role model in RL at the moment? Can't think of one.

The crew of the Marie Celeste – Lord Lucan – Shergar - Richey James Edwards – Richie Ramrod

Leon Pryce has been missing a while, do we have to wait a few years yet before he can enter that list?

Three consecutive GF's...??? he could be in with a shout.

Glad to admit Sinfield has performed better for England than I ever thought he would. He is a better starting hooking option than Roby at that level because he can read a game and looks like he actually enjoys controlling the play. The scott will never be a great starting option IMO, although Roby will still have a role off the bench because his dummy half running can be very useful when an opposing team is tired.

When Sinfield moved to loose forward/stand off I thought he continued to play pretty well although not a real danger man. What he did though was enable Tomkins and Eastmond to play freely, by being the key decision-maker.

Well played Kevin, happy to admit being wrong.

Also very nice to see England's forwards turn up en masse, and Tony Smith finally seems to be finding players who if anything play better for England than for their club in the likes of Crabtree. That's one of the factors that's been sadly missing for a long time.

I doubt England can turn over the Aussies, but it would be very nice if we could at least give them a real game.