The myth England have a better pack than Austrailia was certainly busted.

James Graham is probably the only English player who would get into their team. Maybe Sam Burgess if he re-gained some form.

You can add to your tale of errors by Widdop his interception pass that cost us the game against NZ. He had a very poor series and he should not have been selected in the halves for this match. He is a much overrated player. Perceval also had a bad series and should have been replaced at half time.

The whole side looked ponderous and had a slow line speed and at times looked like strangers to each other with a lack of leadership. We had a predictable one up down the middle game plan that posed no problems for Australia and we only looked dangerous going wide with cut out passes and a couple of dummy passes in the middle.

I thought Graham looked tired and ineffective in this series - his time at this level is coming to an end.

Probably still the best we've got.

Against NZ and Australia I thought that when Hill and Graham both went off, we lost some grunt and momentum.

Thought all the Burgess lot disappointed.

I thought Sam was trying too hard & the other two not hard enough.

Burgess' punch the the head on Klemmer was embarrassing and very lucky not to have been a red card.

I'm not sticking up for Sam but klemmer deserves it half the time he started that altercation with Burgess with the push but Sam over reacted and in the heat of the moment lashed out. But i remember in the 2014 four nations Australia scored and he ran over to Graham and pushed him in the back for no reason.

To be honest, Burgess was annoying me constantly eyeballing the ref for a penalty after every carry. Just do your job and play the ball quick.

Klemmer is the Australians Ryan Bailey, a big, nasty pantomime villain whose antics are hilarious to watch if your a neutral or he's in your team

Klemmer stuck his fingers in Sam's face, the England skipper thumped him. What's the problem?

We have been adrift of the Aussies now for 40 years. At times the gap has narrowed but it feels fairly wide at the moment.

In 1978 we won the 2nd test at Odsal to level the series and mean a decider at Headingley. I stood on the western terrace and watched us be outpowered and outplayed. Even worse, there were nearly 30,000 in and nobody could move. The result was wet, warm legs as people refilled their pint pots and tried to pour on the floor.

By the time 1982 came the gap was a chasm. The times we have got closer IMO have been when they have had good but not great halves.

Playing SOO together, the core of their team knows each other inside out. In the last two years we have played Tomkins, Hardaker and Lomax at full back and a cast of characters in the halves, at hooker and loose forward.

Doug Laughton said a few years ago we may never beat them again, I am fearing he may be right.

I would keep Bennett. He is a truly great supporter of the international game in actions not words. If he works a miracle and gets us a World Cup he will have secured beyond doubt the tag of best ever coach and will deserve a knighthood.

Going to Anfield on Sunday in hope NZ can give em a good game

1978 was the tour where the signs were there of a gap emerging between the two. The 1980 tour of Australia confirmed a huge gap. The 1982 Kangaroo Tour confirmed a chasm. We bridged the gap briefly between 1988 and 1994 but it's been very one-sided ever since.

The Odsal test in 1978 was my first taste of an international. There were 26K there though still plenty of room How did 30K squeeze into Headingley?

If Doug Laughton doesn't believe we will ever beat them again, we really are stuffed

ah yes, the old ''we should pick players on form''. The burgii have been in poor form. Dropping them would not improve our chances. We don't have the depth to do this, we can only select the best players we have.

I'm so sick of reading the same crap after an england/GB series defeat, been reading it on here for the last 10 years, mainly on the VT. We should do away/bring back relegation, we should have yorkshire v lancashire, lee gaskell should have been selected etc.