I agree with that in terms of the 'spine' of the team, but how Heighington kept his place is beyond me

Not too impressive so far, but Lebanon have got stuck in. We look strong on the RHS again. Gale has done nothing again - Bennett must surely bring Williams in for the game against France.

If McGillvary had had his chips and gravy at half time he may not be so hungry now...

Really poor performance.

Percival could be getting his chance on the wing for the rest of the tournament .

Nothing in the McGilvery incident at all, it was Farrah being typically knobish.

I'm still in shock Hodgson got man of the match, his slow distribution and inability to pass off the floor has really slowed down our attack and limited the amount of time our halves have had on the ball. It won't happen, but Roby should play 80 minutes IMO

Not sure theres nothing at all in the bite incident. Mcgilvery deffinatly isnt that kind of player,but the replay dosnt look great imo.

I don't think it was anything more than Farah forcing his arm in JM's mouth while he was grubbing around on the floor, obviously he would catch some teeth but that doesn't mean it was a bite. Very harsh for me if anything comes of it.

Dont think anything will come from it. Whatever anyones take on the incident,its nigh on impossible to prove either way.

Can never be sure when it comes to the disciplinary in RL. Worst case scenario though and it highlights the decision not to have a proper backup winger in the squad. Massive drop off between McGillvary in form and Percival filling in there.

Exactly,its the one position we cant afford to lose a starter and probably every england fans biggest criticism of the make-up of the squad was the lack of a third specialist winger. Teams attacking kicking games have come on so much over the years that wingers who play there every week struggle to deal with it,never mind a guy who's primarily a . The better halfs will have a field day kicking at percival or watkins,whichever one would play there. Hopefully it dosnt come to that.

Glad those rumours a year or two ago about us signing Brough never came true. Sent home from the WC for being too drunk to board a flight along with two other Scotland players.

Pelissier has been sent home from the French team too for breaking a curfew.

An opportunity to play in a WC and guys can't behave themselves for a month.

Complete bell Captain of his country aswell.

Makinson should have been in the squad as cover for wing and full back.

Yeah said that myself

England were really poor in the second half. The execution of attacking plays was just off. Gale did sweet FA for the second game in a row. Clearly most of the attacking play is going to the right down Widdopp's side, but we need to be far more balanced in terms of threatening both sides more often. At least the game against France gives Bennett a chance to have a look at some options.

The biting incident didn't look great, although it did look like Farah's arm was pushed into McGillvray's mouth rather than him trying to bite it. It was interesting to see Farah after the match. Farah is such a bad sport.

Whilst Ireland have at least played hard, Wales and Scotland have been embarrassingly bad. Its not just attitude, some of the puddings on display for both sides would look overmatched in Qld Cup reserve grade IMO.

McGillvary charged and will face disciplinary on Wednesday.