I presume Griffin is covering for the inept Brown at SO.

More whiney than squeaky, tbf.

One bright side that does spring to mind here.

With McNamara's apparent love for Darrell Griffin, you have to think he'd have tried to sign him for us once his contract was up. Thankfully we may now have dodged that bullet.

Incidentally, BBC have now done a U-Turn and decided to show the game in HD after all. Is on the BBC HD channel live.

It isn't highlighted as 'recorded in HD' though on my Sky planner, so I'm not sure if it'll actually be broadcast in HD?

It is.. it was a late change so your Sky planner probably hasn't updated.

Have to say Widdop didn't impress today. Way too many errors putting us under extra pressure!

On a plus note, Graham and Shenton played very well.

It was just like watching Bradford.

Same old McNamara.

Typical, watched 50 mins of crap so decided to make my bacon butty... and I then miss the only decent bit!!

I thought NZ kept plenty in the tank for the rest of the competition and they will improve on that performance. We could be in serious trouble next week if the Aussies turn it on.

I think it was Phil Gould who said Aussies turn up to squad with all the basic skills & need little preparation for tests. England look like individuals with some individual skills but no idea how to play like a team. They had no self-belief until Shenton exploded down the middle for England's second try. Still after that it was pretty much one-off stuff. Trouble is if we keep Tomkins at FB we lack penetration & attack at half. Other problem is centre, Atkins maintained his woeful defence from last week, so I am not sure who to replace him with. Shenton finally showed he is the heir to Senior, just needs a bit more muscle & belief.

Especially when Goulding came off his wing to make a tackle and then nobody covered his position for the first NZ try. Serious deja vu.

Griffin shouldn't be anywhere near the squad for the remaining games in the Four Nations.

AND less hair?

I've not thought that much of Shenton over the last season and a half (admittedly only given what I've seen on SKY, given my location) but in the second half today I saw glimpses of what he promised to be, when I saw him when we lived up country.

As someone who was fortunate to regulary watch the living god "Sir Keith" in action, I could'nt help thinking that if Marshall had tried the manouvre that lead to the Kiwis 4th try with Mumby at Full Back he would have ended up sat 3 rows back! Widdop cannot tackle; Tompkins must be no. 1 against the Aussies.