Quote: RLBandit "If you were looking for the perfect result (and game) to increase England's chances of winning the RLWC ( I said increase that's all ), then that would be it. Not blown away so as to be demoralized, but no early win against an undercooked Aus to give us a false sense of where we're at, only to get stuffed in the (hopefully) final. Hopefully the players realize that at their absolute best, they have a chance, but they will indeed need to be at that level.'"
If we can beat Ireland. Too many chickens being counted. 20 minutes against an overly relaxed, undercooked Australia is NOT the performance people are trying to claim. I have seen England GB / England play alot better than that many times and still lose. We need to improve massively to do anything in this tournament. Not sure how that'll happen though.