We destroyed them last run out when they had benji at SO with this same Sinfield and Chase combination what makes everyone think this will be so much harder and by the sounds of some people nigh on impossible ?

...You forgot the fake blood capsules

I think the OP got a bit over excited but I can see his point, there is a lot of goal kicking in origin for example.

Personally I agree with Tony Smith on this one in that all it does is give the opposition chance to have a breather and a few words from the sideline. How many times do you see a team take two points only to mess up seconds later?

It was a tactic which Shaun Wane tried against Warrington last year, twice he took the two and from what I can remember, on both occasions we scored pretty much straight off the back of it.

There are times when it is the right thing to do though and in a tough, low scoring game that extra two point cushion can be great mentally if nothing else. I guess the blokes on the field know best.

Fiji took 2 v Aussie in the pool match...I suspect it was purely so as to avoid a 3rd doughnut in 4 games......they lost 2-34

The lack of "taking the 2" in RL was one of the things that got me hooked on League.

Very poor kicking game from the cone & 5th & last.

That is why England lost. Not individual errors as everyone played to their best. Some silly mistakes BUT

Englands Kicking was rubbish all game. Sinfield, Burrow, Roby and Widdop were poor kicking on the last.