On the Broncos forum all the same excuses are coming out. Always offside, never played it correctly so got a roll on, dodgy ref and Cooper should have been sent off for punching. Breaks my heart!

I've not seen it back on telly yet. But he was taking us back a massive ten all night, if we were offside I'd say it was equal in both sides and he did his best to not penalise them at the ptb. He pinged us twice for not square when they had similar and worse during the game and then a soft holding down, when again they were doing worse unpunished.

Aussie's making excuses when they lose? Like death and taxes, it's always going to happen.

That was the best game of the season by a mile, hopefully the series will go back to 3 games next year.

If the British ref favoured the British team (he didn't) it would make a refreshing change. Far too often our refs bend over for Aussie teams, probably in the hope they will be selected to officiate tests down under and have a nice little paid holiday...

Not all. I think five were asked

He wasnt the England coach in 1992

or 1994

or 1997

or 2001

or 2007

or 2015.

But sure, Brisbane only play in the WCC because Wayne Bennett is England coach.

How many of those times did they come over as Champions? Getting the champion team over we've managed for the actual WCC title match. How many years did it take for this extended format before the NRL teams said no to the games that had no title on the line?

Try minute 23 when the dirty Aussie hooker smashed his elbow into Russels head then pulled him down by the head before raking across his face

How many of those years were Brisbane the NRL champions? 2. (though in fairness the NRL didnt exist for some)

Of the two times the WCC has included teams other than the champions and Wayne Bennett hasnt been coach of England, The biggest club in RL has participated.

Happy to help.

I didn't say NRL champions, I said champions and 3 of those times they were. 1 time was a tournament that featured all SL and NRL teams that was such a flop that we didn't even have a WCC game for another 3 years.

Will Brisbane still come over as non champions when Bennett isn't in charge or will they take the same stance most NRL clubs did this year? Even if they keep coming it'll be a bit boring for it to just be Brisbane every year.

we can look at what actually did happen, like 2 years ago.

We can also enjoy the fantastic game last night and the unbelievable skill on show in the finishes today, and perhaps we can also bemoan the idiotic try/no try nonsense that has just robbed us of a try for the ages.

Or you can suppose hypotheticals about what may or may not happen when Wayne Bennett isnt coach of Brisbane as if it adds something to your argument. (BTW 5 isnt 'most' of 16)