What were the medal totals in the last Olympics again?

Three MAJOR turning points in last nights game..

1. Burgess not passing to Tomkins with he line begging to make it 12-0

2. Tomkins having a penalty against him for not playing the ball properly when the Aussie player was all over him, they went down field and score in the next set of six.

3. Alfie Langer spending the whole first half coaching on field, directing their defensive line and calling the plays in attack.

Would have been a totally different game

The Inglis try also.

England ahead at half time - different game OR
16-16 with 15 to go - different game

Tony Smith has resigned as coach of the England rugby league side.

Yes, just how many medals did English players earn?

Thats a shame, i thought he was doing ok.

Positives- destroying the Kiwis 3-0 in the test series,including a 44-0 win.
Getting us to the four nations final.
Having the balls to drop big name players like Pryce, Burrows, McGuire, Gleeson etc and bringing in youth.

Negatives-
The World Cup.

Added a negative of my own

Are you banging on again? You just compared Burgess & Peacock to carthorses & now you're making it sound like we've never beaten you in 37 years.

Slag us off as much as you want. We are gracious in defeat, unlike you in victory. So as i've said a few times already on this thread 'well done'.

You personally remind of the old joke....Whats the difference between Australia & a yoghurt? If you left a yoghurt for a few hundred years it would develop culture.

Totally agree. The record books will show the score alone and not how close the game was in reality. That last 20 minutes was extremely disappointing. I had driven up from the Midlands (not the ends of the earth, I know) via several diversions thanks to an M1 closure for the most of the day. I don't think the crowd helped in that last 20. The ground was half empty by full time! Some may say cause, some may say effect, but some of the people sat around me arrived 10 minutes into the game and left 15 minutes before the end. And they weren't Wiganners ! What kind of message does that send to the players? The Kiwis can stage a comeback, so why couldn't we ?

In some respects our players seemed a little naive. I guess that comes with the relative inexperience some have at international level. Having said that, I was proud of their energy and passion compared to the "old school". Until the last 20 that is..........

I haven't seen the game again yet, so I'll reserve judgement on some of the "decisions" until then.

pmsl wot a tool...i bet you were one of those that said you cons should have been handed the world cup before a ball had been touched...and then were silenced...i dont mind ppl that gloat but dont think your overhyped gutless national team are unbeatable just ask the kiwi's

Thanks for that Shiela!
You've just reminded me why I detest the fly-blown, drought-ridden $h1te heap you call home, and the rest of its arrogant inhabitants so much. Cheers mate!

Ahh, convieniantly forgot The Ashes there, yes YOU LOST, but hey yuor still World champs at Aussie Rules

I whinge about all the excuses you poms think up every time you are beaten at ANY sport,it is absolutely amazing some of the excuses I've read over the years...two weeks ago when you held Australia scoreless in the second half,you poms were bragging about lifting your game and not letting Australia have any chances,...this week end when Australia belted the s**t outof you in the second half there have been excuses galore why England fell down, no one has said Australia lifted their game and gave us a hiding..which is what actually happened...
Let's face the truth poms,you are light years behind Australia at Rugby League and many other sports. I only look at Soccer,Motor GP Cycling and snooker as the only sports that you are above us in world ranking.and I don't think Motor racing or Snooker can be classed as "sports"

I think you lot had a couple of medals more than us,unlike 2004 and earlier,...just look at the medal counts for the last few Commonwealth games in which Australia & England are just about the only competitors.



Medal Counts for the last 6 Commonwealth Games.

2006
1 Australia 84 69 68 221
2 England 36 40 34 110

2002
1 Australia 82 62 63 207
2 England 54 52 60 166

1998
1 Australia 82 61 57 200
2 England 36 49 53 138

1994
1 Australia 88 53 43 184
2 Canada 41 43 49 133
3 England 31 45 51 127

1990
1 Australia 52 54 58 164
2 England 47 40 43 130

1986
1 England 52 43 49 144
2 Canada 51 34 31 116
3 Australia 40 46 35 121