A couple of those penalties were so soft.

IF Brough will come back there is our half back.

Graham or maybe even Widdop for Captain

Sinfield always kicks at that angle and doesn't go too bad, maybe he wasn't all there after he got walloped after passing the ball?

Harsh lesson for G Burgess
I am angry for that penalty, I think he let the team down big time there.

The NZ players got some academy awards for their diving, but in the end we got a few back later on so can't moan about the ref too much. It was just a very very close game.

That's nice for you.

Insightful as ever I see!
Didn't Johnson miss one as well? In your wibbly-wobbly world we would still have lost by 2 points surely?

Quite possibly the best sporting contest I've ever seen. Gutted by the result, however there was a degree of inevitably about it. So close yet so far. Would England have enough left in the tank to beat the Aussies in the final after giving it all against NZ? Maybe not. Not blaming anyone for the loss. You win and lose as a team.

I'm just pleased that was on free to view TV.

F*ck Brough to be honest.

I'd make one of Graham, or Burgess captain. We're assuming Sinfield will retire from internationals, but I'm not sure he will.

Great game but very disappointed we could not just make the finishing line.

As already said Westwood going for glory and dropping the ball, Hall not taking the interception, head high tackle by Burgess, Sinfield shooting out of the line (if NZ scored out wide then it would have been a difficult kick for them to win it) all went against us. We've got the best front row in the world IMHO with Sam Burgess, Roby & Graham up front!

I was also surprised that we did not kick for touch in last 5 mins to eat up the clock forming the scrum & defensive line in New Zealand's half (with the clock still running) instead Sinfield kicked in field direct to the full back who ran it back about 20 metres up the pitch making yardage quicker with the roll on. 20 seconds.......

New Zealand got a shock as they thought they were going to walk it and instead were almost knocked out by a great England effort.

The current top 10 twitter trends in the UK 4 sorry 5 are about the semi final.

There is exposure for you. Forget the news papers.

I thought the penalty against Widdop for obstruction was very harsh.

Ref had a stinker really. The one in that period against Hill was one of the softest I've ever seen when the Kiwi just dived over as he was getting up. But to be fair he nailed New Zealand with some wrong ones too (SBW knock on when he tackled Roby from marker) however they were allowed so much more leeway in relation to slowing down and messing around at the PTB than England were.

There where a few, but we got calls when we shouldn't too. What a game.