Graham was great today but he would have been no good in game 1 as he couldn't stay out of the boozer for the week

Then again part of me wants to watch it again.

Maybe the outcome will be different if I watch it again. Especially if I turn it off with 20 seconds to go.

England's last set in possession needed 5 drives and a kick to the corner and a great chase, somehow Widdop ended up under pressure and put up a mid-field bomb that landed just past the halfway line. A good kick there and the game was dead.
Hall hangs on , game is dead.
SBW is simply tackled - no high shot, game is dead.
Sinfield makes the tackle - game is dead.

Nothing went for us in the last 2 minutes. Any one of those things goes right and we win.

Ask yourself this would Ol' Dollar Bill gone down like that if he was 5 metres from the line?

Exactly. We have no real shortage of players that a teammate can look in the eyes during the game when they need someone to stand up and do something. I'm unsure if we really have seen the player who steps in as leader on and off the field.

I'm afraid the World Cup is now Australia's, the effort New Zealand and England put in for that game, that was worthy of a final alone. I worry about the final next week. The amount of effort was extraordinary, and I'm afraid that not much would be left in the tank after that performance.

Posts like this really annoy me. All the other plays you mentioned would have resulted in a completely different restart and every subsequent play would have been different.

Thus we will never know....

Did England use all their interchanges? I understand that Ablett didn't get a run but was surprised he was in the 17 ahead of Mclourum to be honest who could have help tighten up the ruck area in Roby's absence.

Great game but so heart braking don't think I'll ever want to watch it again! Wonder why we didn't go with Widdop from day one he was very direct and had a good game against world class opposition.

Who do we want to win the World Cup now England have been knocked out?

Yeah it was all Sinfield's fault. Idiot

Thought Sam spoke well after the game, he could be the guy. If he wants to take that part on then nobody is going to argue with him off the pitch that's for sure. Is he ready? Don't know.

Perhaps so. They'll be a few should be looking to take greater leadership roles in their clubs next year.

That's actually cheered me up.

Unlikely at 22.0 down already 25 mins in.

That NZ miracle pass bounced forward when it hit the ground doesn't that count as a forward pass?