Great performance. I thought they were gone early second half but regrouped and looked the stronger team. All players stepped up although Brown was very poor and in effect threw the game away with a lose pass. When he went off we looked better, but sadly Widdop not a stand off - we always moves right, is indecisive and then steps back inside or throws a wild right pass. We need a stand off. Gale finally stepped up (one daft pass apart) and played well. Tom Burgess was Himslef - ran hard but dropped it too often. Hill outstanding as was Bateman. Special world for Watkins too - looked the business tonight.

Big Fat Nige doing a good advert for British sail makers.

superb performance, just a few errors away now, we need to keep building on this, getting more players in the NRL makes a big difference!

Who got MoM?

Thoroughly enjoyed that.

Superb effort from both sides, a proper contest.

On the plus side "Big Nige" looks to have lost a bit of weight.

Hold your heads up lads, proud of the effort and a great game. I’m going for a beer!

Egg, bacon and sausage butty plus a strong ground coffee, we dont do 'pubs' in the Garden City

Good game to watch but ultimately frustrating again.Bateman at left centre just killed any attacking play that side but he tried hard and Bennett picked him out of position so I don't blame the player. We came so close with inferior half backs and only the one back who had real pace. That game was there to be won but again the Aussies win.

on a brighter note watkins has come of age internationally in this tournament. a constant threat to Australia on their left hand side. if we can only find a centre for the other side

The Aussie lad who scored.



Wow if Jerry passes to Gale at the end there he goes untouched under the sticks! !!

cordner i think

Absolutely, or even just kicks it a metre further to the left.

Forward pass already been called 2 passes earlier so wouldn’t have made any difference

Every player probably played to the best of their ability in that game. All of them gave everything. Bottom line, as Millward noted, is that in the halves, Brown and Gale’s best just isn’t as good as Cronk’s.

The decision-making in the Aussie twenty - which in the absence of SOL fell solely on the halves - was the difference.

Absolutely gutted. Great match, but it’ll take a while to recover. Losing by 20 would have been easier.