like others have said, a big blow losing our captain

task even harder now

still we can dream for now!

Needs to be more talk about the word cup final on here with only 12 hours til kick off. Im under no illusions and anticipate a feeling of being underwhelmed come full time but cant help but really look forward to the game. Heroic performances and big lung busting minutes needed from Sam Burgess and Graham, a drastically improved kicking game from Gale, everyone to put in the performance of their lives driven by opportunity and pride, and a whole load of good fortune on top of that!

How are the ticket sales going?

For the sake of English RL and RL in general, I really hope this game is close.

At last we come to it, the great battle of our time.

A few hours yet lad.

Right I'm up, can't believe I actually slept, granted I was waking up every hour! England shirt on, England scarf round my neck, hope in my heart. Lets do it England!!!

45 years of pain. Can I witness another World Cup victory? Come on England. Run harder than them, tackle harder than them, hold the ball tighter than them, be smarter than them. That's all it takes.

Australia 24+

The cricket is going badly. Come on England RL!

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