It's very important that England don't peak too early.

If England get decimated next week it could be disastrous for the rest of the tournament, both in morale and public interest.

Positives?

1) It wasn't on TV.
2) It wasn't on the radio.
3) Therefore hardly anyone will have noticed.

Italy ranked 13 in world.

Scotland 11th
USA 12th

Russia 14th

Laughing stock. At least Scotland gave PNG a good game.

double post

At least England's pack were dominant as per usual.

Weren't they?

You're having a field day here. Make hay while the sun shines.............which is 24/7 when the sun shining equates to a sheite england performance.

Oh dear.

'were gunna win it, its our year'

rlLEAGUE FREAK!!!rl

McNamara"I’m glad this has happened now and not next week, and I’m confident we’ll see a much improved performance"[/i.

RL Meltdown - [i"Erm, I don't even know where to begin"[/i.

If you are as disinterested in the England team as you make out then why comment?

I KNEW.....just KNEW, we would get those type of cliches.

Peter Smith of the YEP - [iHave had some bad days watching England/Great Britain, but this is the worst![/i

Steve McNamara“Our mentality was really wrong for this game and we were guilty of looking towards next week."[/i

Anonymous - [i"This is humiliating. Nearly losing to England what a dark day for Italian rugby league".[/i

Steve McNamara - [i"We were very disappointing. We need to improve massively next week. We weren't fully focused and our defence was not acceptable."[/i

Chris Irvine - [iBombarded by angry England fans in the press box. Not pretty![/i

Bless him. Hes like the Steve Mcclaren of RL