English fans bleating about the officials, yet they have kept us in the game so far. Poor decisions have evened up IMO.

We have no right to be complaining about the refereeing given the terrible/bent Ian Smith decision disallowing Australia's 2nd try, JJB's knock-on given as a penalty giving us position for our try, and a Tomkins knock-on under another bomb ruled as a Boyd knock-on under our posts.

Under which rule should Thurston have got 10?

Behave. Two wrongs don't make a right and all that. Thurston should have walked.

Is it just me that thinks the foul play was the knee to the face rather than Thurston's high shot? That's the reason it was a penalty try IMO.

I wouldn't disagree, but the Thurston 'tackle' is an odd one.....He showed no intention to go for anything else but Hall's head....It was a definite 10 minutes and a ref with balls could easily have been within his rights to show a red.

England fans embarass me with the reactionary soccer like reactions to any shot that strays above the shoulder.

Thurston should NOT have gone for that nothing high tackle

Yeah and Australia had 6 points snatched away from them for no reason whatsoever. Swings and roundabouts.

It wasn't 10 , it should have been red

Dirty cheating Aussie scum , no excuse , it was a head tackle in the act of scoring , should have walked

Exactly right mate. I'd say we've had more calls in our favour than the other way round.

Mate - Go ing join a soccer team.

A yellow would have been harsh and you want to give a red for that? How soft has English League gotten? There was once a time when we were the alpha males of League, now it seems English fans will sooner burst into tears and act like football mums

I thought so too. He wasn't in the actual act of scoring when the high tackle came in (so it can't be a penalty try), but he was when he got the knee to the face. Whether that's why Smith gave it, I have no idea. He's already shown a pretty partial grasp of the rules of the game.

Anyway, here's to the second half.

Preferably without the ref for both teams.

Rancid,

U an Shocked and Outraged you consider us soft!!!

Australia by 14 but surely we can't play as poorly second half.