We looked solid in defence yesterday and i'd go with the same line-up against the Aussies in the final. Well done England.

Peacock led the team out last night but Sinfield was the leader on the pitch. Apart from his outstanding performance he was talking and motivating the other players.

Sinfield should be Englands captain, by the performance of his leadership last night.

by far he is Englands man of the series so far.

He's looked very good when switched to hooker, not sure if i agree if he has been the man of the series.

By far ??


So you think he's by far ahead of Ellis, Burgess & Crabtree for man of the series ?


I think all of these are in with a good shout, and if anyone is favourite i'd have to say it Ellis.

Ellis has been consistently excellent.

Agreed, been very impressed with crabtree and eastmond too.

Hold on and dont get ahead of yourself. He has had 1.5 good games for England and many, many poor ones. Therefore based on this I think talk of him getting the captaincy is a little premature, especially considering he is hardly a guaranteed starter. If he plays as well for the next 5 games then maybe then he could be considered.

A couple of thoughts on the centres:

1) Senior has never ever set the world on fire at the international level and if we had had a half decent centre he would have gone years ago. I'm sorry guys but he's nothing more than a bully who's only any good when he's playing for a side on top.

2) Gleeson's defence must have improved massively over the last couple of years, because I've seen him continuely come out of the line and leave his winger exposed at international level.

For me the closest thing we've come to having quality centre over the last few years is Chev Walker, but he went chasing the pound. Good look to Shenton though, wouldn't say he's world class yet. Good start though and hope continues to improve.

id go with the same as against the kiwis

That sideways run in to touch with 5 minutes left was pure genius.