Watch Rangi Chase go misssing against New Zealand. (The Kiwis will sledge him about not being good enough for New Zealand, and that so that is why Rangi picked the third best team to play for).

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I didnt account for Sinfield's shocking touchline missed kick!

Today reminded me of a typical England (Fiji today) v Australia (England today) match when England have a good day. I think it showed you need creative runners as well as big guys.

And Fiji won the last 20 6-0

It's to be hoped italy don't qualify and play australia, in that case, as that opens the entire italian team up to that type of sledging.

That could work against NZ. The last time NZ tried doing that they lost.

If I'm McNamara I'm telling Chase to flip the script and wind the Kiwis up. They don't have the composure that England do - look how average they became when Samoa and PNG wound them up - and we should exploit that.

Did what needed to be done, so I'm happy enough.

If I could muster up the motivation, I would quote some of the crazy and deeply inaccurate predictions you have made during this world cup. In the meantime, I'll probably just rest easy that as an avid England fan you are tipping the kiwis if they meet in the semi's. This is very encouraging

Says something about Cudjoes performance when Chase elected to start missing him out of the passes. Gone from the best performer last week to worst this week.

Agree, also pleased that they managed to up their game after a sluggish start.

my only concern is that if we get an easy game against France, it will mean we've had 3 easy games in a row before we face the Kiwi's and could be a bit rusty as a result. Could have done with a tougher workout today to keep us on our toes.

Now we have seen everyone play

Roby back in
Burrow, graham, g burgess on the bench
Not sure how should be the 4th man on the bench
The rest picks itself.
Watkins is not doing enough and it's such a shame hardaker isn't available now because the only other option is ablett who could be a better option to he honest.

Thought that was quite a physical hit out there to be fair.intensity was good throughout.i hope we play samoa as I feel they will provide a better work out for wembley.

We have had much better prep. Than the kiwis who have had a pretty much procession to the semi's.

Being a Hull KR fan I have no axe to grind with Wigan at all but I tend to agree.

Wigan are worthy champions - make no mistake about it. Their success has been based on basic high percentage, high completion rugby league aided by the least off-loads in the comp, superb preparation and a great team and work ethic with high intensity and collective work rate to win games.

However, as individuals, I think we're seeing that Tomkins aside, the rest of the Wigan contingent in Charnley, McIllorum and Farrell are not capable to stand up and make a real impression at international level.

We've seen Charnley storm down the right wing all year and he was my pick ahead of Briscoe prior to the tournament but against Australia when he had to really on himself to make telling contributions, he was found wanting where as Briscoe has proved he can create opportunities for himself and his team mates rather than just finishing off tries like a flat-track bully.

I read that Farrell didn't miss a tackle until round 9 of Super League which is a phenomenal stat and every coach in Super League would want to sign him for his superb defence and insane work rate but at international level he's merely a passenger - even a player like Ferres is proving his individual qualities have value at international level.

McIllorum has been described as "tailor made for test match football" by McNamara; a statement I initially brought me round to why he's been selected in the squad but today showed that whilst he tough and uncompromising, he's simply no where near this standard of rugby league. The difference in England's performance from when he was off the field compared to when he was on was truly alarming. There's Roby, Burrows, Lunt, Hodgson and Houghton just off the top of my head who are better hookers and offer far more than McIllorum and if he plays again in this tournament then McNamara wants his head testing.

The two grains of hope that I cling on to as an England Rugby League fan are:-

1) I don't think Aussie's pack can go toe-to-toe with ours IF we get an even share of the ball and

2) The Kiwi's seem to have poor scrambling defence IF we get behind them often enough.

Of course when it comes to the crunch it will probably be the same old, same old. But at least this time I genuinely feel the team can at least compete at the same level with Aus and NZ so at least as England fans we're starting to be entertained.

Graham was garbage, why is nobody asking for him to be dropped?

Impressive to score 34 points in 20 minutes! Fiji kept England scoreless for 60 minutes of the game in total. Good effort!