I’m waiting for someone to tell me Hodgson is better than Roby again - it’s as if a player having a house in Australia somehow makes people incapable of judging players they see with their own eyes.

Hodgson is nowhere near as good as Roby or Clarke and Bennett is amongst the few people on the planet who can’t see that.

It will be interesting to see what the (Bennett) old codger does next.

He should go, but at the end of the Tour not half way through.

Question marks were raised when the squad was announced. 2 wingers & 1 centre. Injuries to players in the Grand Final probably had a say in that. Markinson & Percival surly would of both be in the 24 to begin with. The 2,3,4,5 pick themselves with the Squad that was named.

Wane would certainly add more passion (Surly though playing for your county is enough to fire you up) but would it be more attractive Rugby or just the same.

Graham is passed it
Hill never has offered anything

G.Burgess & Watts should be in the 17 nevermind the 24.

Hodgson has never really set the world alight on the international stage.

Next week...

Lomax or Widdop

Coote (He is in the squad and a back, saves player a backrower out of position!)
Hardarker
Conner
McGillvary

Widdop or Lomax
Hastings

T.Burgess
Clark
Graham (he won't drop the captain)
Whitehead
Bateman
Philbin

Subs
Williams or Trueman
Jones
Walmsley
Hill - (no other prop!)

Bennett’s style is utterly boring. Who would pay to watch that? I am not convinced McGilvray should of passed to Hardaker as I think he was covered. Widdop in his defence must surely be playing to Bennett’s orders? That said, he is too slow and totally lacks any creativity to play stand off. Once again when there was a chance on the outside he put in one of his irritating grubber kicks, although it seemed mainly because he had not got the pace to get out to his centre. How many grubbers did he put in today that didn’t get through the defensive line? Utterly hopeless.

However this is how Bennett will probably go

coote
hardaker
bateman
connor
mcgilveray
widdop
hastings
hill
hodgson
burgess
philbin
whitehead
graham

lomax
walmsley
clarke
whichever forward is fit and the most conservative

We were arguably a better team but certainly a more entertaining team under stevie Mac. Yeah i know we got to the WC final with Bennett but only because he got lady luck on his side in his semi where Mac was the wrong side of that luck at the end of the 2013 semi.

Certainly time for a change now. After this tour it looks like in addition to Lockers and Sam Burgess finishing we will likely add Hill and Graham to that list feels like the start of a new cycle leading into 2021 WC.

I'm never wanting our national side to lose, but if it means the end of Bennett and and his boring tactics then I'm happy.

What, two tries in the last three games? Speaks volumes for Bennett's approach. Nowhere near good enough

Game for the purists. Samoa fiji and tonga aussie were far more entertaining, but that was a proper armwrestle which NZ only barely deserved to win..... The bombed try at the end was a schoolboy error..... He was reading his own headlines before he'd scored it......

Yes,but he will be selected in the next game Father.

Not at all. It was not good enough with ball in hand for the purists.

we have no other wingers available, this whole thing is a fooking shambles

I know, and it beggars belief that he selected so many halves with the style he wants to play.

Why this obsessive bashing of Wayne Bennett?

Isn't it obvious that he just didn't have the playing talent to work with?

He should've picked em then.