Thank God Farrell got yellow carded because otherwise all we would have had was Burgess being yellow carded .

So their plan to host the final group game in Manchester on Grand Final night with the expectation of England sealing their qualification to the knockout stages has now become a stop off on the road of the inquiry of the state of England RU.

They need to win or they have to qualify for Japan 2019

Don't think the southern complimentaries will be turning up for the dead rubber, bet there is a load of hotel cancellations.

Made up for the Aussie's, well played. Better in all areas than England.

One point tho. How many passes went astray or dropped?! The skill level is so far behind league.

Let the inquest begin. Tee hee. .

Complementaries?

Burgess should have walked for that.

They hand out yellow cards like confetti to be fair, the fact that the lead runner was obstructing in the first instance led to Farrell making contact, sure 'without' arms but a yellow for Burgess, that'd be bollox. Guys having their heads being tugged at the ruck and maul in headlocks and not a murmer. Far worse & plentiful around the shoulder/neck tackles gone unpunished but union has gone properly soft. Their TMO system is making the game even worse than it is already with regard to minor infractions.
Classic one earlier in which the ref was happy with the tackle but the TMO just couldn't help himself and was insisting that one of the most respected referees was wrong and he needed to have a look at it. Game came to a standstill for 2-3 minutes and still the TMO was telling the ref to give the tackler a yellow for a non event.

Whether you agree with it or not they are the rules.

It would have been a penalty in RL and was a capital offence in RU

Swing low in next weeks dead game # ballyhoo

Glorifying this union england bandwagon for a bloody month of tv saturation all ended ......teeheeee tatty bye .Manchester was supposed to be the piece de resistance,unions pi55 take the consumate "league!!what's that?oh yeah that little parochial game played up north ".ITS BACFIRED MARVELLOUS well done Australia .Look forward to witnessing England unions funeral dirge in the backdrop to Leagues showpiece event.Fate hws a nice side sometimes for league.

Yellow card for those tackles?
What a bunch of f^cking fairies.

Will be interesting to see what happens with Burgess now. Scapegoats will have to be found and Sam will be an easy target although, i have to say, it would be really unfair. He did well against fiji as an impact sub.Did all was asked of him against Wales,under huge pressure, and England were ahead when he was subbed.And tonight, They were pretty much toast when he came on for the last 15 minutes.

It'll show just how bad the England RU set up is if they make Sam the scapegoat for this debacle.