So let's gets this straight. The answer to creating big crowds and interest for rugby league internationals in this country is simple as replacing England with GB.

Come on dude. You can't seriously believe that

Are you really saying that if England was replaced by GB it would have became a must see event for you?

It would have been much more so than it was. It's perhaps a personal thing, but when I think of GB and all the Test series of yore, it makes my blood stir. England just never has in the same way. It may well have been the same players, but the occasion would have had more history behind it.

And I'm not the only who thinks that. That's why the RFL is doing a GB tour of Australia, not England, even if it would be the same players. It has the heritage Down Under.

I don't understand the obsession with GB. I used to prefer it but I've got used to England. The fact is as someone else said, a GB team would be identical to England in terms of players - we'll never see a lot of Welsh again, and never had that many Scots.

As for the game, I'm not sure how England playing dourly is Bennett's fault. On paper that backline is dire, and our halfbacks are dire on the pitch as well as on paper. Being honest any result against that Kiwi team should be worth a lot of praise. Oh, hang on, this is RL, where we damn GB/England for beating a 'weak' NZ and damn them if they beat a strong team.

I think Bennett has had a bigger effect on confidence than a lot of people expect, and he has at least got SL players putting in pretty solid defensive efforts against some class players. If he could just get them to show that confidence vs Aus.....

...yeah, heritage

eh

Watched the game on iplayer last night. Thought it was a very good match with a great winning try. Can't understand some of the negativity on here.It's the sort of game non-RL supporters will have enjoyed.

Anyone know if Zelezniak picked up a ban for the knees?