Very disturbing scenes. Agree though, really hope he's ok.

Whats worrying is that half of this team won't be playing in the 2021 world cup and Bennett has not really brought any young players through. Bennett also talked last week about England having strength in depth but we are nowhere near the quality of Oz and NZ.

that's only because if he had lifted the shield he would of been deemed fit for work

lets hope Myler carries on his good form into next season

As most Wigan fans would agree, George Williams has a very good short kicking game, but a very ordinary long kicking game. So naturally I assumed Myler would be doing most of the kicking. But no! It was mostly left to Williams, And of course, when you're up against one of the best kickers in the game in Shaun Johnson, the comparison is bound to be telling. That said, Williams was otherwise pretty good, and he defended well as he always does, often against Johnson, which is a nightmare for any defender. And good as his g0-forward is, McGillvary really doesn't look like an international class defender. And I don't know what he was doing with that sin-binning; it looked like he wanted the yellow! Talk about giving the ref no choice...

Other than being fairly generous towards NZ for a few high shots, Sutton was generally very good, and got the big decisions right. As he usually does. Much rather him than one of our clowns.

You say nowhere near the quality of Oz and NZ but, we have just BEATEN NZ in a 3 test series or have you already forgotten the first 2 tests

The depth that he spoke about was more like a reference to the players that England were missing.
Widdop and Sam Burgess being significant absentees plus, Gale, Hall etc, etc and we still beat the Kiwis 2 -1

Bennett doesn't really do that. You want Shaun Wane for that.






Rubbish, we have plenty more strength in depth than NZ (and Tonga, etc), but obviously less than Australia.

At the end of the first half and the first 10 mins of the 2nd half, Graham, Tom Burgess and Thompson were in the bench which left us with only Hill as a recognised prop on the field and a forward pack of Hill, Hodgson, Whitehead, Bateman, Greenwood, Milner. Individually some good ones in there but collectively that’s not suitable for international RL against a big physical NZ side and we conceded tries either side of half time that took any chance of staying in the game away from us.

Did he not send a full squad of young players to play in PNG.

You play your best players in a test series to try and win that test series, something Wayne Bennett has just achieved. You don’t pick players that you think could maybe be the best in 3 years time.

Why won’t half of this team be playing in 2021? Age wise a lot of young players in.

The very fact that Milner is on your list says all we need to know.
He's a hell of a long way behind McShane at Cas and yet, deemed good enough for England ??

We were short on props before the kick off and badly exposed as the game went on.
We were found out on both flanks, especially McGillvery
, who just looked slow and nonathletic. He's great bringing the ball away from our line but as an attacking threat ??

I thought they looked like a team who wanted to win but weren't all that bothered if they lost. Job was done before kick off.
A few questions need to be answered though. I agree that McGilvaray looked very sverage compared to the world cup. He came inside far too much for me.
Not sure the value of Lomax. Hodgson? I fail to see how he gets his place above Roby. Even Clark is better.
Would have preferred to see Ratchford get a run.
Overall I think Bennett now has a better understanding of the English based players, he now needs to blood a few more.
Finally its so good to see a Lions tour is set for next year(?).
Hopefully it will include club games too. We need a return to a 'proper' series.

Yep. That game demonstrated once again that Sutton is simply not fit to officiate at this level. Inconsistent with his decisions and missed (or ignored) a number of high shots and forward passes. The time allowed at the PTB was a shambles and some of the 'surrenders' he called (thus awarding the defenders several more seconds) were anything but.

And the first no-try should have been given. When the defender moves towards the dummy runner and makes contact that isn't obstruction; it's a bad decision by the defender. Very poor from Bentham. If that had been given we would have seen a different game.

But fair play to NZ, they showed their running flair at last. They hit form while we were off the pace. Not that it matters, the record books will show a 2-1 win for England.