www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/20632 undersoil heating makes the game on 2pm ko

www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/20632 undersoil heating makes the game on 2pm ko

Raining in Leigh now so i'd say it's definately on.

As I am many miles away from Leigh today I would appreciate any advice on the best way to get updates from this match

Thanks in advance

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Absolutely fantastic win for England, 38-30 after being 18-30 down at one point

Without a warm up game, that is an outstanding performance

Aussies fell to bits, got gobby with the ref, completely lost it, full back had a mare. Sounds familiar!

Attendance was 734.

Aussie scrum half looks one to watch along with Englands 8, 9, 11 and 13.

Anyone know the named line ups? Only got a generic tour programme with the squad in it.

We need to act NOW to save Australian Rugby League. It really is capitulating and after embarassing itself in another international arena we need to look to ways to save the sport over there. Pretty soon there won't be any Australians in the NRL as they are not mentally tough enough for competing at the highest level.

Signings of young Australians to the superior Super League competition will help in the short term but long term there is a lot of work to do. Perhaps sending their junior coaches for apprenticeships at Super League and Bartercard teams. Long term that should help with their coaching structures.

But I fear even all this will fail. It's like trying to support a jelly skyscraper with a few planks of wood. It's fundamentally unstable.

England: M Russell (Wigan); R King (Wigan), J Thompson (Castleford), R Evans (Warrington), R Lyne (Hull); G O'Brien (Warrington), S Powell (Wigan); G Burgess (Bradford), A Milner (Castleford, capt), B Evans (Warrington), D Bridge (Wigan), J Hughes (Wigan), J Laithwaite (Warrington).

Subs: A O'Brien (Bradford), J Stewart (Leeds), G Burke (Wigan), M Sarsfield (Wigan).

England team :-

1 - Matthew Russell (Wigan Warriors)
2 - Ryan King (Wigan Warriors)
3 - Jordan Thompson (Castleford Tigers)
4 - Rhys Evans (Warrington Wolves)
5 - Reece Lyne (Hull FC)
6 - Gareth O'Brien (Warrington Wolves)
7 - Sam Powell (Wigan Warriors)
8 - George Burgess (Bradford Bulls)
9 - Adam Milner (Castleford Tigers) (capt)
10 - Ben Evans (Warrington Wolves)
11 - Danny Bridge (Wigan Warriors)
12 - Jack Hughes (Wigan Warriors)
13 - James Laithwaite (Warrington Wolves)
14 - Adam O'Brien (Bradford Bulls)
15 - Jared Stewart (Leeds Rhinos)
16 - Greg Burke (Wigan Warriors)
17 - Matthew Sarsfield (Wigan Warriors)

Australia team :-

1 - Henare Wells
2 - Jacon Gagan
3 - Tautau Moga
4 - Trent Jennings
5 - David Nofoaluma
6 - Jack Wighton
7 - Harry Siejka
8 - Chris Grevsmuhl
9 - Chad Redman
10 - Matthew Groat
11 - Lachlan Burr
12 - Vaipuna Tia Kilifi
13 - Paul Carter ©
14 - Gerard McCallum
15 - Michael Chee-Kam
16 - Anthony Gadd
17 - David Klemmer

James Laithwaite was the official MoM

Yup. It'll be interesting to see how many of those players become first team regulars at Warrington. This will be the first lot of young players that will see Warrington as a viable alternative to signing for other clubs like a lot have in the past.

I'd be happy if I was a cas fan, that young hooker played really well, same type of player as Lee Jackson. Danny Bridge looked tidy running out wide too, is he Chris Bridge's brother? He was there with a few other players.