Man of Steel

Nothing but a training exercise, learning combinations etc.

Which is fine. No one else is having a serious workout.

They worked well together,pretty much all singing off the hymn sheet, roll on next week,be happy with a small loss.

Italy n Tonga and Scotland would disagree.

Played well against limited opposition who I think was selected more to avoid possible injuries rather than a tough game it gave e the guys a chance to get used to the conditions.

Will we be looking at a team with widdop William's gale and ratchford starting against Australia I think one or possibly two will miss out as I am not discounting brown getting a start. Think bennett is playing some games with players numbers and saying a loss wouldn't be so bad on Friday if we get a good performance I expect us to go out n play to win the game. We need a team to have beaten the Australian team previously rather than hope to do it in a world cup final even if that win is in the same tournament!

If your players are fit & healthy the best policy for the game against Australia is play your strongest team & if you win get a couple of competition points & lay down a marker. Time enough for resting players if injuries start to creep into the mix.