Done nothing for England tonight!! Hope Shenton is ok.

Some talent but no experience at the halves - no kicking game - maybe Eastmond and Tomkins in time but not yet

Lacking direction in the halves, good first half, ran out of steam. Outclassed.

Should've gone with Myler & Mcguire

I'll have whatever you have been smoking

Myler didn't deserve a starting place if were honest..just wish players at least put their hand up and was counted for England. Australia were pretty amazing having said that!!

Eastmond should have attacked the line more, he did it a few times in the 1st half and looked dangerous. Myler and Mcguire would have offered nothing more than Tomkins and Eastmond, Smith was right to go with the 2 who started in the halves tonight. Ps made up for Ben Westwood, hasn't had a bad game this tournament, and put in some great defence tonight.

maybe it was a touch of sarcasm

Standing ovation in order.

Great performance considering the number of first teamers we had out - Wellens, Gardner, Gleeson, Senior, Calderwood, Long, Horne, Newton, Gilmour, Johnson pretty much a whole team of first teamers out. The young lads stood up and did a great job. Who knows what the score would have been if some of our first choice players had been there?

great bit of sarcasm but the original posters comments are quite true....they were very poor half backs.
the gap between the Tomkins and Easmond combo and Lockyer and Thurston is very very big.

Lockyer has been playing for a long time thats fair enough but if he was as ordinary as tomkins at the same age, he wouldnt have got a club jersey never mind an International one...

sorry for not towing the line over tomkins and Eastmond....

Nothing wrong with playing young'uns if they respond correctly. Tomkins and Eastmond will benefit from the game.

I really wonder how Bridge gets in the England squad, actually I know how

Westwood isnt an International full stop. Not a go at Wire, just an observation. Although he didn't do anything particularly wrong tonight, just nothing spectacular.

Our backline simply isnt as good as what the Oz throw at us. We can compete in the forwards we just need to bring in some backline talent...