I would have had Sam & Lockers in the halves and Joel at right centre.

Try and stiffle the Aussies and give thema bit of size in the three quarters

Well yeah, but he wasn't there - the point being Lockers was our best option available. Poor squad selection, even allowing for the limited choices due to injuries, as was pointed out when the squad was announced.

I note the predicted Lockers bashing on various threads, some of it from Wigan fans who should know better.

Personally I'd have thought the shocking 3/4 line - the worst to play for England since the early 80s - would be the focus of the post-match inquest (along with the poor decisions from the officials - the Ozzies may have the best players but their officials actually make ours look good), but instead people are going out of their way to blame a player who was asked to play out of position. Typical.

I'm starting to wonder how much of Kyle we're actually going to see. Is he going to be injured on and off like this right the way through until he goes to RU?

To avoid disappointment, it might be an idea to start planning for life after Kyle right now.

I fear you may be right. Desperately hoping he's got the injuries out of his system now, but have a funny feeling we'll only get half a season out of him again next year.

Real shame if so.

I agree. And I do think we missed him Down Under, but sadly, I think we'd have needed a couple more like him for it to make a major difference.