Just switched SSN on to find Brian Carney and Stevo on.



And apparently the ref is from Australia



Surely the ref for this game shouldnt be from the home nation.

Me & Twosevenzero have said this for the last 15 years.

When they come over here they should get Bob Connolly reffing with John C on the Video ref.
Hey John, Just check that for me will you, Aussies think they've scored, FIND a reason why they haven't!
Put the Aussies up in a dingy B&B somewhere, give the lot of em food poisoning.

Ask the Aussies, which Team would you pick for England? When they write it down, rip it up in their faces and go and pick 6 of the roughest punch up merchants going and knock 7 bells out of em!

We might only lose by 10/15 then !

i'm quietly confident the nationality of the referee will not affect the outcome in the slightest...

i thought the ref was poor last time out, he owes us but I doubt that will count for anything and as usual all the 50/50's will go against us, but I agree with a comment made earlier that it is highly unlikely the ref will have too big an influence on the end result.

Im scared that the aussies will win by a landslide (40) im just hoping its worth getting up at 0700 on a sunday

Do we know anywhere showing the game and serving breakfast on Sunday so early?

Manley Hotel, Nr Brisbane, near Wally Lewis land (and Gene Miles). Better still the Winnum/Manly Footie club, where they both played, (and a certain Phil Collins, who hails from Wigan). good luck to the English boys.

Teams....



Seriously I love Locky but I am shamed that we are so desperate that we have to play him at Stand Off at Test Level. That is a sad indictment for the game in England if ever there was one.

Glad Tomkins is at FB but those half backs are not good enough to beat saints. I would have played Brown and Robinson just in the hope they might click like they can for Hudds.

Would prefer Burgess at loose, hope they keep him on when Fielden comes on.

Having seen that team I am going to set Sky+ and watch it at my own leisure Sunday morning. (Not that I expected us to pull superstars out of nowhere)

Saints?
I thought England are playing the Aussies.

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