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.

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....

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.

rlWhinging Poms???rl

"Watmough could recall precious little about the match after copping a stray elbow in the head from England halfback Sam Tomkins."

Soft .

Well, as Jamie Peacock said "You want it like that? You can have it"

I've always said, the way to beat the Ockers is to start a punch up early doors. For me, that's exactly what England should have done last week against NZ when they came back to 18-10 and had NZ on the ropes, briefly.

Well will get tonked.