what did anyone think of jamie peacocks touchline interview shortly after the game?

if that was our national captain giving a quick assessment on how the game went then im afraid were going nowhere fast. i'd love to hear his onfield instructions to his teammates.

i understand what you mean but he cant even talk

we need a leader on and off the pitch

playing ability wise, australia have got and had, a 100 jamie peacocks in the past 10 years. theyve used them, dumped them, spat em out and moved on to the next one in a non stop production line.

weve used the same one for 10 years.

what a fecking shambles by england

hope we dont ever have to play fiji they would rip us apart

how does the rest of the tournament rack up? is tehre a chance we have to play one of the lesser nations like fiji, samoa or scotland ffs

i can see it now...

"england dumped by emerging scotland in world cup semi in brisbane"

jesus, can this really happen in this comp?

After reading all these replies to this thread........I thought i'd have my say.

The score was embarrasing, yes, but the Aussies were really fired up for their encounter with their (alleged) biggest threat to their title. The England team seemed as fired up as they was last week. I noticed then that when they scored against PNG their 'erm' celebrations were a tad lack-lustre to say the least, whereas the 'Guinnies' acted as though they had actually won the competition by scoring against 'the mighty English'.
Today was like stepping back in time to the early eighties.......The days of Mal Meninga, Eric Groth and our own Sterlo, the 'Invincibles' was a great name to give that Aussie team. (Hull being the only team to almost beat them too.....robbed by a dodgy ref call ). Well........England will need a bit more fire in their bellies to get a result against NZ next week, let alone facing the 'New Invincibles' again!

To sum it up in effort terms.......England 4 out of 10 (must try harder)
Australia 11 out of 10 (shear class)

On the Calderwood topic.......1 mistake (the same as Billy Slaters) but had a fine game and stood out along with Burrow IMHO. I'm actually starting to look forward to seeing him in FC colours next season

Another observation.........Scotland, Ireland and Wales RL are gonna do diddly-squat in the competition........And so now we have an England side that has lost a bit (allbeit a small bit) of dimension. I reckon a GB side would've maybe not conceeded so many points today.....Oh....And the GB kit was better to look at too, it didn't look like a badly drawn Rovers shirt

Thoughts.........?

You're right there Paul......If the 'New England set-up' meant that the team would have had to be totally decimated by being split up and had, say, to have a few Hull KR players( ) thrown in to make up a side, then it would never have happened A GB side is a better option everytime. This way, we would have maybe got to see a Lebanon, a Russian and maybe even a Jap RL side have a crack. They would probably not have been hammered as England were today

Nick Fozzard?