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He worked within a much better defence at Sts, he’ll have to adjust to the poorer defensive systems that exist in the NRL.

Ryan Sutton was the standout Englishman this morning IMO. Williams was great with the boot but between them none of the Canberra playmakers could open the Roosters defence which was just too well organised and committed. Whitehead was solid and looked likely a couple of times without actually ever breaking the line. Bateman was good in defence and kept Cordner in check but he never troubled the Roosters line with his trademark footwork and odd style. The Roosters still look a cut above everyone when the big games come, if they continue in this mood and form they’ll win it for a 3rd time.

Strikes me that it’s an Ausie coach who thinks he knows better and is he’ll bent on reinventing Thompson despite seeing how good he is over here.

He didn’t carry the pack at Sts, Roby, Walmsley, LMS to name but 3 other quality players in the Sts pack. Im a big fan of Thompson’s but let’s not get beyond ourselves

Given that most of them are Aussies I’d be surprised if there aren’t 300 more effective whingers in the NRL!

My thoughts would be to scrap the grandparent(s) & residency rules and stick strictly to where you were born or parent(s) qualification. Victor Radley is a superb player and has made his choice, good luck to him! Ive also stated my opinion on national teams a few times in the past. As far as I’m concerned it’s our best against the best of of nations and that includes everyone from the Manager to the bloke who rolls the socks into pairs with a stick of Wriggleys chewing gum. If we prove to be not good enough then we know we need to improve and if we win the next World Cup then it’s a complete victory for the nation and not diluted or shared with another nation who provided elements of our team for us. Simple with credibility, not contrived & shallow!

Ryan Hall might as well come home and Watkins looks to be done as a top tier player.

Correct been a left winger for Leeds but both sides at international level incorrect, the ref was Sutton and his brother was the video ref. Biggest stitch up at international level I’ve ever seen!

lol Thanks for that, you've just releived an unnatural amount of pressure in alf of Hull. It's like some strange form of turrets syndrome!

Go on say it, you know you want to .

Won't be long now!

Ha Ha Wait for it It's coming lol

It's not win win, I want England to win the World cup end of. . . But their chances of doing so nosedived when SM took control, he's clueless and has made a string of poor decisions

OH The irony! I certainly wasn't as quick as you to jump on this thread. You're living in a fantasy world Chris, MCNamara manufactured a situation that was unacceptable to Brough or for that matter any player with an ounce of self respect, he did it on purpose and made no real attempt to hide it. I like Sinfield, he's looked World class for Leeds but has had no more than 2 or 3 decent games at international level, he's had his chance and failed.

Is that a joke because if it is, you've left out the funny bit. Sinfields a 34 time failure at international level. The Australians and to a slightly lesser extent the Kiwis will tear him to shreds, they must be laughing their collective kocks off! McNamara not picking Brough in a 40 man ETS was nothing more than an attempt to publicly humiliate Danny, so much so that the aim was to leave Broughy with nowhere to go but out of the England camp. Brough has been the stand out player in SL this season and it's incompetence to the extreme on McNamaras part that he can't manage the squad better.

Do we know the result from the game? Match report anywhere?

Andy, Neil & Richard Kelly all played in a game together when Dewsbury played Wakefield a few years back. Great to see the Fourtress of Burgess playing today, there was a set when the sequence of drives from a kick off went: Tom-Sam-Luke-George-Tom and then all four of them made a tackle on some poor Wests player. Great for the game!

Football Manager? ? ? I can certainly see the merit in him being on the coaching staff but I would never have him down for any kind of Management role.

Complete waste of money, not least because MacNamara isn't clever enough to eek any info out of watching games live over televised. Glorified holiday

What a waste of money!