Australia were in top gear nearly all game, what are you talking about? Hence the result and unforgettable performance we've just witnessed.

I agree with everything you say except the bit i underlined.
I think England did a good job on them and tbh i think they were still hurting and thats why the scoreline was as big as it was

Thurston ran the show today for my money. He pulled all the strings. Rightful MOM for me. Slater was a close 2nd. NZ froze. Disappointing final after all that has gone before.

Thaiday and Bird were great in the Aussie pack

I assume you mean regarding the in-goals and runoff areas?

In Australia we have something called 'Workplace Health and Safety'. Ever heard of it? It applies to sportsmen too.
After the Luke Lewis incident and near disasters with Morris and Vatuvai, I would say it's been shown to be a legitimate safety concern rather than a whinge.

Just got back. That's the best I've een Australia play for quite a few years (since the great Green Machine broke!). An outstanding display of controlled rugby league and an example of briiliant coaching and execution. They nullified the much over-hyped NZ pack and effectively beat them in the first three tackles of the match. Thereafter the display was stunning. I loved their game plan, which seemed to be old fashioned RL common-sense - run hard, tackle hard and don't drop the ball. Allied that to probably the best kicker (Thurston) in RL history and a superb game plan of making every line break count (kicking every time there was no immediate support) and executing almost flawlessly and they were a joy to watch. They utterly dominated from start to finish but made it look simple and basic - demonstrating enormous skill and ability. They showed one again that RL is a team game and not one for posers. There have been players in this tournament who have been grossly overhyped and in both cases they should have learned that RL is a team game and no matter how good they think they are international RL will find them out if them out if they are not team players.

All in all the tournament ended perfectly for the English fans - the natural order was restored with Australia showing their dominance, we went out "heroically" and we avoided the ritual humiliation of conceding a mass of points to Australia in the final and we can go away deludedly thinking what might have been.

Best performance I've seen in this country from Australia for many a year.

I don't take the view NZ were poor.

Players of the tournament:

Sam Burgess
All the Australian team
Just about no one else came close.

It's the same here. I am pretty sure there is an old legal case involving Rochdale Hornets RLFC.