A good overall performance from the kiwis, they have a very strong pack and some real world class in Johnson and Manu and DWZ. On paper, they should be too good for England over 3 matches but as we saw towards the end there, they are prone to switching off and have some mental weaknesses when under real pressure.

I can't wait for the series. England will need to be creative to score points since Marsters and Manu are excellent defensive centres. I think Tomkins needs to be at 1, he has the guile to undo them out wide from the back of a block, I think Ratchford would be eaten up by their edge defence quite easily.

NZ pretty good at home but in recent times haven't done as well on their travels. should still be a close series

How can a team boasting Joseph Manu, Dallin Watene-Zelesniak, Shaun Johnson, Esarn Marsters, Brandon Smith, Jordan Rapana, Joseph Liu, Martin Tapau, Jesse Bromwich, and Jared Warea-Hargreaves possibly be beaten by an England team that will be without Samuel Burgess, Ryan Hall, and Kallum Watkins?

This series should be a 3-0 cake walk for the Kiwis.

England are also without their best player, 2017 NRL Dally M half back of the year, Gareth Widdop.

The battle between Manu and Mitchell was a joy to watch. Those 2 have thee potential to be all time greats. Sadly, we don't have any fit centres anywhere near their level.

If you missed the junior test yesterday you should view this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65e6XBgZsM BTW The video ref allowed the try, the offload wasn't a forward pass

If you missed the junior test yesterday you should view this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65e6XBgZsM BTW The video ref allowed the try, the offload wasn't a forward pass