And if Sam Burgess hadn't gone to RU and/or broken his cheekbone he would have played and the task Samoa would have faced would have been much more difficult.

If Australia hadn't had so many injuries and withdrawals they would have had the strongest side by far and the task England/Samoa/NZ would have faced would have been much more difficult

If, if, if.

Blah blah blah

he's even worse than Ben Roberts

You may be right.

Maitua is not good at 6, he is a bit part player at best. His best years were as a back tower 10 years ago but the game has evolved since then.

He was 4th choice half back at his club at best which says it all.

Interesting when reading all the previews from Australia that they fail even once to mention Chris Hill. Surprising also given that the only real chance to see him up against the NRLs best was for England against Australia in last years World Cup. During that game he constantly tore through the Ausie pack which contained all forwards that the Ausies are now bemoaning for being absent, Gallen etc

Hill is as big as the Burgess boys and is arguably better than both of them, definitely Tom and at least on a par with George.

I would keep those thoughts to yourself, if I was you. Otherwise we'll soon find Chris Hill playing in the NRL.

We'll win, but lose the other 2 games.....predictable I guess.

If England can beat Samoa by at least 20 points ---despite Samoa having a much superior 3/4 line -- then England has a good chance to beat a rusty Australia the following week.

Only a magical performance by Gregory Inglis can lift the unbalanced pack of Australian forwards to match the English pack --- assuming that Shaun O'Loughlin plays. Otherwise, if England beat Samoa by at least 20, they will next beat Australia by at least 8 points.

One cannot underestimate the psychological effects on Australia of a humiliating defeat to New Zealand. Australian players will lose their sense of entitlement, which comes from having the wizardry of Johnathan Thurston at their disposal.

You really do spin some rubbish.
Most of the stuff you peddle does not make any sense.
Get a life.

Just ignore the extremely poor WUM, for fcks sake.

Good to see the tradition of making a knackers of at least one national anthem being upheld.

Nice touch to have George Galloway sing the British anthem.

Is it me or is the commentary out of sync?

Is everyone else getting the picture on a slight delay?

Commentary is out of sync?

Commentary is ahead of the picture, bit annoying

Decision not to play a warm up looks a predictably bad one given the amount of pre season type errors we're making.

Is that a ruddy butterfly?

Clark can't do it on the big stage.

Just going to say keep calm, stop being amateur and we'll take 'em apart. But scored anyway!

Daryl Clark is like lightning off the deck.
Very nice try.

Scored like a Cas try!

Westerman and Sam Tomkins were dire there.

We are shocking. Not prepared at all.

This is dire. Why on Earth can't England just hold onto the ball? A joke. They should be taking Samoa apart but have dug a huge hole for themselves by trying to score every time they touch it / dropping it going into first tackle.