Quote ="Roddy B"Guess I'm the only one not THAT impressed with the Aussie side? Cronk's no Lockyer, Slater looked a poorer player than the player I've seen over the past few winters.
Is Tate really in the same league as some of the better Aussie centres over the years? Gasnier, Hodges, Jennings, Tahu, Folau, etc.? Didn't really impress me today.
They are clearly superb and have ridiculous levels of quality across the field, but I felt a lot of their players were 'just good' rather than stupendous. England won't get close to them if they pick it up a bit, but I've felt their team has looked stronger over the past few years.'"
Agree with this to an extent, some of the forwards and three-quarters are good rather than great e.g. Morris, Boyd, Bird, Thaiday, Tamou etc. However on the other hand the spine even with Cronk instead of Lockyer is one of the greatest of all time.
The wingers/centres would look much better with Hayne, Jennings and the injured Hodges in there. The outside backs which took the field yesterday weren't streets ahead of England's like they usually are.
