England: G Widdop (St George Illawarra); J McGillvary (Huddersfield), K Watkins (Leeds), J Bateman (Wigan), R Hall (Leeds); K Brown (Warrington), L Gale (Castleford); C Hill (Warrington), J Hodgson (Canberra), J Graham (St George Illawarra), S Burgess (South Sydney), E Whitehead (Canberra), S O'Loughlin (Wigan, capt).

Interchange: A Walmsley (St Helens), T Burgess (South Sydney), B Currie (Warrington), J Roby (St Helens).

Brown still as to pass a concussion test. Otherwise unchanged side.

No Suprise

Don’t think should be messing about with team selection at this point anyway barring injuries.

I'm not convinced of Bateman in the centres. There is no attacking threat on that side.

Surprised there is no halfback cover on the bench in case KB is not as fit as he thinks. Ratchford would have been ideal to cover full back ,halves or centre.

S O'Loughlin to #6

Doesn’t work like that in the World Cup. www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/42062633 Ratchford and Williams both miss out as reserves this time.

Doesn’t work like that in the World Cup. www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/42062633 Ratchford and Williams both miss out as reserves this time.

WG stated that Brown is confirmed to play against Tonga.

Brown's having a great WC, esp considering he was a late replacement callup to the squad for that mid-season Samoa game.

If you'd have told me earlier in the season that he'd not only be on the plane, but getting the nod at 6 ahead of Williams and Widdop, at the business end of the tournament, I wouldn't have believed you.

And it's completely on merit. He's taken his chances and shown he's got something about him.

I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing him back in P&B next season.

Like any half back you’re only as good as the metres your pack makes.

Hope Hill’s blip in form is temporary and we see the proper Mike Cooper next season. I still feel we are a bit light up front compared to other teams. Maybe Westwood will be a regular prop providing some much needed biff and grunt.

I'm hoping Akauola and BBM can ofset the weaknesses or form dips from Hill and Cooper to carry the pack on a front foot so Brown can do what his does.

And still to many mistakes.

Gale has been awful so far in an otherwise good performance. Defence looks good. Brown doesn't have a kicking game but has been decent.

We've passed well, and scrambled brilliantly when we've been opened up.

Individually
Graham has been immense
Burgess hard to handle
Widdop improving at FB
Brown done OK, just wish he'd take the line on, more
Gale and Bateman are not international class
Hill is miles away from the player he was

Attendance is 30,003

WTF

They just won that and the ref gave us the win

Ridiculous last 10 minutes. The Aussies will have had a few concerns for the previous 70, as we showed a lot of resolution.
The end showed our soft underbelly.
Worrying. Very worrying.

Next week, we MUST find a kicking game, to open them up. At the moment, we don't have one. One decent single attacking kick in 80 mins is pathetic. The Aussies will simply lap up our pressure.

If we don't kick well, we've no chance

What was that, seriously.

Rewound it numerous times, seeing it as a loose carry now but got away with one big time

We will get annihilated next week if we defend like that

The ball was stripped from Mcgillvary a few plays earlier. The ref didn't blow then so he could hardly penalise England for doing the same.

Currie's defence was shocking

Im not too sure it was really currie’s fault, he had no inside defender for their second try and was trying to cover for gale on the third who go thrown out of the way.

He possibly could of done better but other then that he was solid and didnt miss a tackle.

And that's why we must hope that Hodgson is fit. He may not be the most dynamic hooker in the game but he has a decent kicking game to take the pressure off Gale.

From what I saw Currie was at fault for 2 of their tries.