And that makes it right?

Rogues not everything you read on here is serious. The only other person who believes this is Dave Nosey Parker. Relax and for one split second of your life enjoy a bit of fun. Read the post again and try not to think negative about it.

There was a very small amount of muted booing by a very small amount of people... Nothing like it was at Leeds a couple of years ago where the whole of the south stand were booing Sam Tomkins every touch of the ball..
I thought on the whole the crowd got behind the England team reasonably well, the crowd was a concern though.
I did expect more fans from other teams, there was a decent amount from Wire in attendance.

...And when he (and others) got read out on the teamsheet... And when he scored(!)...

I don't understand the logic behind it: if you're there in your England shirt, supporting England, then why would you boo any player who has just scored for England? Would you boo if he was wearing your club jersey?

If Hardaker plays against the Australians we will be destroyed. Awful defence.

He isn't a centre.

So why did McBanana play him there then? It's like getting a glazer in to fit a bathroom suite. There are centres in SL who never even got in the squad.
Think Australia will need to book extra luggage for the trip home.

So either you weren't there or are a liar. Which is it?

All those on here that didn't turn up - why not?

Was it lack of RFL marketing that meant you didn't know the game was happening?

Or did you know it was happening and just think you had better things to do?

You can see why he is out of the defensive line at fullback for Leeds. He couldn't tackle a big dinner.

What was just as retarded as booing an England player was the Warrigton fans singing Warrington songs! And then Leeds fans replying with songs of their own. You were all there to support England FFS!!

back on the match ....The Exiles were by far the worst side that has played at the Halliwell jones this season and I've seen Salford....

havent seen it back on Sky and wont be 'cos I dont have it.......but they were awful in every aspect of Rugby.. So many awful players or players that couldnt give a toss.

its nothing like origin in Australia where Team Mates will smack each other or opposing club players get even more agressive against opposition players.
There were so many players doing those little appreciative hand slaps to "mates" whilst walking past them either at a stoppage in play or when they were going off after being subbed it was a joke!

Puletua was a disgrace to a working man by far the laziest player I have ever seen. on England I thougth Roby Myler and Tomkins were very good. While Mossop was awful and hopefully the Burgess brothers and James Graham will mean he wont get near a jersey in the future.

I actually got the bug for the international scene by being there and despite the low crowd and awful game I cant wait for the world cup now,

I hope you doom mongers and downright boring lazy internet moaning scumbags give it a whirl you might enjoy it.......

The most disapointing selection for me last night was that of Hardaker at centre and im a Leeds fan.He has actually done well defensivley for us at full back over the last year (saints at home aside) making some key try savers and full back is certainly his position now.He can cover the three quarters well at club level but shouldnt be anywhere near at international.

I would have much prefered to have seen young Crooks from Hull given a chance,would have been the perfect opportunity for him.

I agree. It's not like NRL Origin over here. In Aus there are about five or six players who play full back for their clubs playing on the wing or centre or even full back in the Origin games. But I think with us in England we need to keep our players playing in the position they play in for their clubs. It's rarely worked for us when we've had a manager making players play out of position. And like you say, when we've got a young lad playing very well for Hull at left centre (since Macnamara doesn't like Atkins) why not jut play him, instead of playing a young man out of position (won't have been good for Hardaker's confidence).

The Exiles were absolute gammon last night which will have caused a lot of knee jerk reaction to the concept itself.

It's going to take a few years for it to build into something credible. Hopefully over time you will build some rivalry, feuds, bit of biff etc.

When it starts getting credible players will rally want to play and will want to win which will raise the standard of games. Fans will then want to attend and it becomes more of a spectacle.

Unfortunately it's a bit of a "chicken and egg" situation.

I was disappointed with the game last night but I wouldn't have even bothered switching on (I live a few hundred miles away) if it had been Wales or France as that would have been a guaranteed drubbing and the same old same so.

Some credit has to go to England last night who I thought played some great rugby in the first half. It wasn't all down to poor (on the night) opposition.

It's like franchising. It's far from perfect but let's run with it for a bit longer and give it a chance.

Who is meant to support the Exiles?

It is never going to be credible.

The Exiles aren't a real team, nobody really sees it as a great honour to wear an Exiles jersey, they have no supporters, and the Super League clubs (and their supporters) would rather not risk a key player getting an injury in this game.

Saying it will get more credible over time is like saying London Broncos just need a bit more time.

At the next big review of the game the Exiles match will be on the table as something to potentially scrap to reduce the number of fixtures for international players in the season.

That has happened at pretty much every test I have been to, doesn't really bother me unless it gets a bit OTT, for example Hull fans singing old faithful after we beat New Zealand the other year. Booing our own players however is pathetic and I would rather people like that just stayed at home next time.

For me, though, our sport needs a good international game to become a bigger sport (for a start Great Britain need to return!) and England need to be a real challenge to New Zealand and Australia. At the moment I think the quality of youngsters coming through in this country is of the highest quality in a higher number than I've get seen in my lifetime (I'm 31) but for them to play well for England they need to play together for England. Down under they have the ANZAC test and State of Origin as well as the whole NRL competition to play at as high a level as you can get. Over here I'd rather see England play the Exiles as it's a bigger test and a higher quality game than playing France and Wales. So in that sense I think it's essential.

We need a bit of biff in one of the games to spark something off, dunno if it will ever happen though.

Lions tour pretty much nailed on for 2015. All golds aren't a problem, especially on British soil and I don't think we are as far behind the Aussies as some would have you believe. When did NSW last win a series? Yet I keep hearing how superdooper Origin is.

I wasn't there..But did see the game on TV and Tomkins was getting booed when he touched the ball... If you're saying it didn't happen you are the liar pal..

I think people have to be realistic about what the Exiles game is. It's a training exercise, and it's up to the England coaching team whether or not they deem it worthwhile. If they do it will stay and if they don't it will go. It isn't going to be some big game because as already stated by others, the Exiles aren't a real team, there's no real reason for their players to be overly motivated, and there's no reason for anyone to support them (although they do seem to sell a few shirts!)

It is undoubtedly a more challenging fixture than playing Wales, France or anyone else outwith Australia and New Zealand though, so as training exercises go it's probably the best England will ever realistically have.

I went on Friday and will fully admit I was bored throughout, other than when Exiles scored a couple of tries and it looked like they might come back a bit more, but I'd be bored watching any friendly fixture involving Warrington too and in real terms a friendly is exactly what it is. It probably belongs on a training ground rather than a Super League ground, but if nearly 8,000 people are prepared to pay to watch it then that's fair enough. As for the atmosphere, booing, etc. I didn't sing/cheer/boo once, but I did find it amusing that Warrington players in Exiles jerseys were being supported far more than non Warrington players in England jerseys. The reality is that few people will have genuinely cared who won the game, so a number just decided to enjoy themselves in whatever way they saw fit. So what? It won't be like that when England play their World Cup games, but Friday night was not a World Cup game.