I’m just sat watching England Australia, it’s a complete and utter fucking stuffing. The Australians have battered the English. Yet the English commentators fully expect England to make it through to the final where more likely than not they’ll play Australia. If England are supposed to be the second best team in the world at the moment and they’re getting beat by more than 40 points by the best team, why even bother carrying on? Why not just give Australia the trophy now and call it a day?

Personally from what I’ve seen England don’t look anything like the second best team in the Rugby League world at the moment (Fiji, New Zealand anybody?). At least half the teams in this years Rugby League World Cup have looked better than England. So I wonder why the hell are we just presuming that we’ll be in the final, we’ll be nowhere but back home if we play the same way against New Zealand in the semi final. That’s what gives me hope for the tournament, that the “usual” teams get a wake up call.

I guess I know why they didn’t bother holding this tournament 4 years ago, because at the moment it’s hardly competitive is it?