Quarter-Final: England v Papua New Guinea Rugby League World Cup

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Good morning and thanks for joining

us at this ridiculous hour. It is

England against Papua New Guinea in

the quarterfinals of the 2017 World

Cup. And joining us for this one are

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There's nothing like a great comedic

acting at half four in the morning,

and that was nothing like great

comedic acting. Don't shake your

head at me. Here are the three -

former England captain Kevin, former

Great Britains internationals

Jonathan and David. As you can see,

only two of them have done their

hair. So, it is half past three in

the afternoon, at the moment, and

England are gonna take on Papua New

Guinea for the right to play Tonga

in the 2017 rugby league World Cup

semifinal. Despite winning twice in

the group stages Wayne Bennett will

be looking for a significant

improvement from his England side

today. And despite the world

rankings, Papua New Guinea will be

no push overs. They've been

impressive so far, haven't they,

Papua New Guinea. They won't be

pushovers for England today.

No,

it's a dangerous game. I think

they've been outstanding, getting

out of the group. It will be

different for them today being in

Melbourne rather than Port Moresby,

but I think they will cause England

some problems today. Hopefully

England will turn up, I think we

have been building nicely. And I

think we're ready to explode into

this competition now.

Seem to have spent a lot of time

during the tournament talking about

performance rather than result. Now

only the result matters.

Yeah. I

think looking back at their pool and

the way they played they'll have to

recreate the cauldron. It will be

totally different playing in

Melbourne away from the home crowd

because they were absolutely crazy.

They created an -- a magnificent

atmosphere. I have a feeling that

the England, in the knockout round,

New Zealand, and I think England

will really turn up. I'm quietly

confident they'll win comfortable.

And all -- I'll show you the results

in many in a moment, but in many

ways what's happened in the other

quarterfinals will - is quite useful

for England isn't it?

Yeah, a

motivational tool or just as an

awareness. Yeah, big results can

happen that the stage, and the

perceived weaker nations, the

Pacific Islands, you know, they're

really strong, and causing the

bigger sides some problems. For

Papua New Guinea today, one thing I

expect from them is chaos. They

thrive on chaos, on the being being

in play, off loads, playing quickly

and the key to the game for England

is controlling it and making it more

structured.

John who said to me off

air is keen to get questions from

people who are up at this time of

the morning and what they'll ask.

Hashtag BBCRL. Might get a couple

away Toll him before kick-off at

five o'clock. Let's show you the

quarterfinal results so far. No

doubt Fiji's narrow win over New

Zealand was the shock of the

tournament so far and the Kiwis have

exited before the smiles for the

first time since since it beige a

knockout turnment in 1995. Australia

cruised through Samoa but Tonga

squeezed last Lebanon 24-22. That

was yesterday. The teams arrived not

long ago. Wayne Bennett decided to

stick with the half-back combination

of Brown and another. That he used

before. Gareth Widdop agains plays

full-back. Big Sam is back after

missing two games through injury.

Josh Hodgson is recalled to hooker,

Ben Currie to the bench and the

Papua New Guinea side includes

familiar faces from super league and

they have the standout full-back as

well in Brisbane's Mead. We can show

you the team. Are you happy he stuck

with Gale and Brown as the

half-backs, Kevin?

Yeah, I think so.

We all discussed it last week, and I

think it gives us the continuity.

Just how we played first half in

particular against France last week,

we just seemed to create

opportunities for Widdop and I think

Brown brings a calming influence and

I think we started to see the best

out of Luke Gale as well. So, I

think it's the right move today.

I

think it looked a better balanced

side. We have the creative in

midfield, Lachlan as well. You need

that. We mentioned it.

midfield, Lachlan as well. You need

that. We mentioned it. We needed

that kind of finishing power and as

the competition to -- progresses to

release the wingers as well.

To give you two credit, you picked

your team for the quarterfinals

after the win over France and you

both had Widdop staying at full-back

although not not necessariably

thought Wayne Bennett would go that.

That's what you had.

I think in this

game Brown and Gale combined

beautifully and created some space

for Gareth Widdop. And for me Gareth

Widdop's biggest strength is his

running game, and England used Kevin

Brown and Gale to get Widdop the

ball in space. England have loads of

tools in their attacking sort of

tool box. In the middle of the fool

and -- field -- field and in the

hall backs who are able to play

square. And I thought Widdop is

probably the best placed to take

advantage Hoff that space. He also

has the ability to use his skill as

half-back in that position which is

a great asset to have.

By you two saying Gale and Brown

created space for him, are you

saying he didn't do enough when he

was at half-back himself?

I think

it's a different challenge. I think

Gale and Brown are more comfortable

on the ball. When I say that they

want the ball in the hands to create

space for other people. I think

Widdop is a better player in space.

So I think there's enough tools in

Lachlan, Graham, Gale and Brown to

get Widdop the ball 234 space.

And

look at Zach, he was named on

full-back, and the way he attacks

out wide is what England need. Also

he has a kicking game at full-back.

He's the vision of the side. If they

need a kick early when under

pressure from the forward. He had to

be more vocal, clear and kick early.

As I said, it looks a better

balanced side, and that, I think, is

a great threat which you need in the

latter stages.

I think what's interesting is we're

debating this now, but we probably

need to realise Lomax isn't 100% fit

that. Would have come into the

equation. You think that has in some

ways forced Wayne Bennett's hand?

I

think we agree it's the way to go

today but the fact somebody isn't

quite 1 Melbourne Cup % fit, it

makes the decision for you. You want

everybody out there firing fit.

I

would have still gone with Widdop?

Yeah.

He's the form player so you put him

in.

Jonny Lomax can do a lot of the

things Widdop do but Widdop got the

opportunity.

You talked to him last

week so don't try and make it up.

I

got to inside track about the

injury.

Oh, yeah.

But for England...

If you're in possession of the shirt

and you're in form, then it's gonna

be difficult to dislodge that

person.

That's the risk if you let

somebody into the team and they play

well, they more than likely keep the

shirt. For England, there's

continuity. They have people in key

positions and they haven't had that

all tournament.

When you're in the

knockout stages as the team progress

through the games know, it's

probably unlikely you're gonna get

in unless somebody has misfortune

and gets injured. While the team

continues winning it's stuff. --

it's tough.

Let's show you how

England made it to the

quarterfinals. Played three opening

games, lost to Australia, but beat

Lebanon and France. Wayne Bennett as

I acknowledged the improvement --

acknowledged improvement is needed

although one man has been

sensational during the tournament

and that's Germaine and he's been

talking to our correspondent.

To

McGillvary.

McGillvary comes back in

on the inside.

Jermaine McGillvary

scores again. Jermaine McGillvary!

Nine tries in nine successive test

matches in an England shirt.

You're causing quite a stir over

here. The Aussie media seem to love

you a lot. What is it, nine tries in

nine internationals

Yeah, somebody

said that. I thought it was seven

games but I worked it out. It's nine

in nine, not a bad record. But I'd

swap that for a World Cup any time.

There was bit of a cloud in this

World Cup when you were accused of

biting by Robbie far are and that

rattled you a bit.

The things they

were saying in the press I was

basically guilty already, so it

rattled me a bit. They were saying I

was guilty, I could miss the rest of

the World Cup. And I worked all my

life where to be where I am now. I

worked really hard and to see it

could all disappear in one incident.

Yeah, I was pretty rattled but I

kept quiet. Once I had my say, it

took them what, two, three minutes

to make a decision. Yeah, we're over

it. The incident has been put to we

move on.

You tend not to dwell on your try

scoring but you dwell more on what

you do at the other end of the field

don't you?

Yeah, for me anyone can

can score a try, but what else can

you offer the team? My yardage

coverage of my career, I have tried

to help the team as much as I can.

You're a rugby league story, you

were reasonably late to rugby league

weren't you?

-- weren't you? Yeah, I

started off eight to 11, high school

age. Then you meet a lot of new

friends when you get into high

school. I was a bit small, getting

tired of the code and getting pashed

up a -- bashed up a bit so I thought

I'd quit. I bumped into a player cos

I was doing labouring and I looked

pretty big for my small frame and he

said I could down to the hudders

field Giants academy, give it a go.

I put the hard work in, people put

faith in me and here I am.

So it's

all been worthwhile?

Definitely.

Sacrifices. -- sacrifices. I have

had to cut a lot of things out of my

life.

What would it mean to win a

World Cup with England?

It would

mean everything. Like, there's a lot

of quality world-class players who

have tried in the past and failed.

For us as a group of people, if we

were to succeed, you know, it would

be legendary for England. We need to

put it all together and hopefully

when it matters we do.

He comes across as such a nice lad

doesn't he?

Yeah, he's been

sensational hasn't he? I think no

wonder the Australians are talking

about the NRL competition. He's been

doing that for a number of years

now, and he has been the standout

for England I think. Carries in the

back field for us in particular, I

have - enable your Grahams,

Burgesses, Curries to get back on

side, get back in the play. He's

been devastating.

As he alluded to

in his interview there, he said he

wants to give more to the team, and

he's trying hard to do more for the

team than just score tries.

He said

anyone could score a try, but you've

got to do more.

In super league what

he does consistently is carry the

ball early in sets, gets

Huddersfield on the front field and

makes 200m. As a number it doesn't

mean anything but it enables other

men not to get bar and far behind

the ball. Creating fast place from

the yardage. He's been doing it

throughout the World Cup as we see

here. Often falls on his front.

Defensively he's been smart, picked

up a nice position there put the

ball out. There is -- there is what

McGillvary is about.

He's nice, as a

kicker it's easier for you if you're

kicking the ball on the halfway

line. And he gives a set a really

good start. Hall has been doing it

all his career. If you look at those

two, they're as big as maybe some of

the forwards, just a little quicker.

I think his strength of character

has been unbelievable in this

tournament. See him scoring another

try here against France. I think the

make here today is Papua New Guinea

is made up two threes including

David Mead and two wingers in Lo and

another. England will have to deal

with two wingers similar to

McGillvary, who will carry the ball

hard, almost a jack in the box,

bounce around, be very strong.

I don't want to depress Huddersfield

fans this time in the morning but do

you think they have to fight to hold

on to him in

In two years he's gone

to the NRL. I can't see anything

other than Jermaine McGillvary

playing in the NRL in two years.

This the best winger for me in the

world at the moment. I think another

is fantastic. I think there's

argument for maybe two or other

wingers, Valentine put in five tries

for Australia but Jermaine

McGillvary, from personal

experience, is probably one of the

most different players to handle.

They're -- he's the one they're

talking about. Ian Mill will tell

you in commentary last week that

everybody knows he's got two years

left. They're circling.

That's what

it's about, though. In my day if you

played well against Wigan they'd

bite you.

Funnily enough you didn't

sign for Wigan.

I was in contract.

They couldn't afford me, sorry.

That's what you do. That isn't a bad

stage - playing against the best in

the world, you're out there, playing

in their back yard. They're banging

on how God their players and wingers

are, and all of a sudden he's

getting all the mention. It's

brilliant for him and also for I

think the English game.

I thought at the start of the

interview was interesting. Go back

to the Lebanon game and after the

wards -- afterwards we were saying

it wasn't a bite, it would be fine,

but those couple of days doubt he

would have had and thinking as he

said, "I have worked for this all my

life. This is what I wanna do." That

uncertainty for that 48 hours must

have been very hard to deal with.

Yeah, it would have been tough for

him, the whole He's been that good.

It's not like any other

indiscretion, do you know what I

mean? Catch somebody high. It's a

late shot, but a bite a -- is a

tournament, looking at a 12-week

ban.

Biting and gouging.

Isn't it funny he's a winger and if

he was missing heed be the biggest

miss in the England's game. It's a

reflection, if he was missing it

would affect how England would day.

-- play.

Especially when they have

two out.

Now to Papua New Guinea, won all

three of their group games, beating

Wales and land and won the game

against the USA. All of their games

have been in front of their

passionate home support in Port

Moresby, a cauldron is how Jonathan

described it. It will be different

in the cooler climate of Melbourne

and Dave has been inside their

training camp.

It's our national

sport. We have tribal possibles,

politics, but when it comes to the

national team, everybody is behind,

everyone supports that one thing.

Yeah, that's how crazy it is.

Segeyaro will race away to score and

Papua New Guinea go to go in for

number three.

This is probably the

most consistent we've been. As an

organisation and you can just feel.

You can see it now. So hopefully in

continues and I'm excited to go into

this game.

There is the half century, Papua New

Guinea, 50.

We got -- we got players

who can score tries from anywhere in

the football field. If we stick to

our game and go out there with the

right mindset it shouldn't be a

problem.

Burgess rips over, and

slamming Sam!

I think he'll help them be a

stronger side. There's no doubt

Wayne's obviously a very good coach

with a good record. He's a big boost

for England as well. Hopefully we

spoil the pear for them Sunday

afternoon.

We expect them to be

really tough in Melbourne. As we

know, they got experience all over

the park there. All we want is to go

out there and compete well against

them. That's been our goal

throughout the the week and the past

few weeks. There's a lot of belief

in the team currently that we have,

this is probably one off our best

squads we have put together over the

past many years. We started building

this team up from 2016. Last year,

till this year. To get to the

quarterfinals, you know, it's really

good.

What will it mean to beat

England in a World Cup qualifier?

Oh, man. Yeah, well, we'd make

history again. Definitely be making

history for our country and making

our families and our country very

proud, and, yeah, there's no reason

why we can't, and I'd love to be

part of that team.

They're more than just a team who

can turn it on in their home nation

aren't they. That would be slightly

disrespectful to them.

Find out

today.

Well, yeah. Very good point.

I think

it's... If people haven't

experienced Port Moresby, it is one

of the places you will ever visit as

a rugby player. Whenever you go,

there's people screaming and

shouting, we throw our boots out of

the minibus just to get them away

from the minibus. They are

everywhere. In hotels they come and

turn up. I remember David bishop

threw his Jersey out on the tour,

1990, and two days later this guy

turned up in the hotel wearing his

Jersey. He must have been the

hardest guy in the village, and he

won it. It was two sizes too small

for him. That's the way it is. When

you play there, the crowd understand

the game. They travel days to come

and watch it. I think that's gonna

be their toughest task. Creating

their own atmosphere in that

stadium.

Guys, and I take all of that, but I

suppose I'm also - they've got

talent there as well. It's not just

about atmosphere and the conditions.

Today is one thing it's going to be

very physical. It's gonna be really

aggressive in the middle and I think

we mentioned last week, myself and

John played in a 2008 World Cup

against Papua New Guinea and I think

we were sore for the rest of the

competition the -- competition from

the game. They can hit and hit you

as hard as they can. What I -- they

have got, two trios, the back three,

who are very dangerous and a

combination of three hookers who are

on the field at the same time -

Segeyaro, Baptiste and another. When

those three are on the field I think

it tells England where they'll come

up - up the guts, the middle. Try

and move our big men around and try

and pick off the bigger boys.

David

Mead.

Yeah, he's genuine

international quality. Not only

that, I think his leadership in this

tournament has been exceptional. I

have liked what he said behind the

scenes for Papua New Guinea. But a

bit like Widdop, finds himself in

space. If he wants to win the ball

now he's genuinely quick and he can

score tries. Positionally he's been

exceptional at full-back. He's

constantly sniffing out

opportunities. Doesn't seem to be

much happening here. Bit of

footwork, through the line, try.

He's genuine star quality. I think

in their team you look at it and

there's maybe three or four guys who

they need to have the best games for

Papua New Guinea. David Mead is one

of them. Segeyaro, the hooker who

Kevin pointed out is crucial.

That's

where you think Papua New Guinea can

hurt England, out of dummy half.

Yeah, because they're dangerous. In

this sort of instinctive running

style. Chaotic environments like

this where you have athletic people

in open spaces. If England are

playing in a game and it looks like

this, it will be more difficult than

if it's structured. Little off

loads, support play from Segeyaro.

This is where Papua New Guinea get

excited. Dummy half play I think

will be crucial. Kevin said about

the three dummy halves. If the game

gets quick and the dummy halves get

control of the game it will be a

much more difficult day for the

England middles.

I think the biggest

improvement is - you know, as I --

as I watch -- thems that

organisation. They've got players

who can control games. The kicking

game is a lot better so it is gonna

be difficult. Looking at the Ireland

game, when Ireland fronted up

against them and ire London could

have won that and should have won

it. That's the real, you know, test

for them, can they step up again,

and England will be far more

physical. They'll be bigger, far

more organised than Ireland and

better players. That's why I'm

thinking is this now - can they step

up the next level and we'll have to

wait and see.

Speaking about - do you ask some

questions, one said, it's kind of on

those lines but from an England

perspective. Given he's in such

amazing form would you have started

James Roby?

Yes. And Hodgson on the

bench. Yes. I think the beauty of

Hodgson on the bench is he covers

both half spots and plays the and

13.

James Roby did something simple

which we probably overlooked. He got

the ball in the right hands of the

people at the right time and

executed it well. Hodgson is a

fantastic player, huge fan, but he's

looking to create more out of dummy

half. James Roby will fire a crisp

pass to Brown, put the ball in the

right people's hands and I think

would have benefitted England.

Callum says he has done an all

Englander - nighter so can England

win. A lot are the same vein. "What

time did you go to bed, John?"

Is that relating to how I look?

Sully follows that. "What moisturer

does Kevin use? He's the only who

doesn't look like he's been up all

night."

No stress.

We didn't have

make-up, we have special effects.

I think the lighting's very

favourable on Kevin's.

It's that

magic button.

Right. Let's hear from Sam Burgess

how he's back today after two games

out injured. And this is what he

said pre-match.

Obviously you've

said you'll be back for the game

with a knee injury. Have you trained

without any problems or nursed it

through?

No, it's been fine, trained

the whole week with the team.

Extremely confident with the work

we've done over the past two weeks.

Pull through fine tonight. Big

challenge today, the Papua New

Guinea boys have been extremely

physical and dominant It will be a

good game to come back in.

Your character has shone through the

sidelines when out injured. What

have you made of England's

performances against Lebanon and

France last week?

I think each good

without being brilliant. I think he

started both games particularly

well, got points in front and

probably not executed as well as

we'd like in the back half of the

games. Different conditions today.

Great weather, nice and dry out

there. Hopefully it will keep the

ball a bit better and finish the

game stronger.

Not sure how many preparation has

watched around watching videos of

the Kumuls, but watch -- won three

games at home, big support. What

worries you about them?

A lot of.

They're physical, carry the ball

strong. They're a passionate team.

Seen two previous quarterfinal

results passion goes a long way at

this level. Tonga, both Fiji, two

tight games. It will be a great

battle for us. It will be a great

test match.

Great to see you back. Play well.

Thanks, mate. Cheers.

What have

England missed whilst he's been out?

I actual Ben Currie was outstanding

last week but I think what you miss

is his personality, character. He's

a leader. Last week when Lachlan and

game Graham came off the same time.

We missed somebody grabbing the game

by the scruff of the neck in the

middle. He has ha lot of experience,

the boys look to him. They'll be

buoyed by the fact he's in the

dressing room with him. You'll be

nervous going into the game but you

look around and are comforted that

Sam is there.

He's a player when you

need a big hit, big run, he'll turn

up and do it, and I think that

hopefully - they use him today as a

decoy. We mentioned this last week.

He is a massive star in the NRL and

all these Papua New Guinea players

will be in awe of him. They all want

to have a on him, pile in. That's

where they've got to use him as a

decoy. Sometimes, one fault he has,

he tries too hard. He tries

everything. All of a sudden he'll

turn up on a last tackle and try and

kick it. It's not his job. He has to

do his job, use him as a decoy,

hopefully they'll get some holds.

Sam does the simple things really

well. He hits hard. His contact and

defence is probably up there with

the best in the world. He's a

leader, carries the ball strong. And

heel bring leadership and direction

to the England pack.

Not long till kick-off. Let's hear

from both of the coaches.

Working

with a really good group of blokes.

Getting to the cutting edge now. It

will only get better we hope.

Everyone in the UK wants to see how

Sam has been. He'll take the field.

How is his preparation? He's ready

to go?

Yeah, he is. He's done really

well with injury, worked really hard

on it. Staff have been great with

him. He's 100% fit.

It's been a really good campaign for

you guys so far. Are you confident

going into today's game?

Yeah, we go

through weeks of playing in Papua

New Guinea, now to Melbourne. Had a

good week. Looking forward to the

match.

Did you watch the game yesterday,

amazing result with New Zealand and

Fiji. Think you can do something

similar?

Yeah, I believe we can. We

have the side and do the best for

our country.

Gareth is back to

full-back. He was solid last week. I

guess there's real quality back in

the team today.

Brown does a good

job as full-back. Lomax had an

injury, didn't play. Gareth did

well. Hope he can do it today.

How did the boys adjust, three home

games, and now to Melbourne. Are

they ready to go today?

I think we

sort of left early on Monday. We

come a bit more like weather is at

home but, yeah.

You highlighted the chaos that Papua

New Guinea can thrive in. Is it

important for England early tonne

make sure there's none of that, be

controlled.

Yeah, I think the first

20 minutes are crucial. Get a

foothold in the game. I think

there's joins in the -- points in

the game for us. Papua New Guinea

have only conceded two tries in the

competition but I think Ireland gave

us a blueprint of how to play. Keep

it quick, keep the ball in play,

keep turning around. Make them come

off the goal line. Like I said, the

I think the first 20 minutes is

crucial.

Defensive discipline for

me. For England their defence has

been great for the majority of the

tournament. Focus on really

controlling the speed of the

play-the-ball. When that gets quick

Papua New Guinea will be dangerous

and they'll run out of dummy half,

spoke about their dummy half

runners. Disciplined, defensive

performance will allow England to

attack well. With the attack we want

to see them execute. I think that's

crucial.

I think England can win

this by 20. Yes, they're dangerous,

playing well. But I think the

quality in the England side, if they

play as I said the first 20, good

kicking game, aggressive defence.

Play in the right areas, comfortable

win for England I hope.

today. You wouldn't miss this. Come

on, England, rugby league. Good

luck, boys. I couldn't put it better

myself. The teams are out. Welcome

to our commentators now.

I'm not

sure what the complaints are about

getting up in the morning, because

we had no problem this morning. The

sun came through the windows nice

and early this morning. The

quarterfinal, the fourth of this

quarterfinal weekend. We've already

seen some humdingers of games.

England are hoping this is perhaps

not quite as close and as tense and

as upsetting as one or two of the

other matches have been so far. We

will pause for a moment for the two

national anthems.

# God save our gracious Queen # Long

live our noble Queen # God

save the Queen # Send her victorious

# Happy and glorious # Long to reign

over us # God save the Queen.

How English this crowd is here

today. It's virtually a home match

for England. 80% of the people

inside this ground, I'd estimate,

have travelled and they are here

inside this ground, I'd estimate,

have travelled and they are here to

inside this ground, I'd estimate,

have travelled and they are here to

see Sam Burgess back in the side.

Swept along on a tide of emotion

have Papua New Guinea. Boas is a

real star and his brother Watson

sulongside him in the halves.

Sell-out crowds cheering them on.

The question is can they keep that

emotion going into this game?

McGillvary looking to continue a

very impressive record in this World

Cup. In his international career as

well. This will be his 10th

appearance and in his previous 9 he

has scored 9 tries. There's

confirmation that Chris Hill plays

after that cramping issue. He looked

a bit down a couple of days ago in

training. Congesture he might not be

training but he is -- conjecture he

might not be training but he is.

James Child, just to add to the

English.

Everybody's ready. And in the breeze

the ball just falls off the tee.

Well, it is a clash of cultures.

England expecting to make World Cup

progress. Papua New Guinea daring to

dream about making World Cup history

today.

An estimated quarter of the

population in PNG will be watching

this game. Lots and lots of people

crowded in front of televisions,

hoping this side can make a little

more history again. You'd have to

make England favourites. Let's hear

for the first time from the two men

alongside me, Ian and Brian.

There

will be a little bit more than biff

and bash from the Papua New

Guineans. They've managed to get

themselves some structure. England

need to be borg and structured. A

tip for our viewers watching is the

fact I think England will try and

exploit opportunities on the

fringes. To do that they've got to

get the the right parts of the

field.

Totally agree with you. I

agree with you on the edges. When

they're vulnerable it's on the

edges. They expect Hall and

McGillvary some tries.

The referee will stop the game here.

The pass, it would have been a try

surely.

A little subtle play. But

the big thing here, I'll back to

this play again. Burgess, back rower

able to throw the ball. Gareth

Widdopp will create many -- Widdop

will create many threats. I've seen

this team play a lot in the

Queensland Cup. When they become

vulnerable it's on the edge. Getting

their splits from the full-back and

this will not be helped here if

David Mead is out. They picked him

full-back to try and get their

numbers in defence better. If he's

knocked out the rule is he has to

come off.

The captain will come off.

He's reluctant. The man on the

touchline, Amean, is studying to be

a doctor. He might be out there and

be great because he's a doctor.

David Mead made his international

debut in 2008 in the World Cup

against England. Not the best of

starts for him here. You can see

that reluctance but the medical

staff insisting he has to come away.

It was one heck of a clash, wasn't

it?

A terrific start from England's

point of view.

Papua New Guinea celebrating a

defensive moment. It might just be

relieving the pressure for them

here.

They were gone. Great play on

the other side of the field. They've

numbered up. Rallied across and

stopped the final play from the

English. They were dead and buried.

The injury to Mead got them out of

trouble.

There was no need to

off-load the ball. Really lack of

composure there by Watkins.

Quite a few of them with NRL

experience. Martin is one of them.

He's predicted to be the next big

thing in the next couple of years

with the Bulldogs.

Safe enough with the catch.

Hall should have passed.

Look at the

size difference between the two

teams. All across the board, England

by far bigger in every position than

the Papua New Guineans.

A warm-up

game in the Four Nations the last

time they played in Auckland. I

think the most momentous memory of

that was a player scoring four

tries. A match that England would

want to forget. That's not the best

kick.

Remember the restart from the

20m.

One thing they have lacked the

Papua New Guinean tome is their

enterprise coming out of their half.

Kick early and utilise it. They

don't pose many problems coming out

of yardage.

I wouldn't worry about

kicking early. Just assure them that

England are prepared to do the tough

stuff as well.

Totally agree.

Played

one game for insterge a couple of

years ago. Segeyaro wouldn't mind a

return to Leeds. I'm not sure Leeds

would be as keen. What chance that

was. Ottio spills it.

We were

talking before, their two biggest

players, their two centres, and he

was able to climb over the top of

Gareth there.

He's a former

international volleyball player,

Ottio. Maybe that gives him the

ability to leap.

That's smart. Two 6

foot 4 people on the fringes and you

kick to them.

The referee moved off

the mark. Used to be a penalty back

in the day.

Really?

The tackle was complete. Is

that not a penalty? England fans are

not happy.

I wouldn't be.

I wouldn't

be either. Normally you'd come back

and play the ball.

The tackle can't

be complete because he's still

moving.

The ball has to touch the

ground. There's that jump. Gareth

got a little pinkie in there to

release the ball. Big call there by

the referee on the English.

Bumped

into Smith earlier, who has for the

last 10 years -- bumped into Russell

Smith earlier, who has for the last

10 years been in charge of the

referees.

England's defence has been pretty

good in this World Cup so far but

it's being tested here.

Well done, Gareth Widdop. That's

smart play.

What skill and

anticipation to read that.

Watkins

will bring it clear. It's a great

noise in here. Great atmosphere

inside this stadium. It's a very

English accented atmosphere.

Thousands of Englishmen and women

pouring into this city. Every cafe

you go in to, every bar and every

rest -- restaurant. England will get

the tap. Ten metres away from the

PNG line.

Come on, boys, got to

attack here.

You can see how close they are.

This is have to be clinical. It's

about catch and -- where England

have to be clinical. It's about

catch and pass. They can't afford to

keep letting them off the hook.

Isn't there some space on both the

left and right? They've got numbers

and there's going to be some

opportunities. You got to nail them,

but.

Chants of "England, England"

echoing around the stadium. If

you're wondering about the name

Meninga, there's relation, but their

dad changed the family name to

Meninga.

Papua New Guinea are living up to

prematch expectations here. They're

providing a challenge.

He had to do that. It would have

been a try.

Good enterprise from

England. McGillvary breaks two or

three tackles. Watkins on the

outside. He's just got to go over

the top. Just finger tips, wasn't

it?

You know you see Papua New

Guinea kick early and the great race

on Widdop but when England got the

ball they were gone conditionwise.

They were puffing out the back. They

couldn't back it up with a good

defensive set. There was space. They

tried to them and out pressure but

the defence couldn't back them up.

This game has been entertaining so

far. I know a lot of you are getting

up very, very early back in England

to watch this and Scotland and Wales

and Ireland no doubt. Hopefully

you're enjoying what you're seeing

and it's been worthwhile so far.

Penalty to England.

Are you taking

the two here?

No, no. Play on.

They're just making easy metres.

Papua New Guinea look gassed. It's

been quick for them. They've had a

big score last they haven't had a

tough group to -- last game. They

haven't had a tough group to play

in.

Papua New Guinea beating Wales

and USA. They had a tougher game

against Ireland but got through that

one.

Papua New Guinea feet on the line

but hands in the tackle after it was

a repeat set here.

-- complete a

repeat set here. Hit your back

rower, Burgess, when you get

confused.

The defence spooked Gale.

It's going to be yet another try for

McGillvary. Double figures for

appearances, double figures for

tries now. 10 out of 10 in both

respects. England have the lead.

Look at the skill. The ball is out

in front. Gives them time to deliver

the pass. All the technique you'd

want to see in skilful players. The

other thing is stripping numbers.

Everyone knows their role. They're

not running overs like they were

early in the tournament. The big

difference is Brown and Widdop.

These two wingers must love playing

at the back of these two guys at the

moment.

I was thrilled. Bringing

Brown into the gamy thought that's a

good decision.

Sometimes a player

steps up for internationals and he's

just suited to that. But his season

hasn't been great but the experience

and the way he squares up and lets

the other players do the work around

him, has let him come to this arena.

He may be burdened at Warrington

with a lot of issues that he may

have to deal with.

When you have

Burgess on the flank and Whitehead,

they just have to run some good

lines. They can mix and match so

many variations. Widdop was doing a

lot of kicking practice yesterday.

It's not come off on that occasion.

The reason I wanted to point out

that passing and the way the ball

was in front, we expect elite

players to do that and you've got a

situation where you've got numbered.

You haven't have a pass going behind

you or catching it on your test. The

reward was a try.

That's what we

mean when we're talking about

execution and the discipline. This

skill. And the big games when you've

got the big teams, it might be one

opportunity is just the difference.

We're looking at this stat.

McGillvary was the fifth best

metre-maker. That's going to improve

because this is the final game of

the weekend. So he can only go up

that table. Here's Watkins. Holding

down.

They're struggling with

thepede of England, Papua New

Guinea.

They are. Definitely.

I've been really critical of Hodgson

during this tournament. He's been

not giving the ball to other

players.

I can live with that if he

completes the play but he messed it

up.

The final play in the set. It's put

high. A decision here. There might

be a penalty. Penalty for Papua New

Guinea.

I think England can cure

that easily. Get more aggressive out

of dummy half. The kicker is kicking

for free at the moment. Hodgson

nearly got there.

They're definitely

targeting Gareth. They're getting

through pretty easy too. The chasers

have to be run off also.

He's dropped on eventually by Hill.

I reckon they're having a crack at

John Bateman's side of the field.

Eninga doing the job from an --

Meninga doing the job from an

offside position.

He will have a

talk to the captain here. That's

about five penalties in a row there.

Just trying to slow the ruck down.

He didn't miss him, did he? He

brought his porridge up from this

morning.

He hits the line.

It's a second try here for

McGillvary. The referee is having a

look. He's going to give it. What a

pass. And a great finish by

McGillvary.

Go to the right side.

This is a one on one here. Just has

to finish it, McGillvary, which is

easier said than done. That's the

money ball. He's flicked it all out

there.

What he's doing is this runs

are dragging defenders over the

right-hand side of the field. The

right-hand side to go back to on the

England side. Even Widdop, I thought

he was going to throw the ball long.

Watkins got on the outside of his

centre. Burgess is digging in here

and taking defenders. And all of a

sudden it's all numbers for them. A

nice start by England.

I've been

banging on all week about what

Burgess brings. Just getting a bit

spooked, isn't he there?

Widdop didn't rush. That's world

skills. We know it from watt kins.

He's a world-class player. He backs

it up with height and the right-arm

flick. A person made the point he

loves playing to the back row. In

the NRL he plays in the middle, 13,

because it gives him the chance to

play 80 minutes and run and get time

to have a break during the game.

That's a brave catch from Widdop

from the kick-off.

We have seen David Mead on the touch

line. I'm assuming he's ruled out

for the next of the game because

it's over 15 minutes since he went

off for the head test. Presumably,

one of their inspirational players,

Papua New Guinea, is not coming

back.

If he does, does he become a

substitution?

Yeah.

Looking to do what the right side

has been doing, but they ain't

joining the dots correctly on that

occasion.

As much as this left-hand

side has been niggling, they've come

up with three errors on this side.

Hodgson once, Hall and with Bateman.

That's just a lack of concentration.

Maybe he's thinking, "OK, it's man

on man, I'll have to catch it and

step back on it side." Got to catch

the ball first. For an experienced

player that's not good enough.

That's the difference between

building pressure and putting the

sword to the opposition. That's

where Wayne continually keeping

harping on to England about

concentration errors which cause ill

discipline in their game.

I well, I'm with him on that one.

We're looking for a stitched up

performance today because there's a

bigger challenge hopefully to get

through this game next -- get

through this game to next week.

It

was wow and double wow yesterday

wasn't it, the other two

quarterfinals, Tonga pushed all the

way by Lebanon, 24-22. And then that

epic Fiji-New Zealand game, not a

try scored but Fiji winning 4-2. All

the hymn singing, all the

celebrations that goes with both

Fiji and Tonga means next week's

semifinals will be emotional

affairs. If England win this, they

play Tonga in Auckland. It's gonna

be amazing! Sixth tackle coming up.

Has McGillvary got there? I don't

think he did. It's a handover.

Ottio

caught it but couldn't do anything

with it. Must be a little bit of a

breeze there, because that ball's

holding up isn't it?

Seeking a path on the inside. Wind's

picking up a little. It's not

excusing Chris Hill for dropping

that, though.

He was rushed at the

play of the ball. Hodgson was

subsequently cramped and misfires

with the pass to Hill, gets his

timing wrong. Those little things,

pick them up, boys. Pick those

things up. That's five errors in 23

minutes. Every coach talks about he

never likes them to get to double

figures but normally seven the most

you want in a game. That's the most

-- there'll be some work to keep it

at under seven in this game.

Sam Burgess -- Tom Burgess on the

field. James Graham has come off.

Yeah, getting a massage to our left.

And Alex Walmsley is about to come

off.

Probably the difference with

the teams, Papua New Guinea -- that

Papua New Guinea have been playing

there'll be no rest in and around

the middle for their players.

Here he's Amean, bigger minutes than

he was expecting due to the injury

to Mead. Inside of Minoga, of the

PNG Hunters. Kato Ottio is making

bit of a nuisance of himself.

A penalty for too much by O'Lachlan

in the tackle. Might have been a

case of trying to play-the-ball

before you were in a position to do

so, but the penalty has been given

to the Papuans way.

Oh, dear! Picked

the wrong man out there, picked the

wrong mountain to run at.

Bet you glad you picked that

sentence to say, aren't you?

Here's Segeyaro, ten metres away.

Running towards this middle of the

park. Has Luke Gale got the gas?

They're chasing after him. They get

there and Gale is thrown to the

ground. A white flag came flying out

of that flurry there for a moment.

England now progressing. Brown,

dodging and weaving. He's been

absolutely smashed. Absolutely

smashed there! Kevin Brown.

Well,

he's out. I don't think there's any

need for the second one. I'd look at

this again.

Well, he's had one or two head

injuries in his career hasn't he,

Kevin Brown? We're -- we always

worry. Have a look at this. Bang!

Head, shoulder. And Kev's gone. And

the drop. Is that Ase Boas, as he

came in. As you said, no excuse. He

came in with the elbow there, Ase

Boas. But the job has already been

well and truly done.

Trying to work

out whether it was a shoulder charge

or trying to wrap his around around.

Oh, that's cheap.

It's a low act.

Well, his chance of getting away

with that one on the 15 because he's

trying to get his arm wrapped

around. The second one, I just don't

know what he was thinking. The good

news is Kevin Brown is on his feet.

Brown's instincts when he got

banged, he knew he was in a bad

spot. Listen to this for a minute.

I

don't want players from both sides

rushing in. Just let us control it.

It's tackle two leer.

Well, there's no penalty. He's not

seen it as foul play, either the

first tackle which presumably is

first enough. But the second effort,

not so sure.

Referee: Kevin.

A player has been called forward to

play-the-ball. I hope he's OK.

Because his career has been littered

with playing on after moments like

that.

As you say, just

play-the-ball, Kev. Bringing him out

to complain. Got hit too hard, man.

Stop it.

So he plays and England play on.

Here comes Walmsley. Right man,

right situation. Hodgson is at dummy

half. Hodgson measures up here.

See, that's already. He attracted

four defenders there.

Penalty. Oh, no, he's given a knock

on against Sam Burgess here. Papua

New Guinea finding some delight in

the crowd. There's quite a few of

them. Yeah. Fair enough.

Yeah, it's

fair enough. As much as there was an

arm in there, he has to keep control

of that ball.

There's Wayne Bennett. Somewhere in

there. That reflection.

Coincidentally, when the Papua New

Guinea last had the great World Cup

run back in 2000 they were coached

by Wayne Bennett's brother Bob.

Does

he have a brother called Gordon?

If Papua New Guinea win today then,

yes. That's been lost. England have

it back straightaway. two knock on

-- England have it back. Two knock

ones in there, but the first was

from Papua New Guinea. England have

the head and feed.

I feel some of

those errors coming from - they're

trying to upload their defence.

They're hitting hard but they can't

back it up. They haven't played

enough games where they've had to do

effort on effort. It's shown on

their body language where they've

had to come up with the tough

moments, they're a little loose at

the moment, aren't they?

Yeah.

You've seen some England produce

some pretty good scrum plays at the

moment, certainly last week.

Gale's

feed. Kevin Brown inside for Kallum

Watkins.

Driving nit hard, and England pause

here. Five away, two tries already.

They'd love a third here.

Last gasp reach for the line,

doesn't quite get him to where he

needs to be. Walmsley will fly in

there. That's a big effort from

Papua New Guinea in defence to keep

that big fella away. Hodgson comes

back again. It's a knock John, I

think, reaching for the -- knock on,

I think, reaching for the pass.

It's

interesting when they go the right

side England. They give them a bit

earlier ball. When they go to the

left, Gale goes really deep and gets

undecided who he should give it to.

It was moving there, big Kevin. He

wanted the ball and wanted to

transfer it. The ball ended up in

front of him, across the body. We

don't know what the hit earlier took

out of him.

I hope he's OK.

Me, too.

Just wonder whether there's a duty

of care to actually take a player

off.

No.

-- off.

No.

No. If he's hurt, take

him off.

Here is a chance now for

the Papua New Guinea people. To burn

up a bit of yardage down the middle.

It's Garry Lo, who well be seeing a

lot in -- who we'll be seeing a lot

of in super league next year.

Stanton Albert. His brother Albert

is -- his brother is in the squad

but he's not involved today.

Widdop has another save for England.

And that's a great save. He's been

pretty much Johnny on the spot on

the kick throughs from Papua New

Guinea. Right place at the right

time. He's read that one.

Looking at McGillvary's yardage at

the moment, up to about 50 but he's

been well beaten by Luke Gale, he's

the biggest metre maker at the

moment for 95. Here is Gale. A

probing kick to -- kick to put Papua

New Guinea on to their back foot.

It's been lost again, and England

should have it back. Couldn't quite

pick it up but they'll take the

first knock on.

Walmsley takes that

and it's a try.

If he picked it up,

yeah.

England's head and feed.

This is

twice on play one from a scrum and

kick return they've come up with an

error. He's lost it before he got to

the defender. You've got to give

Gale a wrap. He -- rap. He's kicked

the ball, he's the first one down

there, forced the error. Now

Walmsley gets a chance. Kallum

Watkins adequacy sweating next to

him.

You could hear the crane of his

backbone going. Couldn't quite get

his hands down there to pick it up,

could he?

We weren't watching - went swimming

with sharks in an aquarium, and he

was one of those who took part was

Alex Walmsley. And he had to come up

early to get a fresh oxygen tank

because he used so much oxygen.

Big

lungs.

Yeah, huge lungs.

I reckon the shark

would be scared of him.

England have

the discipline of mind. They're

making metres but they've had a

couple of results from the kick

chase.

And especially after the two

wingers have had the early rucks

because they're bending them

backwards and making three or four

tackles.

Here comes the play you're looking

for, and they're out in the open.

There's no disguising which way

they're going here is there?

They

might be.

There's nobody down that blind side

at all. Every single England player

not in the scrum is standing to the

left including Brown and Sam

Burgess.

I think Alex Walmsley might have got

there. The referee also thinks he

might have got there. And he thinks

he has got there but he wants

absolute confirmation here. Alex

Walmsley, is this his first

international try? Video referee.

Looking for grounding there, thanks,

Alex.

See the ball this, Benny. Can't see

it yet. There it is. Got the ball.

In possession.

OK, it's got to the line. You got

something from head on, mate, a

little quicker for us. Yeah,

something from the other corner

perhaps.

So they're our best angles, Alex? Go

back to the first one, mate. We'll

make a call on that. So you can see

he's in possession here. And ball

gets to the line. Just follow it

through so we can see the ball

again. There it is there. OK, got a

decision. Go to the board.

Confirmation. Alex Walmsley, third

international appearance, first

international try, and England lead

by 12-0.

Well, that's just

relentless. That's the difference

between the teams of Papua New

Guinea have been playing in these

earlier rounds and this

quarterfinal. They will get no rest

in the middle because you take

Graham and Hill off the field and

here corporals Alex Walmsley and the

other Burgess who is a man mountain

himself, and as Graham -- game as

they are, the Papua New Guinea

forwards have to aim up for the

whole 80 minutes and it's just too

much for -- pressure for them.

Yeah,

it is. I reckon you'll get Wayne at

half time talk about what you were

talking and sort of preached a

little bit. Kick early. The power

and execution and skill on the

edges, them defending 20m out, won't

be good enough for Papua New Guinea.

They need to get away from the

battle of getting out their half.

Get the wingers in early, kick

early, chase early and force errors.

The blueprint was there in that set

of six.

So 14-0. We've got about 6.5 minutes

of the first half remaining. England

satisfied with outcomes so far.

Graham back on the field. Sam

Burgess might be the next man to go

here. Here he comes. Relentless at

the moment. Papua New Guinea's tanks

being drained by England's workload.

So we've had Walmsley, Graham.

Burgess, Walmsley again. It's almost

inevitable that they give a penalty

away just to try and slow things

down.

Well, they're hanging on.

Certainly Walmsley has got great

ruck speed. So he's not only

crashing into the line, he's getting

up and playing the ball quickly.

It's just a little too hard for

Papua New Guinea.

Gale sets for touch and finds it. --

searches for touch and find it. Only

about 15m away from the line where

the tap will be taken. Whitehead

hells -- helps it on its way to Tom

Burgess. Another Papua New Guinea

player on the floor.

They got it in the end.

You get to a

point in the game where

opportunities become obvious, and so

the tempt aches to go away from the

plan and take the metres that are in

front of you. Whilst it leads to a

little disjointedness.

There's Garry Lo. Prolific last year

for Sheffield, 33 tries in 28

appearances but that was at

championship level. Superleague next

year, World Cup right now, very

different levels all together for

him. Slowly making progress here,

Papua New Guinea. But it is slowly

at the moment.

It bounces kind for Widdop but it

also put him in line for Watson

asbestos boss to hit him with a

shoulder.

What I love about Widdop

he attacks the ball. He's not

thinking about what's in front of

him. His main thought is, "I need to

get the ball quick."

He's been

brave.

England allowed to keep possession

here.

Forward pass, was it? The near-side

was shouting "forward" wasn't he. I

was going to say it was very flat.

England very often flat.

Scary thing

for England is, last game completion

rates. We look at the replay on that

and it is marginally forward. He was

thinking about Gareth back on the

inside. We talk about most coaches

want a minimum 75% completion rates

but England are 57%. That's not good

enough. They're not force -- forced

errorings, they -- they're lazy

errors - not concentrating on the

ball.

Baptiste with his fifth Papua New

Guinea cap today. Offers it up to

Rod Griffin, one of the most senior

members of the PNG -- group. There's

a real appetite for defending from

Burgess and Graham. Looking for a

way to slip through.

Last play in the set here for Papua

New Guinea. Baptiste goes down the

blind side. There's a challenge on

here for England's left-side

defence. They're up to it and Olam

is prevented from getting too close

to where he wants to be.

Having a

crack at the short side. They were

well aware of that, England. Held on

to it comfortably.

That's been a

feature of the tournament, goal-line

defence. A real trade match of Wayne

Bennett - deny them.

It's one thing people are talking

about in Australia. They've only

conceded two tries in the whole

tournament so far, the Australians

but England haven't conceded here

yet. They conceded one against the

French, couple -- couple against

Lebanon, and only three against

Australia and one was right at the

end of the game, so they'll be

pretty happy with things -- with the

way things are going. Hodgson

couldn't get a kick away because he

got entangled with a team-mate. He's

dropped the ball. Head and feed,

Papua New Guinea. Just kicked the

back of Luke.

I can't stress it

enough, 10 errors in the first half.

A completion rate of 55%! If you had

hair it would be pulled out by now.

Here's Bosa with a kick and a chase.

The short play on the very first

play. They're after it and I think

he might have got there. Kato Ottio

celebrates what he thinks is a try.

Referee deliberates with the touch

judge.

Is there a penalty involved?

Did he push Widdop?

No try.

He says "no try".

Looking for the

push and grounding.

Let's hear from the video referee.

Get them onside and then we'll go

through and look for a possible

push. OK, chase is good on the

outside. Follow through from there.

Just slow it down here. Slow it down

here. Yeah. Not liking the first

angle. Show me another one, mate

that, would be great. OK, nice and

slow here. OK. Something from the

back's better if you've got

something closer. OK, so you can go

shoulder to shoulder here but he

can't push in the way he does there.

That's as far as we need to go,

mate. We've got a decision.

Well, hate to disappoint the Papua

New Guinea fans who are jumping out

of their seats and celebrating,

because they heave seen the ball

touchdown in play. They're going to

be disappointed here. They're not

happy.

Well, it's the right call.

You're allowed to go shoulder to

shoulder with somebody when

competing for the ball but you metre

allowed to push somebody and watch

the hands on the replay. There's a

bit of a push there on him isn't

there? -- isn't there?

Well, there's

about 50 or 60 Papua New Guinea fans

below us. Their party had started.

And suddenly it had all finished

again.

SIREN SOUNDS

Make sure you tell them the referee

made the decision.

Let Dave explain why the try wasn't

good. It was the final act of the

first half as Watkins carries the

ball out of play. England with three

tries, leading by 14-0. Jermaine

McGillvary with a couple. What a

World Cup he's having, what an

international career he's having.

Alex Walmsley with his debut

international try. I think we're

gonna be hearing from Kevin Brown as

well, as they come off the field.

Ryan is going to be grabbing hold of

them -- him, I think, so we can have

a chat with Kevin. Let's hear from

Kevin Brown with Ryan down there on

the field.

Bit of a scrappy first

half but you have a good lead, 14-0.

Yeah, we gave them too much ball,

turning over too many times and made

it difficult. They're playing hard

and we expected it.

What will Wayne

be happy with from the first half?

Defensively we ripped in. He won't

be happy about the errors. We have a

lot to improve on.

Good luck in the second half.

Cheers

-- thank you, cheers, mate.

Pauly. Gave away way too many

opportunities in the first half and

they made you

Yeah, definitely,

mate. Playing against a world-class

side like England you can't to do

that. We have to tidy up the second

half to give ourselves a chance.

You

must take confidence out of the fact

every time you get the ball you look

dangerous.

Yeah, definitely. We like

that, but the ball security and lazy

penalties, we can't afford to do it.

Good luck in the second half. The

Thanks very much.

There are the

stats from half time. England 14 --

14-0 up. But as Kevin Brown said, I

think Wayne Bennett will be looking

at the completions, 13 out of 25,

and the fact, Jonathan, England have

made 12 errors alreadyft first half.

Yeah, the score, 14-0, it looks good

for England, but Papua New Guinea

had some loose carries. Near their

own try line, and I think too many

errors, they weren't clinical

enough. I think they'd be

disappointed it's only 14, I think

the game should be over. They should

be at least 20-odd points in front.

Is that going to be a disappointed

dressing room at half time, because

of those errors and because of the -

they're only 14-0 up or do you look

at it from Kevin Brown also saying

the defence is very positive.

Look,

our defence for this whole

competition has been outstanding.

How far we go in this competition

will be based on that, but we can't

afford to making errors like we're

doing. I don't think we're learning

enough lessons week after week

especially the ones coming out of

our own England. We're inviting

Papua New Guinea to attack us.

Thankfully they've made a lot of

errors themselves, missed a lot of

tackles. We need to be better. I

think we can come out again and stay

in third gear and we'll get the job

done and be comfortable but we want

more than that. We've got Tonga next

week.

Yeah, bigger games to come for

England and they can't do what

they're doing today I don't think.

One thing for me is they're not

making errors playing and

overplaying. Sometimes in rugby

league matches the different types

of errors, ones where you're

throwing the ball around, trying to

create something, pushing things,

and there are errors that run --

that are unforced -- unforced,

little errors around the ruck,

scratchie, knock on there, and those

kinds of errors are dangerous

because nay stop you playing when

they should. England will get an

opportunity to play now. If they go

cautious, let's not make errors

there's a risk they'll go into their

shell.

I think if you look at it and

you look at us, irrespective of who

they play, they're professional,

clinical and they concentrate.

That's what Wayne Bennett will be

looking at. It's those stupid little

mistakes and lack of concentration

at crucial times. Yes, they got away

with it in this game. Against

Australia you don't get away with

it. That is the level Wayne Bennett

wants them to get up to.

When they

did execute things and when they did

get things right, they scored

points. In the first half, when

England got width off the

play-the-ball to Gale or Lachlan got

his hands on the ball, McGillvary

scores try in the corner and a great

line here out from Elliott

Whitehead.

Yeah, brilliant line. He

comes in, holds. Ottio is if weak

link defensively, number three. He

is in no man's land. He's had a

shocking first half. They go down

the right-hand side, hold them up.

This is brilliant from Kallum

Watkins.

He's ball watching, number

3.

Yeah, see it on this angle.

Number 3 coming up with nothing.

Kallum Watkins falls to an outside

shoulder, gets the ball in one hand

and he can do that all day can't he?

Yeah, there's two tries we have

scored here. This is England - how

England play. There's 10 England

shirts moving there. On some

occasion when three and four were

putting ball down, it's probably

worth noting it looks warm. What

happens in these types of games, the

ball gets greasy and full of sweat.

Absolutely.

I'm not trying to make

an excuse for England because we

have to be better with the ball.

If the ball is greasy and full of

sweat Kallum Watkins deserves more

praise.

Absolute.

You say not to take anything away

from McGillvary but he fancied his

chances of scoring.

And saw movement

from Watkins, instinctive centre

play and something we're not seeing

on the other side of the field,

Bateman, playing in centre. Watkins'

movement off the ball, what he does

without the ball in his hands

defines how he's able to get the

bass away. That's intricate centre

play. I played with Matt Gidley, one

of the best centres we have had in

the game. He always moved off the

ball. I see a lot of that in

Watkins.

Whilst our right side are making

opportunities like that, we should

be OK.

Most peep of strength are

going -- people of strength are

going right to left. Because he's

not a natural centre, one of these

second row-centres, they don't have

the depth. He's not taking it off

the ball carrier.

We have a guy who

is fundamental to everything England

does and that's O'Loughlin. This was

important for two reasons. It set

the tone of England in attack and it

took out PNG's best player.

To put

it bluntly.

Hands on the ball.

Really subtle. He can carry the ball

like a prop and go into the line and

create space for people around him.

And I think throughout the

tournament, every time O'Loughlin

touches the ball for England,

especially near the opposition's

line, opportunities are created. We

saw it against Australia, France,

Lebanon. The consistent thing is

O'Loughlin's proficiency on the

ball.

He should be involved all the

time in an attacking position. He's

a big man. I don't know if he's

going to carry it or pass. He picks

the right decision most of the time.

Just cutting down on the mistakes

and the errors. That's all they need

to do.

He's got everything. He's a

big man who can carry the ball. He

can kick. He can hit like a lot of

big men out there. He's been

fantastic. As our captain and

leader, a big voice in the dressing

room, he's been outstanding.

Another

try after an error. Walmsley crossed

the line.

They probably haven't

taken advantage of the mistakes. He

grounded the ball and we had a few

looks at this. You can eventually

see that he grounds the ball. It's

like trying to tackle scaffolding

fired out of a cannon. He's awkward

is what that means. Awkward to

tackle. He's a big rangy guy.

I

think we probably need to reset

where we are in this tournament.

This might be as good as it gets in

terms of performance for us. This

might be what we dish up in the

final. It won't win the final this

for us. How we're playing at the

minute we'll have enough to beat

Tonga but to beat Australia, we're

not ready for that yet.

Do you think

you're all trying to balance this,

it's good, a quarterfinal. England

are winning. But as you have done

for most of this tournament, you're

looking at the bigger picture.

We

talk about you need a performance.

The most important thing but going

forward this side is capable of

doing more. I think cutting the

errors out, then the performance

will improve dramatically because

they will be in more control of the

game. They'll be in the right areas.

They'll be dominant. If you look at

the English forwards, they're going

great. Everyone is doing their job.

Burgess and Walmsley. It's easy

yards for them. The control should

be far greater from the halfbacks.

It was smart kick. Papua New Guinea

weren't creating much. Ottio has had

a tough day defence and had a few