Quarter-Final Highlights Rugby League World Cup

That he dealt in 17 rugby World Cup

has reached the quarterfinal stage.

Earlier England took on Papua New

Guinea for a place in the last four.

We will bring you extended

highlights of that game over the

next 90 minutes, plus highlights of

the other quarterfinals. We're in

the company of Kevin Sinfield and

Jon Wilkin. Let's show you how the

quarterfinals

Jon Wilkin. Let's show you how the

quarterfinals have gone so far in

this tournament. Fiji's narrow win

against New Zealand was the biggest

shock of the tournament. The kiwis

exited before the semifinals for the

first time since it became a

knockout tournament in 1995.

Australia cruised past Samoa. Tonga

narrowly edged a win over Lebanon

yesterday.

Tonga would be the opponent in the

semifinals for whoever won begin

this morning between England and

Papua New Guinea. It was watched by

Brian Noble and Dave Wells.

First thing to say is how English

this crowd is today. This is

virtually a home match for England.

An estimated 80% of the people

inside this ground have travelled

over. Thousands upon thousands of

England supporters. They are here

today to see Sam Burgess back in the

side after missing the last couple

of games. McGillvary and Hill have

recovered from minor injuries. They

were potential doubt during the

week. But they both start.

MacGillivray had a ankle problem. Lo

has also recovered from an injury.

He has been signed by Castleford, I

am sure you know. The referee today

is James Child, just out of the --

just out of the English influence.

Steve Judy is the video referee if

and when we require.

Everybody is ready. And in the

breeze the ball just falls off the

tee. It is a class. England expected

to make World Cup progress. Papua

New Guinea daring to dream about

making World Cup history today. They

have never been in a semifinal

before. Their best previous was in

2000 in England when they lost in

the quarterfinals against the Welsh

that day. An estimated 2 million

people, a quarter of the population

in Papua New Guinea tune in to

watch. Something similar happening

in all of the towns and cities of

Papua New Guinea, lots of people in

front of the TV hoping their side

can make history. But you have two

CNN does the favourites. Let's hear

for the first time from the people

alongside me... -- but you have to

the England as the favourites.

You

will see physicality at the start of

this game. England need to be bought

and structured. I think England will

try to exploit some opportunities on

the fringes. To do that they've got

to get to the right part of the

field.

I totally agree. I think this

will be a great day for England. I

expect all McGillvary to get some

tries. I expect England can do this

convincingly. I really like it. This

looks good.

Ryan Hall is further

left. He has collided with Gale. He

is clearly hurt. Sam Burgess takes

it on. David Mead has been wiped

out. The referee will stop the game

here. Had it been a pass and would

have been a try surely.

Talking

about the edges, just a bit of

subtle play where they create the

extra man. Burgess, passing the

ball. Gale into space. He wraps

around the back. There will be a lot

of press at the back. Gale creates

so many threats. Then two big back

rowers in Widdop Sam Burgess. -- in

Widdop and Sam Burgess. Not the best

of starts for him here. You can see

the reluctance, but the medical

staff insisting he must come away.

That was a big clash. A terrific

start from England's point of view,

can they come back from this?

Walkins looking to slip away. But it

is out of play. Papua New Guinea

celebrating a defensive moment that

might just be relieving the pressure

for them here. -- Watkins looking to

slip away.

They were gone. On the

other side of the field they have

numbered up, rallied, and stopped

the final play from the English.

They were dead and buried on the

side of the field. And the injury,

for me, got them out of trouble.

He

thought he was going out but he was

nowhere near the sideline. Lack of

composure by Watkins.

Just beyond

the 20 metre mark and brought back

in by Martin. Quite a few of them

with a bit of NRL experience. Martin

is one of them. He is predicted to

be a big thing in the next couple of

years with the Bulldogs. Out it

comes to bow us who shows the pass

and inside for Martin. -- Boas. Boas

again with the kick. Widdop gets

onto it. England start ten away from

their line. And here is Hall...

He

should pass the ball.

Have a look at

the size difference between the two

teams. All across the board England

are far bigger in almost every

position than Papua New Guinea.

The

last time they played each other it

was a rather depressing affair, it

was a warm up game in the for

nations in Auckland. The most

momentous memory of that was

somebody scoring debut, but I think

England will be looking to forget

that game.

Remember the restart from

20 metres, the ball has gone dead...

One thing the Papua New Guinea team

that is the one half out. I expect

England to kick early, especially

Gale, to utilise that, because they

don't pose many problems with

yardage.

No matter worrying about

kicking early, playing four, five,

take away the counter of New Guinea,

just to show that England are

prepared to do the tough stuff, as

well.

I agree.

Segeyaro, he would likely return to

Leeds, I'm not sure Leeds would want

it. There is pressure on Widdop.

Ottio got it over the line. What a

chance that was. Ottio spills it.

What's interesting, we were talking

before, their two biggest players,

their two centres, one of the

Macdonald, able to climb over the

top of Gareth there.

He is a former

international volleyball player,

Ottio, amongst other things. Maybe

that gives him the ability to leap.

That is smart. Go to your best

threats. You have a couple of 6-foot

plus players on the fringes, kick to

them.

The referee warning O'Loughlin

that he moved somebody off the mark.

That used to be a penalty back in

the day. But the referee says play

it again.

Dragged perilously close to touch,

has the sense to turn it inside, but

he passed it out of the tackle.

Really?

Well, the tackle was

complete, so isn't that a penalty

for a drag? The England fans are not

happy with James Child.

I wouldn't

be, either. Normally you come back

and play the ball. The tackle cannot

be complete because it is still

moving.

The ball has got to touch

the ground. That is the jump by

Ottio. He just got his toe in two

release. The call by the referee on

the English there.

We bumped into

Smith earlier. For the last ten

years he has been the head of

coaching the referees over here in

the NRL.

Feels like a pantomime.

Look behind you, he is a couple of

metres behind.

He is. Papua New

Guinea looking to attack again. In

position. They will be drawing a bit

of fuel from their confidence in the

way they have started. They have

defended well with England attacking

well. One chance already, and

another one possibly in the making,

it is Macdonald back on the inside.

Amean has been stopped. England's

defence has been pretty good so far

and it is being tested here. Inside

again for Boas. Tackle number six is

the next. Martin passes away and

Macdonald keeps things alive.

Segeyaro hits the post and it has

been picked up so England survive.

He wrote that. That is smart play.

Excellent skill to read that and

defuse it.

There is a great

atmosphere and noise inside this

stadium. Just to reiterate, it is a

very English accented atmosphere.

Thousands of English men and women

pouring into this city over the last

couple of days. Every cafe and bar

you go into, every restaurant,

tonnes. Terrific shot. England will

get the tap. Ten metres away from

the Papua New Guinea line.

Come on,

boys, you have got to tap here.

Great shot.

Watkins will take it.

Menninger chopping him down.

You can see how close they are. Gale

again. Back out the back to Brown.

Quick hands. Could not get there.

Page intercepted and rescued Papua

New Guinea.

This is where England

must be keeping composure. Because

they will get New Guinea, but they

cannot afford to keep letting them

off the hook.

Spot on. Space on both

left and right. They have got

numbers. There are going to be some

opportunities.

You have got to nail

them.

Chanting England England

around the stadium.

Meninga, no relation, but his dad

changed the family name to Meninga.

Terrific kick. Lucky does not bounce

out of play. A great chase by Ottio.

Papua New Guinea are living up to

pre-match expectations here. They

are providing a challenge.

McGillvary striding out of tackles.

Great support from Widdop. Up to the

halfway line and reeled in by Amean.

But they are still keeping things

alive. The touch by Lo is knocked

on.

Good enterprise from England.

Batman, McGilvary, breaks two and

three tackles. Watkins on his

outside. Then he is one-on-one

against the fallback. He just has to

go over the top. Lo It is not the

tallest, just fingertips, wasn't it?

It has been entertaining so far,

hasn't it, this game? 11 minutes

gone.

Penalty England. Too much from Page.

Are you taking the two?

No, play on.

Yes, make it easy. They look gassed.

It has been quick for them. In their

last three games they have had big

scores. They haven't had a tough

group to play in.

Papua New Guinea beating Wales, USA,

reasonably comfortably. They had a

tougher game against Ireland, but

they got through that one. Burgess

has gone past. And he picks up

one-handed. Trying to make something

for himself, going right then left.

Feet on the line, Papua New Guinea,

but hands in the tackle when it was

done. So a repeat.

Play on, get your

rhythm.

On Gale, when he gets

confused what to do, just hit your

back rower, Burgess. It is simple,

but it takes out the opposition.

He

got spooked, didn't he?

Yes, and he

has done it a couple of times in

this game.

They have numbers here. Watkins...

And it is going to be yet another

try for McGillvary. Double figures

for appearances, double figures for

tries now. Ten out of ten in both

respects. And England have the lead

with 12 minutes played.

Look at the

skill. The ball is out in front.

Only catch. Gives him time to deal

with the past. All of the technique

you want to see in skilful players.

The other thing is stripping

numbers. Everybody knows their role.

They are not running out of each

other's lines like they were earlier

in the tournament. The big

difference is Brown.

We saw him at

the evening yesterday.

I just want to point out that

passing, the way the ball is always

out in front. The early catching. We

expect elite players to do that. You

cannot have a pass going behind you

or catch it on your chest and take

away your time.

Meninga doing a job from an offside

position. On Hodgson.

He is going to

have a talk to the captain here.

That's about five penalties in a row

there. Just trying to slow down the

ruck.

It looks like he winded

Hodgson, as well. Cut him in half in

the middle. Ate his porridge this

morning.

CHUCKLES

Handled the touch pretty well. I

think it has hit somebody in the

crowd. You don't want to do that.

Here comes Burgess...

Lovely footwork as he hits the line.

Gayle with a couple of dummies. --

Gale.

What about that flick from Watkins.

It is a second try here for

McGillvary. The referee is going to

have a look. He is going to give it.

What a pass by Watkins and a great

finish by McGilvary.

Goes to the

right side. They are looking pretty

much in the sink. O'Loughlin at the

line and Brown attracting defenders.

But this is a one-on-one here.

McGilvary just has to finish things,

which is easier said than done, but

that is the money ball. Watkins has

gone in. He has flicked it all out

there.

Try number six for

McGillvary, in the tournament, by

the way. Missed it the second time.

It remains 8-0.

Pretty good point,

we will show this clip again, he did

not rush at all. That is

world-class, those skills. We know

that from Watkins. We know he is a

world-class player. He backs it up

with height and that bright harm

reach. He made the point me and you

that he loves playing back row. In

NRL he plays in the middle, he plays

at 13, because it gives him the

chance to play 80 minutes and just

run. Really get some time to take a

in the game.

That was a brave catch

from Widdop from the kick-off.

We

just saw David made on the side. I

think he has been ruled out because

it is over 15 minutes he has been.

One of their most inspirational

players is not coming back. -- David

Mead.

The left side looking to do what the

right side has been doing. But they

are not joining the dots correctly

on that occasion.

As much as the

left-hand side has been good, they

have come up with three errors on

this side. We've had it with

Hodgson, Hall, and Bateman. That's

just a lack of concentration. Maybe

he is thinking it is man on man, I

am going to have to cut it and step

back in on the inside, but you need

to catch the ball first. For an

experienced player that isn't good

enough. There is a difference

between building pressure and really

putting it on the opposition. That

is where the concentration errors

cause ill discipline in the game.

I

am with that one. They should be

trying to get through this game

because the next one is going to be

a bigger challenge.

McGillvary is

forward, has he got there? I don't

think he did. It is the handover.

Ottio courted but he couldn't do

anything with it. -- caught it.

There must be a bit of a breeze

because the ball is holding up,

isn't it?

The wind is picking up just a little

bit. But that does not excuse that

dropped.

He was cramped at the play

of the ball. Hodgson was then

cramped. The timing was wrong. All

of those little things, pick them

up, boys.

That is five errors in 23

minutes. The coach talks about never

wanting them to get double figures,

but seven is normally the most you

want to get in a game. It'll be

tricky for England not to go past

seven from this point on.

Amean is

surprised he is here because of the

injury he had to his knee. Ottio

making a bit of a nuisance of

himself. Attempted flick by Griffin.

Keeps a hold of it. O'Loughlin in

the tackle, too much from him, so

penalty. It might have been a case

of playing the ball before being

able to do so, but the referee has

given the ball to Papua New Guinea.

Oh dear. He picked the wrong

mountain to run at, Albert.

I bet

you are glad you picked that

sentence.

CHUCKLES

Ten metres away. Running towards

this middle of the park. It has been

given away! Gale is away. They are

chasing him. Gale has been thrown to

the ground. Came flying out of that

for a moment. England now

progressing. Brown dodging and

weaving.

That is a shocker.

He has

been absolutely smashed there,

Brown.

He is out. There is no need

for the second one. Might have a

look at this again.

He has had a

couple of head injuries in his

career, Kevin Brown. So... We always

worry. Have a look at this. Head and

shoulders. Was that Boas who came

in? As you say, no excuse, he came

in with his elbow, Boas. The job had

already been well and truly done.

England play on.

Hodgson is in at Tommy Haas.

Hodgson measures up here. -- Hodgson

is in at dummy half.

Penalty, I think, no, knock-on

against Sam Burgess here. Papua New

Guinea finding some delight in the

crowd all of a sudden. There is

quite a few of them. Yes, fair

enough.

Yes, that's fair enough, as

smart as there was an arm in there,

he had to keep control of that ball.

England have it back straightaway. A

couple of knocks. The first one was

from Papua New Guinea.

They are

really trying to up their Mac or

defence. They are hitting hard but

they cannot back it up. -- trying to

up their defence.

Walmsley driving it in hard. England

pulsing away. Five tries already.

Burgess keeping the ball alive,

keeping the situation alive.

Last-gasp reach for the line. Does

not quite get him where he needs to

be, but Walmsley will fly in

there... That is a big effort from

Papua New Guinea in defence to keep

that big fellow away.

Knock-on, I think. Reaching for the

past.

-- reaching for the pass. It is

interesting when England go to the

right.

Gale goes really deep. Kevin

has got to be moving. The ball ended

up in front of him, across his body.

We don't know what hit him earlier.

I hope he's OK.

I think he's OK now.

Here is a chance for Papua New

Guinea to burn up some yardage down

the middle. We will be seeing a lot

of Lo in Super League next year.

Albert, his brother is also in the

squad but not involved today.

That pass was well met and

well-stocked. Kevin Brown underneath

it all. Widdop with another great

save.

He has been pretty much Johnny

on the spot. He has been in the

right place at the right time. He

has been reading the balls, and he

read that one.

Looking at McGillvary pass 's

yardage, he's up to about 50. He has

been well beaten by Luke Gale. I

think he is the biggest maker at the

moment with 95. -- McGillvary 's

yardage. England should have it back

here. Could not back it up but they

will take the first knock-on. That

is a try, isn't it?

This is twice on

play one now, Papua New Guinea from

a scrum, and now kick return.

Gloucester before he even got it to

the defender. -- lost it before.

Every single England player not in

the scrum is standing to the left,

including Burgess.

Walmsley, I think he might have got

there. The referee also thinks he

might have got there. He thinks he

has but he wants absolute

confirmation here. Walmsley, is this

his first international try, video

referee?

Just looking for grounding.

You can see he is in possession

here. The ball gets to the line.

Just follow through so we can see

the ball again. I have the decision.

Go to the board.

CHEERING

Confirmation. Walmsley, third

international appearance, first

international try. England lead by

12-0.

That's just relentless. That's

the difference between the teams.

Papua New Guinea will get no rest in

the middle. You take Gale off the

field, Hill off the field, and here

comes Walmsley. Or another Burgess.

Papua New Guinea have just got to go

for the full 80 minutes.

I reckon you will get Wayne telling

them to kick early. The power in the

execution, the skill on the edges,

that is not going to be good enough.

They need to get out of their half

and force some Arabs. The blueprint

was there. -- errors.

England allowed to keep possession.

McGillvary... Forward pass. It was

very flat. England very often flat.

Be scary thing for England is, we

talk about the completion rates in

the last game, look at the replay on

that. It is marginally forward. Most

coaches want a minimum 75%

completion rate. England are 57%.

That is just not good enough. They

are lazy errors. Dropped ball 's.

Panicking around the ball.

Baptiste winning his fifth Papua New

Guinea capital today. -- cap.

Stanton Albert drives it in. There

is a real appetite for defending

from Burgess and Graham.

Baptiste goes down the blindside.

There is a challenge on here for

England's left side defence. There

up to add.

He was having a crack at

the short side. They are well aware

of that, England. They won it

comfortably in the end.

That

goal-line defence has been

outstanding all tournament. A

trademark of the coach. Deny them.

Australia have only conceded two

tries in the whole tournament.

England haven't conceded here yet.

They only conceded one against the

French, couple against the Lebanon.

And only three against Australia,

one of which was at the end of the

game. They can be pretty happy with

how things are going. I think Hudson

has kicked a team-mate there. --

Hudson.

He is just kicked the back of Luke

Gale.

Ten errors in the first half

and a completion rate of 55%. If you

had here it would be pulled out by

now! -- hair.

I think Ottio might

have got there! He celebrates what

he thinks is a try. The referee

deliberates with the touch judge.

Is

there a penalty involved?

He says no

try. Looking for the Polish. Let's

here from the video referee.

-- of the push. You can go shoulder

to shoulder with you can't push in

the way that you do there. We have

got a decision.

I hate to disappoint

Papua New Guinea, who are

celebrating, they will be

disappointed here. Told you! They

are not happy.

It is the right call.

You are allowed to go shoulder to

shoulder with somebody when you are

competing for the ball but you are

not allowed to push somebody. There

is a push there.

There are about 50,

60 Papua New Guinea ands down below

us, and their party has started. --

their party had started. Now it is

all finished again. 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. Great atmosphere, really

friendly. And I think everybody

inside here is enjoying this. With

the exception, at the moment, of

Papua New Guinea, were trailing by

14-0. Without their key man, are one

of the key men, David Meyler,

knowing that to keep their dream

alive of reaching their first World

Cup semifinal, they will have to do

something very special. And from an

English point of view, Graham Noble

-- Ray... They will have to do

something special to set up what

remained of this tournament?

Yes,

they will be disappointed with

themselves and how they controlled

the ball and how they have done

about it. They are clearly a better

team than Papua New Guinea. Papua

New Guinea are becoming aware that.

The coach will be disappointed about

how much ball they have spilled.

Clearly the defence is good.

That is

Luke Gale's kick. It flew into the

arms of Amean. He had to, go a long

way to claim that. One of the great

names of this World Cup. Ian

Millward, I think of all the

thousands of ingots people in this

stadium before the ground, yours is

the most optimistic voice, the

Australian voice, about how England

were going to perform tonight?

They

have the ammunition to go deep into

this tournament. They have size,

power and skill but they have two

improve their poor completion rate

and cut out the errors.

The ball goes to ground. You will

have noticed that James Roby is on

the field. He picks it up and looks

to return it with interest. Ottio

had him. But he was shaken off

momentarily. It is a new set. A new

set six.

Baptiste was onto Sam Burgess.

Back to James Roby. A dummy thrown

by Luke Gale. As he thrown himself

over the line? Not quite. Off they

go! Quickly! What is that for?

Forward pass.

They caught Papua New

Guinea cold there. Graham was in.

I'm going to make another statement

here. When Roby comes on the field

everything is pretty simplified. You

pass the ball off the ground. The

halves need early ball. That is

forward.

Brown is the man who has

come off. James Roby on.

Minoga is tackled. Griffin. Played

in the 2008 World Cup. You may

remember him. All three games

against England, Australia and New

Zealand. That was the group of

death. Papua New Guinea did not get

out of it.

He protect himself well

there. Dropped to the floor. If he

had caught that on the full it would

have wiped the heck out of him.

More

pressure on the kicker. Escort them

off the ball.

Sam Burgess lasted. Simple not gone,

the referee says. -- lost it.

We

raved about Widdop last week in

relation to his attacking power, his

timing and is tempo. He has come up

with some big plays defensively

today.

Yes, that is as good as a

try, isn't it?

Just under shadows at the moment.

Literally and metaphorically as far

as PNG are concerned.

Ottio was matched there. They are on

the final play. Bolus a little

clumsy. Wasn't sure what he was

going to do. Roby picks it up.

Graham is there. And England back

with the ball.

If you can handle the

run from Papua New Guinea, you can

give you line intact. -- your line.

They will struggle to regroup on

this defensive set. They can't get

back onside.

They have a couple of tackles before

they have do think about the kick.

Watkins... He is entangled. McDonald

all over him. Belatedly the referee

says that was a knock-on. Another

mistake for you there.

They'd be

doing your head in if you're

coaching England at the moment.

Where is the error?

There isn't one.

What country is that ref from?

Officially England have now made 13

errors and Papua New Guinea only

six.

What a hit by Burgess.

They

have got that in them. A passout

left... He would've expected and

hoped for a better. Ryan Hall.

Rocks

and diamonds from Sam Burgess. He

smashed the air out of New Guinea.

Big praise for that. Let's look of

the quality of the pass. Here is the

first one. Get that in you. He drops

the ball. England get the ball,

attacking position. Sam Burgess on

the fly straightaway.

He has not had

many opportunities, Ryan Hall, in

this World Cup.

Nobody there. How loose was that?

Ain't together back. -- England get

it back. The message that they has

been leading the no more than good

enough to beat PNG, but I don't

think tongue are certainly

Australia, whoever they meet in the

semifinal...

And attempted break year. Suddenly

England are looking at the back of

bolus. Widdop makes the tackle. They

may have been a hint of an

obstruction in the build-up.

Everybody is happy. Back to Ottio.

Amean... 12 yards away. Baptiste...

Segeyaro. Loads of tackles in the

bag for PNG. They can lay siege if

they like. Segeyaro... James Graham

pulls in them. -- pulls down. Some

indecision by Gribben. -- Griffin.

The pass was meant for Amean. He

wasn't expecting it. England get it

back. And Roby, five metres out, no

advantage. England can't keep doing

this to themselves. Clearly they --

clearly we are hoping they flick a

switch. Sometimes when you play in a

team below average, you see

opportunities and you try to push

the ball. But they have had to

defend real well on the back of the

breaks.

I hate to harp on about the

kangaroos and on how you go about

your business. There is a different

mentality. They are quite prepared

to kick the ball downfield.

Great clearing run. England back to

the halfway line.

How good have the

England wings been in this

tournament, both of them?

Good

off-load by Roby. Good vision.

Currie with the cats. Ben Currie

scorers! That will be a popular try

in the camp.

Great vision by Gareth

Widdop. Brilliant. Great touch on

the kick. Brilliant.

It is Coldplay

what you see? How Inc -- easily are

England getting out of their half?

Widdop has seen these bays. He knew

there was no full-back. He has got a

great kicking game.

The simplest kick of the day from

Gareth Widdop. It takes to two out

of four. It takes England to a 20

point lead. It is no longer about

the result. We know the result,

surely. It is now about performance.

Happy to report that Kevin Brown is

back down on the bench. But I don't

think you will be playing again. For

the rest of this game at least. Good

carry out by Sam Burgess. We have

not seen that Cherry bonnet for a

while. Whitehead has got support. He

couldn't connect. Another England

mistake.

It is yet another mistake

but I can live with that. If he

executes that pass it is a try.

Page plays for the burly bears these

days. 1999, Great Britain stumbled

to victory against them. Do you

remember that?

A one handed pick-up

of the floor. Boas to Aiton. Into

the corner! Gary Lu is over to

score. It paints a picture of the

light for the PNG supporters. There

will be Castleford fans smiling

about. Garry Lo, giving -- given one

chance, has taken it exquisitely

well.

They have taken the

opportunities. Elliott Whitehead

jumps over the line to try to solve

a problem body gives -- you create

another one. He gives Garry Lo an

opportunity to go into the corner.

We have seen all year with Sheffield

that he will score.

The conversion

attempt now. A relative newcomer to

the scene. As he found his kicking

boots? Oh, yes. You bet he has.

Terrific from the sidelines. 20-6.

They are given some hope. They are

given something to cling onto, PNG.

They are still three scores back.

But it lingers. What is the Tongan

coach thinking about this? We saw

the fantastic performance they put

on against New Zealand. Then a

rather flat performance against

Lebanon.

You best believe they will

be up for next week.

The Tongan

supporters are fantastic. They sing

their hymns on the terraces. The

England fans are here en masse. It

will be a great occasion. Here is

McGilvray. Off goes Kallum Watkins.

Is he going to be caught? No, he's

not. McDonald can't get close.

Kallum Watkins get over the line. Up

with a grin. McGillvary, try scorer

in the first-half, is trite creator

in the second.

If I was Wayne

Bennett I would take McGillvary of

the pitch, wrapped him in cotton

wool and resting next week. Has been

sensational. He has been

unstoppable. A bit of fatigue in the

PNG can. All he needs is a support

player.

That is a great credit to

Kallum Watkins. That is a couple of

times today he has anticipated

McGilvray is going to break. He has

made the effort to push up.

That's

what makes it a little bit

frustrating. As me and Ian are

trying to explain how England could

make it easier, what the back three

is doing is laying out an

unbelievable platform. Find a bit

more structure and a bit more shape.

Whitehead underneath that. We

doesn't quite get there. Watkins

does. Safely. -- he doesn't quite

get there. It is a penalty. The

touch judge has given that.

Hopefully you see that. Jermaine

McGillvary now top of the table,

world Cup running metres. Hopefully

you have got it on your screen. No

one has gone more metres than

Jermaine McGillvary at this entire

World Cup.

Down the right-hand side from

Minoga! He goes into score. They cut

England in two. Did they do it

illegally? I think we are looking at

obstruction. Looking for the

obstruction. Let's here from the

video referee.

The lead runner is

coming through there. He goes back

in the hole. Just one more time

mate, please.

He comes back in there. Contact on

the outside right shoulder. He comes

back through that same hole. We have

a decision. We are going to be

bored.

No try, twice. The first-half

and now the second half.

A good

decision from the video referee. For

our viewers at home, Ben Currie

would have filled the hole the

attacking player went through. So

clearly adjudicated that he was

impeded.

Nine minutes remaining.

England looking to fill their boots

in these last moment of this

quarterfinal. -- last moments.

The last play. A kick draws the

right-hand side. Watkins! He dies

in, he thinks, to score. The referee

again just once a second view. I

think this is certainly a Kallum

Watkins drive. They have to make

sure.

Nice and slow, nice and slow.

And got something from the corner? A

better shot. Feet still in the air.

Ball down. OK. Good decision. Go to

the board.

Set your alarm clocks.

We're off to Auckland last week on

the back of a second Kallum Watkins

drive. It is looking more clear now

for England. 30-6. The kick to come.

Not exactly smiles on faces but some

satisfaction from this job today.

Yeah, they will be pleased they are

flying to Auckland tomorrow. How

much more entertaining has the video

ref made the game.

In the old days,

if any part of your body touched the

corner of the posted was no try. If

he touched the corner post before

you put the ball down. Now it does

not come into play. It all matters

that you stay in the build-up play.

That has gone wide. It took us 100

years to actually get the technology

to judge it. Back in the day it

would have been a man with cine film

and we would have been waiting two

weeks. Sometimes watching the video

ref it feels like waiting two weeks

anyway.

If it had been no try, it

would've been a penalty doing and

anywhere. When they kicked, the

defender contested the body in air.

As we saw earlier, you cannot

contest on the player is in the air

to catch the ball. -- when the

players in the air.

Walmsley tearing

a hole through the middle. He could

not get the ball away. He is a big

character who has caught the eye of

some in the NRL in the last week,

the last month. Watkins can't get

it. It is a penalty. Offside.

England penalty.

I have just seen

Ian looking at the completion rates.

I think sometimes when we get a

little bit negative it is not

because we want to be negative. We

expect this team to go deeper. We

have always said we think they will

make the final against Australia.

They are a very, very talented team.

If they put together, there is no

reason they can't win this World

Cup.

Maybe the encouragement is the

fact they haven't put together. If

they had won the first game in style

and gone down the slopes since we

would been worried. James Roby was

held up. They have to go back to

play the ball again.

Sean O'Loughlin at dummy have. Sam

Burgess... Three minutes remaining.

England looking for a last, last

left. O'Loughlin. Luke Gale. Tracked

all the while by Minoga. Last play.

Not gone. England will get it back.

Widdop has thrown it to the man he

thought was there. I don't think it

will matter. They get the advantage.

England will feed into the scrum.

Job done for England. A big game. A

big game next week. Big-game! Brian

Noble is pointing me in the ribs!

Big game next week. What a sea of

red it will be.

We're really looking

forward to that. It was planned out

to be New Zealand against England.

That is what the form book

suggested. At this World Cup is not

necessarily been about form books.

They have enjoyed themselves, the

Papua New Guinea fans. Now a chance

for a Ryan Hall! He finishes things

off on the left-hand side. That

Roses match try scoring ratio a

little good. 35 international

appearances. That is his 34th

international try. They put all

their numbers from the scrum.

Widdop's ability to stand the

defender up and go to the outside.

You can't give these wingers have a

chance. They are very acrobatic.

The

kick from Gareth.

He has minded.

What's this try again. Some of the

attributes that Gareth Widdop has.

He has time with the ball. Lomax,

when he gets the ball, he doesn't

have that same sort of evasion and

awareness and tempo in his run. Look

at Stefan Ratchford, in

international rugby league he

doesn't have the physicality. He

gets rag doll a little bit. He seems

to be a little bit height but when

he gets the ball. You can't change

Gareth.

If an in house vote.

Many thousands of England fans

inside the arena. England winners by

36-6.

inside the arena. England winners by

36-6. We are in the semifinals.

That's what we wanted to do, we

wanted to get the final and win, but

it's that process and we are one

step closer.

In patches I thought we

were OK. Good defensively as a team.

They are physical. They are a good

team. The challenge in a lot of

ways. Our best bit was defence, but

lots to work on in attack.

Maybe we were ready for a fall and

today was the day. We've got to get

rid of this one pretty quickly.

We've done a lot of good things in

this tournament, so I think we will

move on quickly, carry it on in

Auckland.

Congratulations on your

first international try. How did it

feel?

Nice moment. It's always a

nice thing to do. Especially on an

international stage. It's a really

nice feeling.

Your back three were

immense today, weren't the?

Outstanding, I thought. Turning a

lot of ball over. We did it a bit in

the second half. I thought the back

three got us out of some tough

situations and put us into some good

positions to play the ball.

Still

not the complete performance from

us, especially in attack. We held on

well. Something to work on. Still a

lot of improvement.

McGillvary is so

good at carrying. He put me in a

couple of good situations, as well

as himself. It's a great win.

Semifinals. Really excited. We will

continue the journey.

We just kept

dropping the ball. They were good

enough to put the point on.

Especially a class team like

England, you got to hold the ball

and we didn't do that.

Is it one of

the most physical games you've ever

played?

They are a good team.

Certainly a tough game today.

Going

into a World Cup semifinal you

cannot afford to have that many

into a World Cup semifinal you

cannot afford to have that many

mistakes in your game. Just mistakes

at crucial times. Lots of mistakes

done this and

at crucial times. Lots of mistakes

done this and when we were trying to

score points. It lets the pressure

of them are little bit. A lot of

rectified. Having said that I'm sure

there are a lot of positives. You

cannot get disheartened, through to

the semifinals, so we will be

positive about that.

We are going up

against a tough side in Tonga. It

will test us and ask a lot of us.

We

managed to score 36 points on a good

completion rate. We have to close up

the completion rate. We know we need

to get better. But we need to do

well in Auckland in order to get to

Brisbane, so we shall find out

tomorrow.

STUDIO: What do you make of that?

Some positives for England. When

they want to be the dangerous with

the ball. I think McGillvary is in

exceptional form. Sean O'Loughlin,

as well. Frustrating they came up

with so many errors. But to get the

win and get through to the semifinal

was what was important and they did

that.

Plenty of positives. I know

there were errors. In the live game

we focused on those and we will look

back at them as well in a moment.

But there were plenty of positives.

We are naturally pessimistic in this

country. We are always looking for

faults. There were faults. But

you've got to be optimistic now. To

put in a performance that wasn't

clinical, I think we can all agree

with that, and still be good enough

to dominate that, and show England

are a very good team. I've heard a

lot of people talking about England

being world-class. They are on the

cusp of that. If they can put in

that 80 minute performance I think

they are world-class and they can go

and win that.

Kevin?

When you look

at the past in front of us now --

path in front of us, we are making

errors but we are good enough to

defend them at the moment. That is a

huge positive for us. Our defence is

outstanding. They scored one try

against us. We are in a good place.

This is probably, realistically, can

we fix all of those errors before

next week? I'm not sure we can. I

think we will beat Tonga. The

Australians, that's a different type

of game for us and we need to

improve for them. At the minute we

are onwards and upwards.

Kallum

Watkins got man of the match.

McGillvary is, for you, and a lot of

people player of the tournament,

right?

For those people who think

wingers does therefore one thing,

that's not true. He's big, balanced,

strong, and benefits from Watkins's

exceptional play to score tries,

too. Wood, Watkins, and McGillvary,

two big scores in the corner. This,

for me, is the point of difference.

-- Widdop, Watkins. They were

breaking out really quickly after

big yardage.

When you look back, you

will think that is when I was at my

best. He is having that time now.

And it's in a rugby league World

Cup. He is going into a semifinal.

His reputation could go through the

roof over the next couple of weeks.

To be in this format have the

ability to do is superb.

I don't

want to be pessimistic.

CHUCKLES

When you say in the form of his

life, all of the attention on him,

player of the tournament, that makes

you a target, doesn't it, at the

same time?

I think so, but teams are

already targeting him. We have

talked up for the Australian team.

So have Australia. And he keeps

delivering. He keeps turning it on

for us. For England, one to 17,

everybody performed. We have shown

how we play and who needs to fit

into what sorts will stop we all

agree, McGillvary has been

outstanding. -- into what slots.

Australia -- Australia will target

us in a certain way, but I think we

will handle it.

Ryan Hall is the

leading try scorer for England. Give

him half a chance he will take that

opportunity. You can target

McGillvary, but we can go down the

left edge, as well.

England are

dangerous with the ball but they

need to retain possession to be

genuinely threatening against

Australia. The biggest problem for

England was unforced errors. Not

from overplaying.

Lapse of

concentration?

Wayne Bennett said

that, yes, it is the discipline

about making the right pass

selection. At times England would

scratch you with the ball. There

were errors. 20 in a game is too

many. You won't beat Australia with

that many.

We went for the uppercut

too many times. We lacked a bit of

patience. We needed to jab a bit. If

England have that patients they have

the ability to put any team to bed.

Dennis Betts, after the match, you

know, lapses of concentration might

be less prevalent in a final against

Australia when there is so much on

the line. And maybe, you know, they

are more understandable in a

quarterfinal against Papua New

Guinea.

Without a doubt. We've done

a lot today. 36-6. We would have

taken that before the game. We are a

decent squad. We are not making too

many errors. I think we can fix some

of those. I don't think it is from

overplaying, it is just down to some

basic concentration at times. I

think we can fix that up. While we

are defending like we are we have a

great opportunity.

There is an

element of, when you are in a game

like that, Papua New Guinea were

guilty of errors, you get dragged

into that style of game. The next

two weeks for England, it is going

to be a lot more disciplined, just

by the very fact they are playing

better side in Tonga and Australia.

I think that will benefit England,

playing against great sides.

Because

you become more disciplined?

Yes.

When there is a matter of quality,

you are forced to execute better

plague, and I think England will be.

Friday's game between Australia and

Samoa now.

Last tackle. It's on the ground.

Holmes picks it up. First try to

kangaroos, the lead by 4-0. Robert

skidding into the corner. It gets a

good bounce. How did he do that? You

have worn the number one jumper for

the Australians, how did he manage

that? Here they come back, the

kangaroos. They are going to go 90

metres. The chase is on. Does Holmes

have the legs? He dives into the

corner and get there. All because of

the great work of Billy Slater.

Holmes gets a double. Go back and

thank your fallback. The goal is

only one metre away. -- full-back.

He's only five metres away. Billy

Slater has set the last one up on

the school. -- Billy Slater has set

the last one up and he scores the

third.

Slater looking for the double.

Morgan puts the foot to the floor

and he scores. They held off Michael

Morgan. The off-load, back on the

inside, and Morgan gets the

Australians try number four. Smith

kicking for Cooper Cronk, but it

doesn't matter, Morgan is there to

score the try. Billy Slater with the

pass to Holmes, who gets himself a

hat-trick. Valentine Holmes, once

again the delivery from Billy

Slater.

There is the pass back to homes and

he has got himself four. -- Holmes.

Holmes Joins the four try club at

the World Cup.

Holmes As one to beat. He has become

the first player in history to score

five tries at the Rugby league World

Cup. The Australians are through to

the semifinals.

A lovely play on the right edge from

Tonga. Great skill and awareness.

Beautifully set up by Mitchell

Moses. Robbie Farah was nice and

deceptive on the edge. Not a lot of

room. Great skill, great poise, and

a great finish.

Tonga are in again. Straight in the

hands of their experienced player.

Where the first to the ball? It

looks like the world. -- were they

first. What about that!

Looking threatening with the ball,

Lebanon.

They have a chance on the right-hand

side... Did he get it down? He

celebrates like he has. If there is

one player who deserves a try it is

Miski. Nice build-up from Lebanon

on. Moses turns the ball on the

inside. There it is. The combination

of Robbie Farah and Mitchell Moses

creating magic.

He stops there on that line. 18 has

to adjust and get across to him.

Therefore I am going to overturn

this. I am overturning the decision,

yes.

Penalty. The experienced Manu.

He

gets the penalty. The line all over

him.

The break from Robbie Farah. He gets

the return ball and he is looking

for options. Here come Lebanon on...

Elias and Miski, sensational try!

The last tackle now on this set.

Wiliame is through. He could go all

the way. He has lost it over the

line. Oh! Showing for Wiliame. Fiji

are trying to claim it here.

His

store has possession at this point,

still has possession... -- he still

has.

It won't be allowed, but that

was a stunning run. Here comes

Ashton Sims. Penalty to Fiji. Right

in front of the posts. They are

going to kick for ball. Topalov

laying down the law -- Taupau laying

down the law. The penalty to Fiji.

2-0.

Johnson ends the set again with a

high kick. It's taken. It has gone

against Fiji. So, Johnson is going

to line up this attempt. A simple

one. Easy for Johnson's calibre.

Delivered inside right pole.

Fiji again attack.

Hayne, short one this time. Denied

for the second time in this match.

Kikau, has he lost the ball? I think

he has. Offside play against New

Zealand.

The tart has

-- the touch has come after the

call.

This is handy enough. He makes

a mistake. Fiji reclaim the lead.

One more opportunity. I think Hayne

will bang this into touch, he

doesn't!

Tuivasa-Sheck is in serious trouble.

New Zealand have 98 metres to go.

Fiji about to post a famous victory.

Johnson with a Hail Mary kick. It

has been picked up by Naiqama. PTR

into the semifinals. A famous

victory here. Extraordinary match.

-- Fiji into the semifinals. Amazing

scenes here. Fiji will play

Australia in the semifinals at a

tournament that started so

promisingly for New Zealand. It has

ended in disaster. Fiji win this

4-2.

STUDIO: The semifinal line-up is

complete.

Do you

Do you like the fact that one of the

big three is not in the semifinals?

Does that show a positive future for

the game?

I think it shows

progression. We wanted to see that

it was more than the big three that

could challenge. I think we've seen

that. Fantastic result for Fiji. A

fantastic result for international

rugby league. Everybody will be keen

to see how things go against

Australia for them. We've seen them

cope defensively. We've always

thought that about some of these

teams, could Fiji defend well enough

to progress against the big side?

They have shown that they can.

It

would be shot of all shocks if they

beat Australia.

Yes. If I'm not

wrong, I think the last two World

Cup they've made a semifinals and

been beaten by Australia, so, third

time lucky!

CHUCKLES

Said he and hope.

I think the

Pacific Islands and all of the small

nations are benefiting from the NRL

and the commercial success NRL is.

It is thriving over there. We've

seen how important those islands are

to feel the NRL competition. -- fuel

the NRL competition. We need to

start doing that, getting young kids

in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

playing rugby league, let's use them

as a resource.

What England have to

do against Tonga in your opinion?

Hold the ball ultimately. We've

talked about that, about England's

performances, they've dropped too

much ball. It is potentially an

Achilles' heel of the England side

if they do that. Tonga are big,

strong, athletic. If you give them

the ball they will be too big,

strong and powerful. You keep the

ball away from them they will be too

small.

And ultimately too tired. If

you keep the ball you can tire them

out.

Starve them of energy by

kicking accurately, chasing well,

getting into a disciplined game with

Tonga. Keep live ball rugby going.

Against Tonga that will be crucial.

Tonga are going to get huge support

in Auckland. It is a different

proposition to playing Papua New

Guinea in a Melbourne stadium that

is half full. I think that will add

spice. England have been too

powerful and strong. They have

dominated teams with their size and

physicality. Tonga in Auckland will

be a different proposition to

anything they have faced.

From an

England player 's perspective, won't

that fire you up? That's what you

want. You want a full stadium with

passion. Even if the majority of the

crowd will be against you, that will

get the blood pumping and the juices

flowing, right?

I think so. We were

expecting to play New Zealand. The

fact it is Tonga, the boys will be

fired up, they will be ready. What

has happened in previous World Cups,

the fact we've not been in a final

for 22 years will drag the group

forward. The work that has gone on

in previous years, with Burnett,

with the of this squad. I think they

are ready and I think they will do

it. -- Bennett.

We'll Tonga Targett

McGilvary?

I think so. England look

fit. All of the key personnel in the

right positions are looking good.

They could Targett McGilvary, and

they certainly will. Ryan Hall on

the left edge. We have quality all

over the field. 80 minute

performance for me. Kevin was right,

I don't think they will get that

next week but they need to get a 60,

65 minute performance, ready for the

full 80 against Australia.

You want

to give McGilvary some special...

The four McGilvary is in, -- the

form McGilvary is in, earlier we

were saying he is at his peak. But I

think Sean O'Loughlin has been

incredible for England.

He was

involved in everything good they

did.

That's right. Every game in the

World Cup has come through him in

the middle of the field, that guy,

Sean O'Loughlin.

I agree. I don't

think there was a poor England

performance. We have a menu now to

take forward. Interesting we are

talking about McGilvary and possibly

targeting O'Loughlin. For us, we

need to talk about, Lolo, he played

in the Six Nations and he ripped

holes in England. The only beat us

by a point. England are fully aware

of his threat. They will try and

take energy out of his tank, send

traffic is way, make him tackle. We

know he is fit. I think it might be

a game too far for Tonga. They

wanted to be New Zealand, they

wanted their World Cup final. They

struggled against Lebanon, I wish we

were playing them next week.

Don't

get greedy.

CHUCKLES

England look fit. The longer the

Tonga players have been in hotels,

eating three course breakfasts, I

just don't think it will work in

their save at all.

More sport coming

up for you across the day. -- I just

don't think it will work in their

favour at all.

If you have enjoyed our live

streaming coverage of the Challenge

Cup this season you will be pleased

to know there is plenty more on the

way.

Thanks very much to my guests. Kevin

is going out of the World Cup. Take

that positive energy with you.

I

will, don't worry.

Pass it onto the

England team. We will see you next

weekend goodbye.