Australia has won their second Four Nations tournament game easily as they beat England in a rain-soaked game, scoring 34 points to England’s 14.
The English Lions had a terrible first half, scoring only 1 try compared with Australia’s 6. The Kangaroos Darren Lockyer had a hand in 3 of the 6 tries scored, as the Broncos legend’s kicking game gave Australia a substantial advantage.
England had a slightly better second half, scoring within the opening minutes from kickoff, but Australia responded with scoring another try a few minutes later. Neither team scored any tries after the opening 6 minutes of that second half.
The wet weather conditions favoured the Australian side, as England fumbled and generally struggled with ball handling.
There was criticism of the referee as the Kangaroos were given play on in several controversial moves, especially one in the 68th minute, when the referee denied England a try after the video referee couldn’t decide if the ball was put over the line for a try or not.
The BBC website reported some unhappy tweets and texts coming out of England, including: “Derby County midfielder and 5 live pundit Robbie Savage feels England are getting a raw deal from the ref. He tweets : “Referee in game England v Aus is so biased it’s untrue!”
And from Michael in London, via text: “That was so forward. Why can’t we have neutral refs? Wish my Aussie girlfriend would stop going on how good they are.”’
It’s been a disappointing tournament for the Lions so far, as they lost to both New Zealand last week, and now Australia–the two big teams of the Four Nations tournament. This has led to criticism of the tournament itself by Ben Elias, claiming that two of the four teams, namely the Kumuls and England, should be scrapped from the tournament.
The English Lions had a terrible first half, scoring only 1 try compared with Australia’s 6. The Kangaroos Darren Lockyer had a hand in 3 of the 6 tries scored, as the Broncos legend’s kicking game gave Australia a substantial advantage.
England had a slightly better second half, scoring within the opening minutes from kickoff, but Australia responded with scoring another try a few minutes later. Neither team scored any tries after the opening 6 minutes of that second half.
The wet weather conditions favoured the Australian side, as England fumbled and generally struggled with ball handling.
There was criticism of the referee as the Kangaroos were given play on in several controversial moves, especially one in the 68th minute, when the referee denied England a try after the video referee couldn’t decide if the ball was put over the line for a try or not.
The BBC website reported some unhappy tweets and texts coming out of England, including: “Derby County midfielder and 5 live pundit Robbie Savage feels England are getting a raw deal from the ref. He tweets : “Referee in game England v Aus is so biased it’s untrue!”
And from Michael in London, via text: “That was so forward. Why can’t we have neutral refs? Wish my Aussie girlfriend would stop going on how good they are.”’
It’s been a disappointing tournament for the Lions so far, as they lost to both New Zealand last week, and now Australia–the two big teams of the Four Nations tournament. This has led to criticism of the tournament itself by Ben Elias, claiming that two of the four teams, namely the Kumuls and England, should be scrapped from the tournament.
