England 74-0 Wales.

It wasn't really the best game every played. Said that, none of the rugby or refereeing was really up to scratch. Steve Ganson was at his very worse last night, being too erratic with the whistle denying Wales a try and giving them a penalty instead which was backed up by the video referee.

With the majority of the world cup squad playing in last week's Grand Final, only eight players who will board the plane to Australia on Monday appeared in Doncaster making the team that will line up in Townsville very different to last nights. Martin Gleeson, for example, will definatly not play at stand off. That is despite the fact he had a decent game including crossing the whitewash twice.

Credit must go to Richie Myler who didn't back down at scrum half on his international debut. He is young but a good prospect with Salford now being admitted into Super League. He also scored twice but with a bit more experience he could also be a part of the next world cup in roughly five years time.

Despite the fact fifteen players were missing, I though the 74-0 scoreline was a fairly accurate reflection on how well England can perform if they had the option of a full strength 1-17. How the team played is totally irrelivant to the preparations but the tracks are leading in the right direction.