EORL CRABTREE

HAD relatively little time on the field, which will have come as a huge disappointment to the big fella.

In the first half he was restricted to just 10 minutes off the bench and then had a similar spell after the break.

But during that time he did make his presence felt.

The highlight was undoubtedly the moment he sent Australian hooker Cameron Smith flying to the floor after one  strong midfield drive and subsequent offload.

Overall, however, he will have felt a little frustrated he didn’t have more of an opportunity to make his presence felt, particularly after missing the New Zealand 

LEROY CUDJOE

CAN feel mightily proud of  his efforts on his England debut.

He did have a relatively quiet time, with very little coming his way on attack.

But when he did have the ball he was error-free, which was certainly not the case with a number of his England teammates.

In fact, it was good to report that all four of the Giants were rock solid in their spells.

Defensively, the former Newsome Panthers junior was also sound, making 12 solid tackles, including one early effort on Kangaroos full-back Billy Slater to settle any potential nerves.

He also marked a first senior England call by slotting over the conversion to Luke Robinson’s second-half try.

SHAUN LUNT

LIKE Cudjoe, he can be delighted with the way he handled making an  England debut against  the might of Australia.

He said in the build-up  to the contest that he  was going to treat the  Kangaroos just like he  would any other  opponent.

And he was true to his word, ripping straight in from the start when he entered the fray after 49 minutes.

Unfortunately, he was withdrawn 20  minutes later after making 12 tackles and several good dummy-half runs.

He can also count himself unlucky not to  have scored a ‘try’ when referee Tony Archer ruled he had grounded the ball just  short of the line.

LUKE ROBINSON

IS PROVING to be one of  the big England successes  during this Four Nations tour Down Under.

He was one of the stars  of the show against the Maori in the warm-up  game and was then a real  livewire in the tournament  opener against New Zealand last Saturday.

And he showed against Australia those  performances were no fluke as he produced  another good attacking showing and solid  defensive display.

The big difference on this occasion was that he started a game for the first time at scrum-half  and marked the occasion with a stunning 43rd-minute solo try when he collected the ball  from acting half-back 15m out and jinked his way to the line to score under the posts.