​Australia vs England: The Biff Was Back And At Least One Rugby League Great Was Loving It

The Australian rugby league team cruised to victory over England in the Four Nations over night, giving the Kangaroos plenty of momentum as they head into next week's final with New Zealand at Anfield Stadium.

The star-studded Kangaroos outfit, featuring the likes of Nth Queensland Cowboys GOAT, Jonathan Thurston and fellow Queensland Origin lynchpins Greg Inglis, Cooper Cronk and Cameron Smith, alongside NSW up-and-comers, David Klemmer, Josh Dugan and Blake Ferguson, were consummate in victory. Their well-oiled attack clearly overwhelmed England as they ran away with a 38-18 victory.

The talking point of the match, aside from the Kangaroos win, was a big straight right hand landed on the left eyebrow of NSW wild man, David Klemmer's by opposing English hardman, Sam Burgess. As per the International Rugby League laws, Burgess was not automatically sent from the field as he would have been in the National Rugby League (NRL) prompting celebrations from at least one current rugby league great. Former Australian Test and NSW Origin great, Luke Lewis told Fox Sports Australia he was pleased to see a return of old fashioned rugby league values in the match.

"I don't condone fighting or throwing punches but for me, I don't know what actually happened, but our game needs it," he said, adding:

"Sometimes you see young halfbacks run in and pushing front rowers or wingers pushing front rowers, so yeah look it's international rules. I guess you can have it one game. I don't condone it but I don't think there's anything wrong with it at the same time," he said.

The Kangaroos will now meet New Zealand in the final next weekend after the Kiwis scraped into the final following a historic draw with rugby league minnows, Scotland. In classically dismal European conditions, with rain and gail force winds playing havoc, the Bravehearts kept touch with New Zealand before backrower Euan Aitken scored in the 79th minute to give Scottish captain Danny Brough the chance to convert from the sideline to secure the draw. Brough had already undergone two painkilling injections in his ankle just to take the field, plus another at halftime, though calmly slotted the conversion prompting wild scenes at Workington oval.

"2 injections before the game, 2 at half time, I can barely walk now but it was worth it," the Scottish Captain tweeted afterwards.

Euan Aitken scores with 2 minutes left as — NRL (@NRL)November 11, 2016

The ground itself, with its cramped change rooms and raggedy pitch, earned the ire of Kiwi coach David Kidwell, who said" "we've got some world class players out there and we need some world class fields to make sure this game and this Test match football stays where it wants to be and that's at the pinnacle … with pinnacle fields."

His carefully chosen words were met with swift derision from Scottish Coach, Steve McCormack.

"This venue and this area is a fantastic hotbed for rugby league. If anybody had seen how hard the people had worked to get this game on, sometimes it's a bit of a forgotten area. We couldn't have been treated any better.

"We played in the World Cup at Rockhampton in 2008 in the World Cup. What do you call a world-class stadium? You've got passionate fans and a great atmosphere. There's no better place to play rugby league," he said.

The Kiwis will take on Australia in the final minus key playmaker, Thomas Leuluai who suffered a broken jaw in two places during the game.

— The RFL (@TheRFL)November 11, 2016