BY JOHN DAVIDSON

Stuart Barrow says England’s huge 90-4 loss to Australia is on him as head coach.

Barrow has called for a wider review in how to improve the Women’s Super League.

The Lionesses and Australia had not played in eight years but the gap between the two nations was brutally exposed in Las Vegas.

“It would be really, really easy for us to keep accepting the challenges of France and Wales in the northern hemisphere, and doing what we got done to us today but not really knowing where we were at,” he said.

“We’ve learnt some lessons today about what international rugby league is about at the highest level.

Obviously we didn’t expect that result today, I’m not going to hide behind that, and that’s on me as a leader.

“We’re really, really disappointed. We’ll have to review it and see where we go from here.

“There has to be a review of where Women’s Super League is at and there has to be a review of how we can further support the game.”

Jillaroos coach Jess Skinner praised her excellent team: “I’m really proud to coach the girls and in this moment, it will be one to remember for sure.

“We have high expectations of our players. They executed exactly what we wanted to do. We’re proud of the performance we put up.

“We came to show that we’re number one in the world [and we did that].

“Our player depth is a credit to the game and the NRLW clubs. They’re getting smarter and fitter.”

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