The Kangaroos defeated England 14-4 to retain the Ashes in a game that failed to reach any considerable heights, with Australia holding on in a defensive arm wrestle.

But that in itself exposed one of the biggest talking points to come out of the contest.

Read on for all the biggest talking points out of Sunday morning’s game.

AN EMBARRASSMENT TO TEST MATCH RUGBY LEAGUE

You can only call it as you see it.

And as gritty as Australia’s 14-4 second Test win over England was to secure the Ashes, as a TV spectacle it will hardly go down as one of the classics in years from now.

But in fairness to the players, particularly the Kangaroos, it wasn’t entirely their fault that the match was such a scrappy affair.

While the Aussies’ attack was poor, the fact referee Grant Atkins couldn’t kee

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