The England RL big top rolls south next week for the second Test at the London Olympic Stadium.

We'll be there with all outlets blazing as television, radio and website cover England's attempt to bring an early end to this series.

See you there.

The chat on the Red Button forum has moved on to the hot topic of Sam Burgess's future.

The latest reports claim that South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson, who finalised the team's signing of Burgess from Bradford six years ago, has flown over for this Test series between England and New Zealand and hopes to negotiate a deal to buy the dual-code international back from Bath.

Things are coming to a head fast on that issue.

Robbie Hunter-Paul
Former New Zealand international

"New Zealand have got to go down to London with a new frame of mind. You saw towards the back end of the second half, that when they got tired their shape disappeared. 

"There was no attacking formation, no option to capitalise on if they had a quick turnover."

Brian Noble
Former Great Britain coach, BBC Two

"I got a few funny looks when I said this earlier but I think England should win this series 3-0. It's not arrogance but comes instead from a belief in the growth of this side. 

"The way they built pressure, kicked the ball, rolled a very good New Zealand side, this shows what England can do, and they are only going to get better. 

"This win today will give them that belief. The challenge for them is to keep a lid on things and realise that New Zealand will be better next week."

Jon Wilkin
Former England international

"One of my criticisms of British sport is that there seems to be a sense of being happy to finish second.

"The challenge tonight was to get over the line and beat a top side like New Zealand - and in terms of overcoming that mental barrier, this win was a huge result."

Sam Tomkins - who is sitting out the series with a knee injury - has enjoyed that one.

Brian Noble
Former Great Britain coach, BBC 5 live sports extra

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"England really grew into the game and they ended up dominating. The front row was magnificent. 

"James Roby and Tom Burgess turned the match, and with Chris Hill and Brett Ferres too,  those four were crucial for Steve McNamara's side."

Jon Wilkin
Former England international

"If England relax after tonight they are kidding themselves. New Zealand were walking at the end, there was some really poor body language - they were tired. 

"England need to be better next week. I'm sure that's what Steve McNamara will be saying too."

Joyful scenes in the England dressing room as Paul Wellens - now part of the coaching staff bangs flip-flop against cool-box to lead the team in a celebratory sing-song.

Former deputy prime minister John Prescott - who played cheerleader at the team's shirt presentation ceremony earlier this week - is down in the dressing room to press the flesh and kiss any babies.

New Zealand coach Stephen Kearney: "In the second half we didn't execute what we wanted to. That was the disappointing thing, but England put a lot of pressure on us. They did a great job in defence. 

"We've got plenty of improvement in us though. We had a couple of opportunities we didn't take as well as we could have done, but we move to next week. 

"England were marvelous tonight, and we've got a really tough challenge ahead of us." 

England coach Steve McNamara: "In the first half we put ourselves under a lot of pressure, we looked out of sorts. But we started to come back towards the back end of the half, that really set ourselves up for the second and we finished the game very strongly.

"I had to support the players' feelings at half-time. Physically we weren't in the game and we needed to change that. Thankfully we did. 

"There is lots to work on for next week, both teams can perform a lot better than that. These are tough games though, and with only a six-day turnaround, recovery is the number one priority right now."

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England's man of the match Brett Ferres:"We wanted to start the well, put in good performance, and this this is something for us to build on. It was a tough battle in the middile, the Kiwis have got a lot of big boys. 

"It wasn't the start we wanted but we grew during the game."

England forward Sean O'Loughlin: "All three Test matches will be important but we knew we had to get off to good start. 

"Both teams will want to improve and I think we both will have by next week. We spoke about how close we've been for a couple of years now and this series is all about getting over the line."

They think it is all over for BBC Two. It is, but the Red Button comes to the rescue.

Mark Chapman will be putting questions to Brian Noble, Robbie Hunter-Paul and Jon Wilkin on England's performance.

Plus, former cross-code star Jonathan Davies will be giving his views about the future of Sam Burgess...

Send us your questions using #bbcrl, external on Twitter. You can also text on 81111 from UK mobiles.   

Nick Settle: well done on the win tonight boys, brilliant 2nd half performance. 1 up in the series, get in there.

Game that got away: Still think there's much more to come from NZ as well. Bring on the next two Tests!

Jay Dub-Ya: England better pull their socks up next week. Poor ref decisions killed off the kiwis, they'll be looking for blood next week  

Jonathan Davies
Former Wales fly-half

"On the back of this performance England will go into the next Test with confidence and I really hope they wrap it up. They were worthy winners today."

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Were England undercooked after their warm-up butchering of France last weekend?

They certainly looked like they took a little time to get up to speed.

Tests follow over the next two Saturdays at the Olympic Stadium and DW Stadium.

The hooter blares and England will head to London 1-0 up in the series.

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Former England coach John Kear: "England have really earned this. They started very tentatively but they've totally dominated in the second half and the scoreboard reflects that."

Gareth Widdop sticks it over and England have come home very strong.