Kiwis now in off-season

The off-season has started a week early for the Kiwis league team. They have missed out on the Four-Nations final after losing 20-12 to England in their last round-robin match in Huddersfield this morning.

Kiwis' captain Benji Marshall says the loss was a combination of their inadequacies and England's prowess. Marshall says England played them out of field position and did to the Kiwis what they were supposed to do to them.

Marshall says he has to take some of the blame for the loss because he clearly did not have his best game.