England crashed out of the World Cup with a 32-22 semi-final defeat to New Zealand in Brisbane on Saturday despite a try at the end of each half from the Leeds Rhinos star.

McGuire, making his first start in the World Cup after being promoted at the expense of Leon Pryce, gave England's attack an added dimension only for a catalogue of handling errors and missed tackled by his team-mates to help send the Kiwis through to the final.

"We need to have a look at ourselves when we get back and see where we went wrong.

"There's enough ability in the squad to have taken us to the final but we didn't turn it on when it really mattered," said McGuire.

"Great players stand up in big games and they stood up, we didn't. That's why they are in the final and we're not.

"It's international football, we need to be better than that and we got what we deserved.

"It was a World Cup semi-final and a pressure situation and we showed we are not good enough to handle the pressure.

"If we are going to be a force in international rugby league we have to sort it out. Everyone keeps saying we are getting closer but we're not getting there at all.

"It's not through lack of effort, all the boys have put in 100 per cent, but effort is not enough in a World Cup, you need to be a lot smarter, more skilful, take your opportunities and defend better.

"To concede 32 points in the semi-final of a World Cup was crap, to be fair. We didn't deserve to win."

England captain Jamie Peacock, meanwhile, has revealed that he is considering his international future following a World Cup which saw him lead the team to three defeats from their four matches.

"I haven't decided yet, I'm not sure what I'm going to do," he said.

"It's been a near 40-game season for me and I'm going to spend some time with my family now and think about things over the Christmas period."

England's failure to get to grips with the different interpretation of the play-the-ball rules Down Under, where defences are given more freedom to dictate the speed of play, has led to calls for Super League to copy the Australian game.

Richard Lewis, the Rugby Football League's executive chairman, said after the semi-final that he is reluctant to dilute Super League's entertainment value but it is clear that strong measures need to be taken if England are to cease being a laughing stock on the international stage.

"Super League can be more exciting to watch but being exciting to watch doesn't mean international success," said Peacock.