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Offical Rugby League Thread
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
I love it that Radley's old man's Sheffield accent is still more or less fully intact despite living in Oz since he was 16.
Fair play to the Grecians, but 94-4 is a wee bit of a touch up.
Suppose Fiji and the Roos will inflict similar damage against Scotland and Italy respectively.
I guess blow outs were always the risk with a 16 team tournament, hoping the French can give Samoa a game tomorrow.
Fair play to the Grecians, but 94-4 is a wee bit of a touch up.
Suppose Fiji and the Roos will inflict similar damage against Scotland and Italy respectively.
I guess blow outs were always the risk with a 16 team tournament, hoping the French can give Samoa a game tomorrow.
ashley bach
Cricketer Of The Year
1st half semi final NZ 14-10, unbelievable! Can't see the Kiwis maintaining this level though, hope like hell I'm wrong.
13 off loads by the Kiwis, quality game so far.
13 off loads by the Kiwis, quality game so far.
ashley bach
Cricketer Of The Year
Absolutely gutted, Australia win it with a penalty on the last tackle that leads to a try(bloody Australian ref) and the Kiwis denied twice.
Expected nothing but got everything, great game and proud of the effort, but sadly no cigar.
Expected nothing but got everything, great game and proud of the effort, but sadly no cigar.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Shame. That should've been the final.
Burgey
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Imagine being in the celebratory team huddle and Junior decides to jump on your back to join in.
ashley bach
Cricketer Of The Year
Was quite a result for Samoa in the semi, really thought England were travelling well so to turnaround a nearly 60 point margin in the opening game
is a fair achievement and great for the game.
Will be interesting to see if they have enough juice left in the tank to compete in the final, obviously they're going to have to compete up front to have
any reasonable chance, but really they'll need their star 3 Penrith backs to have big games as well, particularly Jarome Luai who had a whale of a game the other day and ran the show. Hard to see an upset but probably worth a small investment at 10/1.
is a fair achievement and great for the game.
Will be interesting to see if they have enough juice left in the tank to compete in the final, obviously they're going to have to compete up front to have
any reasonable chance, but really they'll need their star 3 Penrith backs to have big games as well, particularly Jarome Luai who had a whale of a game the other day and ran the show. Hard to see an upset but probably worth a small investment at 10/1.
Shady Slim
International Coach
one of the reasons the 'roos always have a huge baked in advantage other than the fact their players are generally just better is their combinations; these guys all play together at origin level and so are familiar with each other and set plays, whereas often with the pacific nations even where on paper they're not that far off the kangas, this is where they come unstuck
but given the samoa team's basically half the panthers i think this could be less of a factor and tilts the scales ever so slightly more towards an upset than they would otherwise be
the big bambino
Cricketer Of The Year
Congratulations to Australia for beating the ethnic communities of western Sydney to win the World Series.
Shady Slim
International Coach
yeah a lot of samoan flags proudly on display here in penrith during the week, i loved it
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yeah it was great for the game. Glad the final wasn't a total blowout.
I can't really see how they can keep their status as a 'tier-2 nation' after making the WC final, but there's no way we can force their guys to split up and choose between Samoa and Origin either. We're just going to have to run with this IMO:
That's actually entirely already the rule, but all of a sudden you're ineligible if you play for NZ or England in internationals. Makes no sense.
People will say 'oh we don't want Sam Burgess or SBW playing Origin' - yeah, but that rule change wouldn't let them do that anyway. We would've got Nathan Cayless playing for NSW - a man who was born at the same hospital as me, lived his whole life in NSW and cheered as hard as anyone for the Blues when I went to an Origin game with him. He should have ****ing been allowed.
Instead of treating Samoa like Eng/NZ, treat Eng/NZ like Samoa. It's really the only way out from here.
I can't really see how they can keep their status as a 'tier-2 nation' after making the WC final, but there's no way we can force their guys to split up and choose between Samoa and Origin either. We're just going to have to run with this IMO:
That's actually entirely already the rule, but all of a sudden you're ineligible if you play for NZ or England in internationals. Makes no sense.
People will say 'oh we don't want Sam Burgess or SBW playing Origin' - yeah, but that rule change wouldn't let them do that anyway. We would've got Nathan Cayless playing for NSW - a man who was born at the same hospital as me, lived his whole life in NSW and cheered as hard as anyone for the Blues when I went to an Origin game with him. He should have ****ing been allowed.
Instead of treating Samoa like Eng/NZ, treat Eng/NZ like Samoa. It's really the only way out from here.