Someone chucked a fridge at that poor Frenchman
And you could see on his face as he got back up he was questioning his life choices
If we manage to pinch this win , Aussies will tear us to shreds anyway the way things are looking
@sparky said in Rugby League World Cup:
What's wrong with this Ronaldo bloke?
It's all in the name.....
@Mackerzzzz said in Rugby League World Cup:
Great try. Nz have it now?... Fiji look shot now
Wait till they actually get the lead.
@Mackerzzzz said in Rugby League World Cup:
@sparky said in Rugby League World Cup:
Big call.
Correct call tho
Shows that Captain's challenge is a sensible idea.
Fiji lost that. Bad mistakes at the end.
Pretty disgusted with the NZ league team. Completely devoid of a kicking game, a kick chase and a spark. Just god awful horrible.
Oz next week by 50.
Meh, not too fussed, a win's a win and good to have a decent hitout before the Kangaroos.
We'll be much better next week.
Wow great match. Terrific by nz back 3 of Manu Rapana and Mulitalo. Edge of the seat stuff at last in this World Cup
@African-Monkey said in Rugby League World Cup:
Meh, not too fussed, a win's a win and good to have a decent hitout before the Kangaroos.
We'll be much better next week.
It was a tough game and sure we didn’t do ourselves any favours at times, but am still pretty happy about getting the win from how we started.
Knockout WC finals do bring the drama.
Bring on the Aussies.
Hopefully that was the game to focus the Kiwis after having three training runs previously. Also, hope it lulls the Aussies into a false sense of security.
@ARHS said in Rugby League World Cup:
Wow great match. Terrific by nz back 3 of Manu Rapana and Mulitalo. Edge of the seat stuff at last in this World Cup
yep without those three we struggled for any attacking impetus. A couple of good touches from Dylan Brown (cut out pases) putting both Ronaldo and Jordan in space, but not a great day out.
Take the win and move on I guess, but Fiji will be gutted they let us through, they played well
Not that anyone cares but this is my personal ratings:
Nz:
- J Manu, 8.5, involved in everything, sparked most of their attack
- R Mulitalo, 7.0, a couple of great moments, but a few stupid mistakes as well
- P Hiku, 7.5, Solid. No mistakes, but nothing brilliant either
- C Nicoll-Klokstad, 6.5, Not involved a lot, couple of mistakes
- J Rapana, 7.5, kicked well, pissed a few people off like usual.
- D Brown, 5.5, not at his best
- J Hughes, 7, Hampered by an injury for most of the game. But stepped up when required.
- J Bromwich, 6.5, quiet but solid.
- B Smith, 6.5, Solid, wasn't able to realy cut though much
- J Fisher-Harris, 7, charged straight up with no fear like usual.
- K Bromwich, 6.5, Quiet.
- N Asofa-Solomona, 6.5, interesting position to start in. Not realy able to dominate
- J Tapine, 7.5, Solid. Made plenty of metres like usual.
- I Papalii, 6.0, Quiet
- K Foran, 7.5, helped get nz back into the game
- B Nikora, 6.5, Scored a flukey try. Quiet other than that
- I Liu, 7, Ran hard. Never stopped trying
Fiji
- S Turuva, 9.0, Absolutely announced himself to the world. No fear on attack or defence
- M Sivo, 7.5, Scored a good try, busy other than that
- S Valemei, 6.0, not at his best
- K Naiqama, 7.0, Scored two tries, was done by ronaldo, tried his heart out
- V Karawalevu, 6.5, quiet
- A Koroisau, 6.0, poor game for his standards, not sure halves is his position
- B Wakeham, 7.0, Kicked well, brilliantly saved a try, but make a few mistakes as well
- K Sims, 6.5, not great defence. But offered something slightly different on attack
- P Tagituimua 7.0, Good service, ok on defence
- T Kamikamica, 6.5, Ran hard like usual, but made a few costly errors.
- V Kikau, 7.0, got a try assist, but not realy able to impose other than that
- S Wong, 7.0, Solid from the youngster
- T Sadrugu, 6.5, Quiet
- B Nakubuwai, 8.0, Best of Fiji's pack
- L Manuel-Liolevave, 6.5, Quiet
- K Vuniyayawa, 7.0, Ran hard.
- H Raiwalui, 6.0, Unable to get realy involved
@Mackerzzzz said in Rugby League World Cup:
Not that anyone cares but this is my personal ratings:
Nz:
- J Manu, 8.5, involved in everything, sparked most of their attack
- R Mulitalo, 7.0, a couple of great moments, but a few stupid mistakes as well
- P Hiku, 7.5, Solid. No mistakes, but nothing brilliant either
- C Nicoll-Klokstad, 6.5, Not involved a lot, couple of mistakes
- J Rapana, 7.5, kicked well, pissed a few people off like usual.
- D Brown, 5.5, not at his best
- J Hughes, 7, Hampered by an injury for most of the game. But stepped up when required.
- J Bromwich, 6.5, quiet but solid.
- B Smith, 6.5, Solid, wasn't able to realy cut though much
- J Fisher-Harris, 7, charged straight up with no fear like usual.
- K Bromwich, 6.5, Quiet.
- N Asofa-Solomona, 6.5, interesting position to start in. Not realy able to dominate
- J Tapine, 7.5, Solid. Made plenty of metres like usual.
- I Papalii, 6.0, Quiet
- K Foran, 7.5, helped get nz back into the game
- B Nikora, 6.5, Scored a flukey try. Quiet other than that
- I Liu, 7, Ran hard. Never stopped trying
Personally don't like our forward pack balance . Would bring NAS back into the front row and not give him as many minutes. Likewise would replace Jesse with Spencer Liu and I guess JWH is back into the rotation is in the mix as well after his enforced sit down. Perhaps Nikora starts in the back row.
I think a better balanced pack is required against Australia.