Rugby League World Cup

@Mackerzzzz said in Rugby League World Cup:

Not that anyone cares but this is my personal ratings:

Nz:

1. J Manu, 8.5, involved in everything, sparked most of their attack
2. R Mulitalo, 7.0, a couple of great moments, but a few stupid mistakes as well
3. P Hiku, 7.5, Solid. No mistakes, but nothing brilliant either
4. C Nicoll-Klokstad, 6.5, Not involved a lot, couple of mistakes
5. J Rapana, 7.5, kicked well, pissed a few people off like usual.
6. D Brown, 5.5, not at his best
7. J Hughes, 7, Hampered by an injury for most of the game. But stepped up when required.
8. J Bromwich, 6.5, quiet but solid.
9. B Smith, 6.5, Solid, wasn't able to realy cut though much
10. J Fisher-Harris, 7, charged straight up with no fear like usual.
11. K Bromwich, 6.5, Quiet.
12. N Asofa-Solomona, 6.5, interesting position to start in. Not realy able to dominate
13. J Tapine, 7.5, Solid. Made plenty of metres like usual.
14. I Papalii, 6.0, Quiet
15. K Foran, 7.5, helped get nz back into the game
16. B Nikora, 6.5, Scored a flukey try. Quiet other than that
17. 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.

Two fantastic matches

NZ v Fiji
Tonga v Samoa

@MiketheSnow said in Rugby League World Cup:

Two fantastic matches

NZ v Fiji
Tonga v Samoa

Yep, and two fantastic results (end result in NZ's case, not how they got there).

Nice work Samoa!

The Fijian singing was top notch too

The second half of that Tonga v Samoa match was enthralling stuff. Tonga had their chances but lack a bit of game breaking. Well done to Samoa for getting this far.

Man I’m nervous about our match against the Aussies. We will need to play out of our skins and out kicking game will have to be a thousand times better. But we do have a bit of fire power up front that if they bring their A game can trouble the Aussie forwards and make them move around.

@ACT-Crusader said in Rugby League World Cup:

The second half of that Tonga v Samoa match was enthralling stuff. Tonga had their chances but lack a bit of game breaking. Well done to Samoa for getting this far.

Man I’m nervous about our match against the Aussies. We will need to play out of our skins and out kicking game will have to be a thousand times better. But we do have a bit of fire power up front that if they bring their A game can trouble the Aussie forwards and make them move around.

We do tend to improve over the course of a tournament away. We are going to have to....

Funnily enough even though our form has been scratchy I think we are capable of pulling a massive game out of our arses because it’s Australia .

But if that did happen and we managed to pull it off , I would be concerned about how we back up a week later .

That would be a kiwis thing to do , beat Australia and then lose to the poms .

our best prop rotation will shade theirs. Joey Manu would make the Aussie back line

I don't see where we have any other advantage.

We're going to have to play a kiwi test for the ages to win. Which would mean England pumping us in the final.

And if we somehow, some way, in some lunar eclipse world we do beat the Aussies, I wouldn’t really care what happened after that. Aussie halves are a massive concern for us because they both like to run and take on the line. At the very least we need to crowd them and pressure their kicking game so we don’t get camped in our half.

Here's some motivation for the Kiwis:

See there's a Wheelchair RLWC.

Anyone know if there's a difference between Wheelchair League and Union?

@Nepia said in Rugby League World Cup:

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Fark me. And to think elements of the Pom press thnk NZ Rugby is arrogant.

@Victor-Meldrew said in Rugby League World Cup:

See there's a Wheelchair RLWC.

Anyone know if there's a difference between Wheelchair League and Union?

They allow head high shots in RLWC?

Not a bad first half by our women team vs the Aussies.

Impressed with our defence. Attack is a little hit and miss.

Here we go

Great start by the kiwis

What a pace to this match

Great start from NZ

Loads of pressure both in attack and defence

Fabulous try

Aus 0-6 NZ
12 mins

Kiwis get the first try!

What a pass! Hughes is Jonny on the spot, great try.

Some big hits on these Aussies.

One lapse of concentration and Aus are in

Great kick and catch

Aus 6-6 NZ
17 mins

Soft try. Can't afford that against Australia.

Opps, Australia with a soft try against the run of play.

Go again, boys, go again!

A physical game with lots of offloads and ball movement has always been the style that can give the Aussies problems , our best victories over them have always been when we perfect that

Next ABs defence coach should be the NZ league defensive coach

Boa constrictors

Great defence and the Aussies spill the ball. Beauitful!

@MiketheSnow said in Rugby League World Cup:

Next ABs defence coach should be the NZ league defensive coach

Boa constrictors

Different class to Scott Mcleod that's for sure.

Aussie offside. Chance to take the lead.

Penalty is good

Aus 6-8 NZ
26 mins

Toes it over. 8-6.

Kicking game and kick chase superb from NZ

Bugger

Unlucky

Great stop but not held

Aus in at the corner

Aus 10-8 NZ
30 mins

Bit of Aussie magic there. Fair try. 8-10.

Great game

What a try!!!!!!!

Fantastic try

Pace and precision

Aus 10-14 NZ
38 mins

New Zealand retake the lead.

Brown in

12-10 with conversion to come