Rugby League - Kiwis

If its Shaun ball I guess they believe we dont really need a decent six. Depending on which Shaun turns up that is good or very bad.

FFS. Charnze at 6, I think I'm going to join @mariner4life in death riding the Kiwis now.

It's a very ordinary side with a couple of guys to watch for the future.

We will get towelled by a kangaroos outfit that's had a tune up.

Best chance is beat Tonga and make the final and ambush them

Not expecting us to win this, wouldn't surprise me if we play our way back into form against Tonga, and get another crack in the final.

12-6 to the Kangaroos at halftime.

If AFB was still a Kiwi we'd be in the lead as we had so much ball 5m out and couldn't get over the line.

Kini has been great (fearless in defence for a smaller guy), CNK is a non existent 6. Tommy Turbo is in pretty unstoppable mood, Timoko on an unfamiliar side is having trouble dealing with him.

Kiwis lacking a finishing touch. We've had multiple sets in the 20 and can't get over.

Oh look, SJ is in charge of the attack and it's shit.

Haven't seen that before

Next week against Tonga will be a humdinger of a game. If we have any chance of defending this title we need to play ourselves into form against Tonga. If Tonga beat us they could even make the final on points differential.

22-10 final score to the Roos.

Kiwis actually did a bit better than what I thought we would when I saw the named 17.

We still need an actual second half though. Nikorima in at 6, CNK to centre in place of Hiku, move Timoko back to his side.

Stacey seemed a bit stubborn not bring Nikorima earlier and at 6. I love CNK but he's not a 6 and he didn't get into the game.

@SBW1 I doubt Tonga can score the long range tries that the Roos did. I saw enough today to be confident for the Tonga game.

Kini Tapine and Warbrick did some great things. Quite encouraging.

I think Australia are entitled to be a bit disappointed in today. A win under their belts already, and while they too are down a couple of troops, that's a team of origin players, while what was that kiwi team? And yet it was a 12 point win.

Mal is a shit coach. Lucked in to a generational Queensland team that he basically only had to stay put of the way and they would win.

We are on the rebuild and was good to see some of our younger players step up to test level.

The big name origin players for OZ had their moments but I was expecting a 20+ point drumming when I saw who they had

Kiwis getting beaten like a redhead step child in front of a Tongan home crowd in Auckland.

It's men vs boys out there

Our defensive alignment and system is being exposed big time

A 60m try through the hands. Great support play and try.

We’ve come from 0-24 to 18-24.

Keanu has been awesome this second half.

Argghhh another great build up but we cough it up in the tackle.

Wow, what a try Joseph Tapine!

What a try! Tapine

SJ and Keanu combining on the last brilliantly to get us going forward.

What a run. We are killing it down the right side.

What the fuck?! I stopped watching at 24-0

Papali’i has turned up in the second half. Running. With real venom.

What's with the lack of kicking game for the Kiwis in the red zone?

SJ with 2 bad 5th tackle decisions.

@ACT-Crusader said in Rugby League - Kiwis:

SJ with 2 bad 5th tackle decisions.

Kiwis had two chances to either kick into the in goal or kick a DG and do nothing. Tonga have one shot and slot it

@canefan said in Rugby League - Kiwis:

@ACT-Crusader said in Rugby League - Kiwis:

SJ with 2 bad 5th tackle decisions.

Kiwis had two chances to either kick into the in goal or kick a DG and do nothing. Tonga have one shot and slot it

Dumb as shit play by the Kiwis.

Poor game management

I hate that we took that long range penalty.

Kick for the corner and then get in the red zone where we were dominant.

Then we had a repeat set and our winger kicked the DG attempt on zero tackle. Brainless

Watching on Channel 9 in Oz couldn't help notising the presence of Ivan Cleary and Andrew Webster who was wearing a Kiwis jersey. Wonder if these guys get the Kiwis coaching gig.

loved that
thought the tongans played the last 10 really well
i was thinking they were gassed but they recovered their composure and the kiwis lost theirs

If the Kiwis loose to the Kumuls won't that mean New Zealand is no longer a Tier 1 nation and because it will be Tier 2 Kiwis will be allowed to play Origin. Tonga would be getting near to Tier 1 after last night, and many of its Origin players would no longer be eligible.

kiwis took the tongans on at their own game
a bit silly, they feeling it now hehe
but made for a great watch
aussies wont do that
they'll just smother them with defence, at least 3 in every tackle and stop tongan go foward
the poms did that in the series last year, and just fristrated the fuck out of the tongans
very effective but not as good to view
even so, i think the tongans can still win next week

not surprised the tongans won against the kiwis, and wont be suprised if they win next week v aus
international league really starting to be something
even png and fiji are going pretty good, and samoa looked ok v poms last night
and CI are sort of competitive
a bit of a levelling out, get used to it i think
shits all over a like rugby union comp

state of origin should have nothing to do with international play
so long as the player was a NSW or qld junior is all that should matter
that would actually take SOO to an even higher level than it is now
genuine all star series, still with acid

@mohikamo said in Rugby League - Kiwis:

kiwis took the tongans on at their own game

If playing with only one half and having an off the chart error rate is playing the Tongans at their own game then sure.

But the reality is we were just shit, that was a terrible performance. We shouldn't have let them get 24 points ahead of us and when we did level up we should have won it.

And we should have played a guy who had a good season at 6 instead of a guy who had an ok season at fullback. That was a fucking stupid coaching decision, I love Stacey the player but he can't coach for shit.

All our reputation forwards were shit in the first half. They all performed better in the second.

We made Tui look good for half a match. Tui FFS.

Oh and I don't for one second think that our weakened team was an excuse for that. We had the players to win, that's why we got within 1 point of the win.

shits all over a like rugby union comp

Cuz, you're in the wrong forum for that shitfight, you might need to find a league forum for that. International league is way behind international rugby. We could barely put together a halves combo. That doesn't happen in international rugby. This comp is so mickey mouse it doesn't even have all teams in it playing every weekend. Not to mention the competitive of it is down to NRL deciding arbitrarily who can or cannot play origin.