Rugby League World Cup

QWERTY? · 23rd October 2008, 02:56

Starts this weekend (times in AEDT I think)

Sat, 25 Oct 08 18:55 Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville England v PNG
Sun, 26 Oct 08 17:25 Canberra Stadium Euro A - 2 v France
Sun, 26 Oct 08 19:55 Sydney Football Stadium Official Opening Ceremony Australia v NZ
Mon, 27 Oct 08 18:55 Parramatta Stadium Tonga v Euro A-1

So what do yah reakon? NZ/Aus final

mr selfdestruct · 23rd October 2008, 16:27

I reckon there is way too much hype about the NZ team and Aussie just want to pretend that they are the underdogs so that they can relieve some of the pressure of expectation. I predict a Winning Margin spread by Aussie of about 19-25 points. Probably ahead at half time by about 13-18 points.

Probably an Aussie/England Final.

mr selfdestruct · 24th October 2008, 12:36

Odds went up and everything MASSIVELY in favour of Australia, looks like the TAB ain't no chumps.

QWERTY? · 27th October 2008, 04:02

well that sucked, if they had just controlled all the friggen errors they would have done alot better.

lol matai probably should have been gone after that hit in the first half.

mr selfdestruct · 28th October 2008, 11:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr selfdestruct

I predict a Winning Margin spread by Aussie of about 19-25 points. Probably ahead at half time by about 13-18 points.

Probably an Aussie/England Final.

Awesome, picked half and full time winning margin spreads like a dirty nose but still a bitter pill to swallow seeing the Kiwi's go down like that. That haka was seriously the best NZ Haka I've ever seen in my life, NEVER seen passion like that before, put the All Blacks to shame.

-Dr.J- · 28th October 2008, 13:35

Yeah that was a mean haka eh. Why isn't this thread in Open D? Hate League being categorised in with teh Yawnion.

All in all I thought Benji looked good. Disappointed with Fein's effort but I know he's better than that performance so I'm comfortable with him getting another go. I thought he would be better off in the halves replacing the forever useless Leuluai. Get Isaac Luke into that team stat. I usually can handle Gould's shit as he's usually on the money, but his pro aussie tugfest really got up my nose last night. He's not helping the global viewpoint associated with the World Cup.

mr selfdestruct · 28th October 2008, 13:44

I think Fein needs to bomb more, he seems to think the grubber is the way to go if we're just over half way but I bomb is always the best option at that range about 5 - 10 out from the try line, might get a lucky bounce, might get a other team knock on, who knows, pull the poker machine rugby league handle and see what happens. Marshall was awesome, what vision, set up the first try and the one that was disallowed.

I have Folau top Aussie Try Scorer and Marshall top NZ Try Scorer. 2 for Folau so far, so looking good. He's more likely to rake up more tries than the wings against weaker teams too imo (closer to the centre)

Deadmeat · 9th November 2008, 01:35

Loved the NZ - Eng game tonight.

10 minutes in I was ready to pack it in and go to bed, damn glad I didn't. Ref seemed a bit hit and miss calling the forward passes though, for both sides.

QWERTY? · 9th November 2008, 08:57

yeh, also I thought archer would be all over the lying all over the player after held was called, mmaaann those english guys were glacial, but shit did they have some line speed in the first 30mins, I was sure the kiwi's were rooted but when they picked up that try at the end of the first half I was sure they could bring it back, hopefully the can improve from next week.

blynk · 9th November 2008, 13:36

The format of this is strange.

3 pools, with Pool A having Aus, NZ, Eng & PNG. Top 3 go through.
The other 2 pools have 3 teams, and the winner of each play each other to get the 4th team to the semis.

Seems a bit odd, that the bottom 6 teams, don't even get to play the top teams, and the winner gets shoved into the deep end.

-Dr.J- · 10th November 2008, 12:13

Heh I think it's pretty much accepting of three factors..

a) No minnow team can beat aussie
b) The need to have NZ, Aussie and England playing each other as much as possible to make some coin
c) They want some balanced games in the other pools

I feel sorry for Papua New Guinea

QWERTY? · 11th November 2008, 03:55

haha england, a big bunch of lying in the tackle useless meatheads.

Isaac Luke, wow.

ZoSo · 16th November 2008, 10:17

Closer than I'd like but hey, at least it's good to know there are bigger chokers than us. Cheers poms. Onya Kiwis!

No chance of beating Aussie though. GL with that.

mr selfdestruct · 17th November 2008, 08:55

England are pretty shit really. How many Super League clubs do they have? How many professional League clubs do we have? ...

Luse · 17th November 2008, 12:08

Most of our players are playing in the NRL, so technically we have about 16.

When is the Manly vs Leeds(?) game?

mr selfdestruct · 17th November 2008, 12:20

Well no technically NZ does not have 16 clubs, that's stretching 'technically' pretty far. 80% of English clubs have English players in them, what % of NZ'ers are in NRL clubs? Definitely less than 30% on average I'd say. They should be better no excuse really, it's not like they've just started playing. You could forgive America for sucking at rugby for instance from their lack of experience but England has played league a long, long time.

Luse · 17th November 2008, 12:40

I agree with you completely man.. just saying.

Sometimes I get the feeling that there are two sets of rules and interpretations of rules between the northern and southern hemisphere. Which could be attributing to slightly different style of play between the two.

If I were asked to sum up the difference between Australasian and UK league in one line, I'd say the UK teams just aren't as creative or imaginative. Theres no flair and the same could be said about their Union team imo.

But yes, I agree, there seem to be two skill levels, NRL (mostly the aussie players) then UKSL.

Edited for speling worng

ZoSo · 17th November 2008, 13:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luse_K

Sometimes I get the feeling that there are two sets of rules and interpretations of rules between the northern and southern hemisphere. Which could be attributing to slightly different style of play between the two.

Yeah there is and Peacock is going on about it here:
http://www.nrl.com.au/News/Latest/ta....aspx?id=53499

Not sure I buy it myself. They just seemed like a pretty shit team who dropped too much ball and didn't cover up. Kind of like the Kiwis atm, just worse.

Phantom · 23rd November 2008, 00:53

WE WIN OMFG HAHAHA

Cereal Killar · 23rd November 2008, 00:59

I'd love to know how much the Kiwi's were paying for a win at the TAB.

Much respect to the Kiwis, finally turning it up when it mattered.

xpandnz · 23rd November 2008, 00:59

epic. just epic

xpandnz · 23rd November 2008, 01:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cereal Killar

I'd love to know how much the Kiwi's were paying for a win at the TAB.

Much respect to the Kiwis, finally turning it up when it mattered.

Was paying 7.50.
Aussies was 1.05.

Fuck, i should have laid $1k on NZ!

pervy · 23rd November 2008, 01:06

Hells Yeah!!!!!

fobski · 23rd November 2008, 01:08

BAHAHAHAHHA

CHEERS BILLY SLATER

REGARDS

NZ LEAGUE

JERI · 23rd November 2008, 01:17

SID|DensitY · 23rd November 2008, 01:20

I still don't believe the Kiwi's won.. Holy fuck!

Australians SOOO Didn't want to be there for the presentations.

Shazam · 23rd November 2008, 01:24

sweeeet.

ZeroBC · 23rd November 2008, 01:32

That was awesome

pig · 23rd November 2008, 01:41

Well shit, started to watch. When Williams scored i thought fuck this & muted it.

Genesis · 23rd November 2008, 03:38

What a fucken awesome game.

South Bank was going off just before kick off, would love to have stuck around just to see the faces of those wearing the Australian flag

BWDOWN · 23rd November 2008, 06:39

$450 on for $3375 return. Should have put the house on it!!!

Cheers TAB shouted the bar twice. Awesome night, just got home. Lovin it haha

Go the AB;s now

blynk · 23rd November 2008, 10:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWDOWN

$450 on for $3375 return. Should have put the house on it!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpandnz

Fuck, i should have laid $1k on NZ!

gotta love hindsight.

xpandnz · 23rd November 2008, 10:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by blynk

gotta love hindsight.

i had no cash anyways after my guitar purchase. fuck!

ZoSo · 23rd November 2008, 11:09

Holy shit. How'd that happen

The Aussies choked! Onya Kiwis!
I know I shot them down.. but they finally come through and I was so stoked last night.
Bennett was hardcore happy as well.. awesome to see. Kudos to him and Kearney

and Rubes on the sidelines

Cracked up at him running around towards the end. He would have been stoked as well.

GFG.

On par with the All Blacks now in terms of World Cups

and arguably you could say more impressively due to the calibre of the final opposition!

WORLD CHAMPION KIWIS!!

BWDOWN: Pro man. Grats

blynk · 23rd November 2008, 13:23

Is this going to be on free to air tv? Or was it on last night and I missed it.

Hurtuso · 23rd November 2008, 13:28

blinking bloody mahvelous

QWERTY? · 23rd November 2008, 14:00

I knew the result before the game was on, fucken facebook...

but anyway, totally mint, I had to watch it to believe it

lol slater, what a disaster

also making lockyer get up on stage twice was a bit brutal, he was pretty annihilated, but it made me extremely happy seeing that fuck cam smith having a sook.
Also brent kite should have got carded, dirty bastard.

Wake · 23rd November 2008, 18:56

Is there anywhere I can watch this game via the web? I'm overseas and it's not possible to watch it.

Cereal Killar · 23rd November 2008, 19:21

The entirity of the Semis are up at Big Pond, so I would assume the Final will be up soon.

http://bigpondvideo.com/sporttv

Working for me in NZ, so hopefully it'll work for anyone around the world.

caffiend · 24th November 2008, 01:29

Watched this down at Four Kings in the 04 - awesome game and awesome atmosphere. So much for a quiet few drinks!

23rd October 2008, 16:27	#2
mr selfdestruct The Deliverator	I reckon there is way too much hype about the NZ team and Aussie just want to pretend that they are the underdogs so that they can relieve some of the pressure of expectation. I predict a Winning Margin spread by Aussie of about 19-25 points. Probably ahead at half time by about 13-18 points. Probably an Aussie/England Final. __________________ My real signature is not nearly as legible as this one.

24th October 2008, 12:36	#3
mr selfdestruct The Deliverator	Odds went up and everything MASSIVELY in favour of Australia, looks like the TAB ain't no chumps. __________________ My real signature is not nearly as legible as this one.

28th October 2008, 13:44	#7
mr selfdestruct The Deliverator	I think Fein needs to bomb more, he seems to think the grubber is the way to go if we're just over half way but I bomb is always the best option at that range about 5 - 10 out from the try line, might get a lucky bounce, might get a other team knock on, who knows, pull the poker machine rugby league handle and see what happens. Marshall was awesome, what vision, set up the first try and the one that was disallowed. I have Folau top Aussie Try Scorer and Marshall top NZ Try Scorer. 2 for Folau so far, so looking good. He's more likely to rake up more tries than the wings against weaker teams too imo (closer to the centre) __________________ My real signature is not nearly as legible as this one.

17th November 2008, 08:55	#14
mr selfdestruct The Deliverator	England are pretty shit really. How many Super League clubs do they have? How many professional League clubs do we have? ... __________________ My real signature is not nearly as legible as this one.

17th November 2008, 12:20	#16
mr selfdestruct The Deliverator	Well no technically NZ does not have 16 clubs, that's stretching 'technically' pretty far. 80% of English clubs have English players in them, what % of NZ'ers are in NRL clubs? Definitely less than 30% on average I'd say. They should be better no excuse really, it's not like they've just started playing. You could forgive America for sucking at rugby for instance from their lack of experience but England has played league a long, long time. __________________ My real signature is not nearly as legible as this one.

23rd October 2008, 02:56	#1
QWERTY?	Rugby League World Cup Starts this weekend (times in AEDT I think) Sat, 25 Oct 08 18:55 Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville England v PNG Sun, 26 Oct 08 17:25 Canberra Stadium Euro A - 2 v France Sun, 26 Oct 08 19:55 Sydney Football Stadium Official Opening Ceremony Australia v NZ Mon, 27 Oct 08 18:55 Parramatta Stadium Tonga v Euro A-1 So what do yah reakon? NZ/Aus final __________________ please discontinue your lies.

27th October 2008, 04:02	#4
QWERTY?	well that sucked, if they had just controlled all the friggen errors they would have done alot better. lol matai probably should have been gone after that hit in the first half. __________________ please discontinue your lies.

28th October 2008, 13:35	#6
-Dr.J-	Yeah that was a mean haka eh. Why isn't this thread in Open D? Hate League being categorised in with teh Yawnion. All in all I thought Benji looked good. Disappointed with Fein's effort but I know he's better than that performance so I'm comfortable with him getting another go. I thought he would be better off in the halves replacing the forever useless Leuluai. Get Isaac Luke into that team stat. I usually can handle Gould's shit as he's usually on the money, but his pro aussie tugfest really got up my nose last night. He's not helping the global viewpoint associated with the World Cup. __________________ J

9th November 2008, 01:35	#8
Deadmeat	Loved the NZ - Eng game tonight. 10 minutes in I was ready to pack it in and go to bed, damn glad I didn't. Ref seemed a bit hit and miss calling the forward passes though, for both sides.

9th November 2008, 08:57	#9
QWERTY?	yeh, also I thought archer would be all over the lying all over the player after held was called, mmaaann those english guys were glacial, but shit did they have some line speed in the first 30mins, I was sure the kiwi's were rooted but when they picked up that try at the end of the first half I was sure they could bring it back, hopefully the can improve from next week. __________________ please discontinue your lies.

9th November 2008, 13:36	#10
blynk	The format of this is strange. 3 pools, with Pool A having Aus, NZ, Eng & PNG. Top 3 go through. The other 2 pools have 3 teams, and the winner of each play each other to get the 4th team to the semis. Seems a bit odd, that the bottom 6 teams, don't even get to play the top teams, and the winner gets shoved into the deep end.

10th November 2008, 12:13	#11
-Dr.J-	Heh I think it's pretty much accepting of three factors.. a) No minnow team can beat aussie b) The need to have NZ, Aussie and England playing each other as much as possible to make some coin c) They want some balanced games in the other pools I feel sorry for Papua New Guinea __________________ J

11th November 2008, 03:55	#12
QWERTY?	haha england, a big bunch of lying in the tackle useless meatheads. Isaac Luke, wow. __________________ please discontinue your lies.

16th November 2008, 10:17	#13
ZoSo	Closer than I'd like but hey, at least it's good to know there are bigger chokers than us. Cheers poms. Onya Kiwis! No chance of beating Aussie though. GL with that.

17th November 2008, 12:08	#15
Luse	Most of our players are playing in the NRL, so technically we have about 16. When is the Manly vs Leeds(?) game?

17th November 2008, 12:40	#17
Luse	I agree with you completely man.. just saying. Sometimes I get the feeling that there are two sets of rules and interpretations of rules between the northern and southern hemisphere. Which could be attributing to slightly different style of play between the two. If I were asked to sum up the difference between Australasian and UK league in one line, I'd say the UK teams just aren't as creative or imaginative. Theres no flair and the same could be said about their Union team imo. But yes, I agree, there seem to be two skill levels, NRL (mostly the aussie players) then UKSL. Edited for speling worng Last edited by Luse : 17th November 2008 at 12:42.

23rd November 2008, 00:53	#19
Phantom May contain nuts	WE WIN OMFG HAHAHA __________________ omgwtf

23rd November 2008, 00:59	#20
Cereal Killar	I'd love to know how much the Kiwi's were paying for a win at the TAB. Much respect to the Kiwis, finally turning it up when it mattered.

23rd November 2008, 00:59	#21
xpandnz	epic. just epic __________________ asghasdhoaidhoqhdoqjwod;asdadas

23rd November 2008, 01:08	#24
fobski	BAHAHAHAHHA CHEERS BILLY SLATER REGARDS NZ LEAGUE __________________ He sleeps. Sock. Bar of soap. Bang bang bang! Brain damage. Corn field. Gun. pchew Funeral

23rd November 2008, 01:17	#25
JERI	GG __________________ your intelligence has been insulted.

23rd November 2008, 01:20	#26
SID\|DensitY	I still don't believe the Kiwi's won.. Holy fuck! Australians SOOO Didn't want to be there for the presentations.

23rd November 2008, 01:32	#28
ZeroBC Quaking Legend	That was awesome

23rd November 2008, 01:41	#29
pig	Well shit, started to watch. When Williams scored i thought fuck this & muted it.

23rd November 2008, 03:38	#30
Genesis	What a fucken awesome game. South Bank was going off just before kick off, would love to have stuck around just to see the faces of those wearing the Australian flag

23rd November 2008, 06:39	#31
BWDOWN	$450 on for $3375 return. Should have put the house on it!!! Cheers TAB shouted the bar twice. Awesome night, just got home. Lovin it haha Go the AB;s now __________________ Second place is the first loser..

23rd November 2008, 11:09	#34
ZoSo	Holy shit. How'd that happen The Aussies choked! Onya Kiwis! I know I shot them down.. but they finally come through and I was so stoked last night. Bennett was hardcore happy as well.. awesome to see. Kudos to him and Kearney and Rubes on the sidelines Cracked up at him running around towards the end. He would have been stoked as well. GFG. On par with the All Blacks now in terms of World Cups and arguably you could say more impressively due to the calibre of the final opposition! WORLD CHAMPION KIWIS!! BWDOWN: Pro man. Grats

23rd November 2008, 13:23	#35
blynk	Is this going to be on free to air tv? Or was it on last night and I missed it.

23rd November 2008, 13:28	#36
Hurtuso	blinking bloody mahvelous

23rd November 2008, 14:00	#37
QWERTY?	I knew the result before the game was on, fucken facebook... but anyway, totally mint, I had to watch it to believe it lol slater, what a disaster also making lockyer get up on stage twice was a bit brutal, he was pretty annihilated, but it made me extremely happy seeing that fuck cam smith having a sook. Also brent kite should have got carded, dirty bastard. __________________ please discontinue your lies.

23rd November 2008, 18:56	#38
Wake	Is there anywhere I can watch this game via the web? I'm overseas and it's not possible to watch it. __________________ Deny All

23rd November 2008, 19:21	#39
Cereal Killar	The entirity of the Semis are up at Big Pond, so I would assume the Final will be up soon. http://bigpondvideo.com/sporttv Working for me in NZ, so hopefully it'll work for anyone around the world. Last edited by Cereal Killar : 23rd November 2008 at 19:23.

24th November 2008, 01:29	#40
caffiend	Watched this down at Four Kings in the 04 - awesome game and awesome atmosphere. So much for a quiet few drinks! __________________ If ignorance is bliss, why is everyone so unhappy these days?