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IMO the Val Holmes Try was OK, We often see try’s where a defender has slipped off the ball carrier and is then free to continue running or lunge forward to get the ball over the line. On this occasion the ball was passed and despite being on the ground the defender slipped off leaving the ball carrier free to pass. Refs got that one correct

It is in Union where they celebrate a penalty goal as if they’d won the World Cup and they’re brought up on turgid dross so don’t know what they’re missing

And we weren’t competing with the attraction of a football World Cup in the next couple of weeks. Not to mention a number of other world cups ongoing at the moment

Yeah cos they’re not used to having 40,000+ crowds turn up there are they

He noticeably does! Hes spectacularly failed to comprehend the futility of profuse utilisation of superlative hyperbole

Yes, I had that thought while I was typing but I don’t think it was just well practiced skills, there was some chance involved

I think the Aussies blew up as well but they did it 15 minutes after NZ which was the difference

What’s Wilkin talking about “blew the Kiwis away” he’s an idiot seeking to talk on a Biblical scale about ordinary things all the time

Aussies try’s all had a bit of strange fortune about them, Freaky kick for JAC and the defender lost where he was VHs try was another where 3 defenders slipped off the ball carrier allowing a freaky offload and pick up last try was just rank defending on the kiwi line A bit of brilliance mixed into the first 2, we’ve seen the Roos do that for 40 years and win games off the back of it but there’s a huge element of luck in it as well

Let’s get past the Samoans first

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Aussies are piling at least 2 players into the tackle AFTER it’s completed, hands in or on the the player while he’s playing the ball and not penalised once for it

Aussies have had a couple of favourable set restarts

No try then

We all know that it was never about the coefficient of restitution of the ball and everything to do with not allowing Australia to be knocked out of a home tournament

Same Sutton who disallowed Halls try a few years back, a try that would have eliminated Australia from a home Tri Nations and would have seen an end to GB/Englands 40 year drought His logic. Despite the ball being on the ground with Halls fingers on it, was that “the ball had actually bounced and was about to rise up off the ground, therefore there couldn’t be downward pressure” I had never heard such a contrived explanation to tell you that what your eyes were seeing wasn’t actually what was happening and a few years later it still belies belief.

I’ve been told that Sts are prepared to pay a fee for Murphy but Trinity won’t sell, they’re confident that they can use the next 12 months to persuade him to stay. They’re willing to risk him walking away for free in 12 months

When the Kangaroos of old boarded ships they did so knowing they’d play multiple games in a country where at the time Rugby League rivalled football for crowds and popularity. The early Roo tours made massive amounts of money to help grow the Southern Hemisphere game. Conversely, when GB toured it wasn’t to make money but to garner interest in the game down under

And without Great Britain travelling over to tour and play internationals the seeds of Rugby League would have struggled to take root. My point though is about attitude to the wider game and respect for the other Nations and their players to which it seems you, like many other Australians, have none! When Great Britain were the superpower they used their position to further the game even at their own cost. Let’s also remember that travelling around the world was vastly different too but it didn’t deter GB from their responsibilities to the game

Here’s the record for Australia Vs GB Played Won Lost Drawn 136 71 60 5 Now considering Australia have been dominant for 50 years they’ve only just overtaken GB which means that the previous 50 years GB were equally as dominant over Australia. My point here is this, if we (GB) had been as dismissive of an uncompetitive Australia as the Aussies are of GB and had we taken the same attitude toward International Rugby League then it’s doesn’t take an Einstein to know that RL in Australia may not exist but International RL would certainly be dead

The difference will be stamina, endurance and the speed that England play the game. That will eventually have the Samoans looking much the way they did in the first game

Wolf blaming Lolehea for kicking the ball away on the 3rd

I’m watching the Fox broadcast, same commentary but different studio and sideline presenters

Make no mistake, Samoa will be salivating at the chance of avenging that England game and getting to a World Cup Final They won’t be the easy beats that were in Round 1

Big final few minutes coming up