18-19 Oct: World Cup 9s (TV)

[Gerrumonside ref]

Who has the best kit?

[Farmduck]

Just now, Gerrumonside ref said:

How do we think England women will match up then against the Aussies?

I don't think they're up to it. The OZ and Kiwis have been compressed into 4 teams for the NRLW to keep the standard as high as possible. I think the experience of playing tougher games will favour the Antipodeans.

[Gerrumonside ref]

Wow!

[Gerrumonside ref]

Great stuff by Australia

[Gerrumonside ref]

The Kiwis back in it after scoring wide after a lovely cut-out pass

[Gerrumonside ref]

Champagne rugby from Australia with excellent hands to come back inside.

Australia 15-6 New Zealand HT

[Farmduck]

HT:   Australia  15    NZ  6

[Hughsehhh]

This 9s is mint 

[Gerrumonside ref]

A 20/40 kick is successful! 

[corvusxiii]

An awful lot of positivity about this morning. Just feels a bit odd.

[Man of Kent]

Magic 9s, baby. One weekend. All fans get to see their team three times. What's not to like?

[Hughsehhh]

Not really watching much NRL, I only really recognise addo-carr, Johnson and a few others. 

Anyone know if these are the strongest teams or if a few players have turned it down?

[Gerrumonside ref]

And the Aussies score off the resulting set after Mitchell Moses 20/40

[The Dude]

I like the bonus try zone. the score is not always even numbers.

[JonM]

Just now, corvusxiii said:

An awful lot of positivity about this morning. Just feels a bit odd.

There's some brilliant rugby on display, enjoyed every game so far. It's odd because it's played in an empty stadium, and because the three northern hemisphere teams are pretty far from being representative.

[Copa]

England and Australia have been the best two teams so far. 

[Gerrumonside ref]

Great hands by NZ particularly Johnson.

[Hughsehhh]

Ha, Shaun Johnson is absolute class

[Farmduck]

[Man of Kent]

From what we've seen so far, Australia beat England in the final. Too much pace. 

[Abicus]

Seems pretty disappointing. Crowd is real bad and has made zero traction down here in Australia. Hope the IRL make some money out of this.

[Farmduck]

[Man of Kent]

1 minute ago, Abicus said:

Seems pretty disappointing. Crowd is real bad and has made zero traction down here in Australia. Hope the IRL make some money out of this.

Waiting to see the Saturday crowd before we start conducting the post-mortem!

[Gerrumonside ref]

1 minute ago, Abicus said:

Seems pretty disappointing. Crowd is real bad and has made zero traction down here in Australia. Hope the IRL make some money out of this.

Why has it made zero traction?

The action is great.

[Man of Kent]

Garry Lo! Where did he end up after his various indiscretions?