Sat 16 Nov: RLWC Qual: USA v Cook Islands KO 10pm (UK Time)

[flyingking 945]

Shipway finds a way back into the game for USA, Farimo converts USA 6 Cook Islands 12

[Celt 717]

anyone else struggling to listen to this commentator?

 

[Pulga 850]

Some of the body shapes in the USA squad....

It's bush league stuff.

[Celt 717]

how can this only be 12-6  !!

[flyingking 945]

HT and all to play for 6-12

[welshmagpie 667]

7 minutes ago, Pulga said:

Some of the body shapes in the USA squad....

It's bush league stuff.

That one prop they have!

[Pigeon Lofter 306]

Well, 6-12 at half time....USA back in it and playing very well in the last 20 minutes. Should be a good second half!

Apparently, cold and windy over there in the Sunshine State.

[Pigeon Lofter 306]

1 minute ago, welshmagpie said:

That one prop they have!

Stubbs (USA #10)...a front row all by himself.

USA#13 Pettybourne a monster too.

[Celt 717]

2 minutes ago, Pigeon Lofter said:

Stubbs (USA #10)...a front row all by himself.

USA#13 Pettybourne a monster too.

that is eddie pettybourne.

Of Wigan, USA, Samoa, NZ Kiwis squad, and now Toulouse Olympique

[Pigeon Lofter 306]

Wow!

[Pigeon Lofter 306]

Cook Island players encroaching on the kicker as the conversion was attempted.....maybe learning from GB earlier today where they moved towards the kicker before the ball was struck a la union. No sanctions of course...as if.

[welshmagpie 667]

USA back in it.

10-12

Their unorthodox approach (I.e the tap penalty in their own 20) is catching the Cooks off guard.

[The 4 of Us 989]

Will the last one out please turn the light on. 

[Pulga 850]

The USA should not be in this really but they are.

Cook Islands are giving away too many penalties.

[Celt 717]

Cooks look shambolic.  They really should be out of sight here

[welshmagpie 667]

Judging by the Instagram stories of a few of their players I don’t think they really prepared.

Most of their videos have been of a driving range, a dessert place, a shopping mall and them sat around in a hotel.

[westside 315]

Cooks score with a man in the bin, 16-10

[Pigeon Lofter 306]

1 minute ago, welshmagpie said:

Judging by the Instagram stories of a few of their players I don’t think they really prepared.

Most of their videos have been of a driving range, a dessert place, a shopping mall and them sat around in a hotel.

A winter holiday in Florida!

[Pigeon Lofter 306]

USA #15 (another Pettybourne) is the most unfit looking rugby player I've ever seen!

[Celt 717]

game set and match Kukis

edit:  just heard there is 15 mins left, so not game-over quite yet

Edited November 16, 2019 by Celt

[flyingking 945]

Nothing petty about him

[westside 315]

And another, 20-10 with the kick to come. That should do it.

[westside 315]

This will make the Oceania Cup more interesting. Hopefully Cooks send their best squad.

[Celt 717]

state of the cooks at that kick off.  

Embarassing stuff - ball bounces of the guys head ffs

[Celt 717]

from that botched restart, the Kukis lose a try, and then incredibly boot the ball dead from their own kickoff.

Clearly a bunch of guys on the ######, or at best on holiday as welshmagpie says.