Sat 15 Oct: RLWC: England v Samoa KO 14:30

[doc]

Bah humbug to all the doomsayers.

[MZH]

Just now, DoubleD said:

Biggest question is will Samoa be able to recover from this? 

Lots of injuries and big blow to their confidence. In the last 10 minutes they looked like that field was the last place in the world that they wanted to be. Suddenly I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that England and Samoa will qualify. France will really fancy it after watching that.

 

[Tom Moore]

Well, I was not quite expecting that. 

[DavidM]

Wowzers 

[Bedford Roughyed]

1 minute ago, DoubleD said:

Biggest question is will Samoa be able to recover from this? 

They took a battering, guessing a couple might be out of the tournament.

[doc]

Bah humbug to all the doomsayers!

[Wellsy4HullFC]

Just now, JimBronco said:

Lol match finishes and BBC literally moves on to the next programme 

Did kick off late to be fair. Our own fault.

[Maximus Decimus]

8 minutes ago, Nothus said:

Uhhhh why did they have to give the aussie the motm

I know, my mum was like 'he's playing for England???'

[Griff]

11 minutes ago, Damien said:

No whether squads should be bigger is subjective. Its also not simply about running out of players, thats a strawman youve created, its about quality. You don't always need to be obtuse simply to have the last word. Let's just agree to disagree as quite frankly you seem far more bothered about this than I am.

As you wish.

[Futtocks]

1 minute ago, JimBronco said:

Lol match finishes and BBC literally moves on to the next programme 

Post-match analysis on the iPlayer.

[MZH]

1 minute ago, JimBronco said:

Lol match finishes and BBC literally moves on to the next programme 

It did run on for an awful long time tbf between the late start and the video ref calls and injuries.

[Tex Evans Thigh]

shut up foreskin face

[JimBronco]

Just now, Wellsy4HullFC said:

Did kick off late to be fair. Our own fault.

True, I just thought about that. Can catch post match reaction on the red button

[Futtocks]

1 minute ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

Did kick off late to be fair. Our own fault.

Newcastle stadium's fault.

[EastLondonMike]

Have to admit I didn’t have us winning so comfortably, but great to see us playing well from the get go.

Australia and NZ will put us under much more pressure than Samoa did, but a fantastic start to the campaign and great to watch.

still improvements to be made, hooker being one of them.

Sure Samoa will grow into this competition, but with what looked like some serious injuries, and a coaching team that doesn’t fill you with confidence, maybe they are already done?

[Irish Saint]

Eating humble pie. Well played England.

[Tex Evans Thigh]

WHERE IS MOJO?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Tippytoe]

2 minutes ago, MZH said:

Lots of injuries and big blow to their confidence. In the last 10 minutes they looked like that field was the last place in the world that they wanted to be. Suddenly I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that England and Samoa will qualify. France will really fancy it after watching that.

 

Ha ha good one!

[bratman]

And kicking game needs to improve

[Henson Park Old Firm]

Great hit out

[Tippytoe]

6 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Radley looked decent but I thought Williams or either of the centres for MOM.

Watkins for me but tbf it was a great performance by a tight team unit well done England 

[DavidM]

Got to say though , they were completely abysmal . Even before the injuries they looked out of it , virtually from the start . Really weird . And like a good side we smelt blood and went in for the kill

[Josef K]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS YEHAAAAA i was told by my NRL watching mates that id see the difference in class between the two sides. Hopefully this win will sell a few more tickets. A fantastic start to the RLWC, England were 16/1 Samoa 9/1 to win the WC, Betfred should’ve swapped the odds between them. 

[Waynebennettswinger]

Brilliant clinical performance from England. I thought Welsby was Man of the Match but who cares? We were great across the park. We can get better though, the kicking game wasn’t up to rest of the skills on show. I didn’t agree with the team selection but happy to be proven wrong and delighted for Shaun Wane, great vibe about this team, long way to go yet but considering that was a banana skin, we blew them away! 

[CGD]

Was it really the mics or did England deserve a much better crowd than that? That atmosphere was a real shame for such an all conquering tournament opening performance.

 

Samoa. More like Samold, Samold. Very disapponting effort with their best side on paper maybe ever. Parish has repeatedly been responsible for poor team culture.