tjhrads93 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Thought that was slightly harsh on France. I have booked tickets for the quarter final at Warrington watching Tonga and Samoa and frankly cannot wait. Should be a great game with two nations that bring a culture and an aura well beyond the 80 minutes. Should be a belter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyRoosters Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Dunbar said: Nothing has changed in the last 3 weeks apart from you not seeing the results you want. You can't decide what rules and eligibility you want based on the results. We can’t act like the results don’t matter, the fact is having 60-90 point wins every 1 or 2 games is not good for our sport and does no favours. It just makes it more of a mockery when we have a team of 96% Domestic born players getting destroyed by a team with 8% Domestic born players. All it does is make a mockery of our game, Imagine if a union fan saw this result, they would be laughing there ass off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, corkonian77 said: Wales and France have been destroyed by it. We’re Wales complaining when a team full of heritage players got them to the latter stages of a WC ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 11 minutes ago, JimBronco said: I had £5 on France. I'll just go and take a long hard look at myself in the mirror. The bookies are rarely wrong though to be fair they did underestimate England. They were 16-1 fifth favs before the start of the tournament. That was worth a £5 bet and I regret I didn’t. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Just now, SydneyRoosters said: We can’t act like the results don’t matter, the fact is having 60-90 point wins every 1 or 2 games is not good for our sport and does no favours. It just makes it more of a mockery when we have a team of 96% Domestic born players getting destroyed by a team with 8% Domestic born players. All it does is make a mockery of our game, Imagine if a union fan saw this result, they would be laughing there ass off. I'm not interested in any way what Union fans think. I just want to enjoy our World Cup. I have enjoyed it so far and I think the next 3 weeks of the men's competition plus the Women and Wheelchair World Cup will be exceptional. 7 "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, gingerjon said: I feel seen Always a risk with a hi-viz hair colour... 1 "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyRoosters Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Dunbar said: I'm not interested in any way what Union fans think. I just want to enjoy our World Cup. I have enjoyed it so far and I think the next 3 weeks of the men's competition plus the Women and Wheelchair World Cup will be exceptional. Ok well you do you, but the overall perception of the tournament from the public is very negative. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Kept off this thread for the whole game, I should imagine there are quite a few who will have red faces with not only with their predictions but the quality they gave these respective teams and some of the individuals on show, no names but the same person said that Milford was finished and Lui was just a show pony. This was effectively a select SL v NRL clash, the French lads could not live with the power, speed, organisation and skills of their opponents. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, SydneyRoosters said: Ok well you do you, but the overall perception of the tournament from the public is very negative. I’ve talked to people who don’t watch our game but have watched games on bbc and they talk about the physicality , ferocious tackling , pace of the game and great skill . And how it’s superior to the Union they’ve seen . But that’s just anecdotally from my experience. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyRoosters Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said: Kept off this thread for the whole game, I should imagine there are quite a few who will have red faces with not only with their predictions but the quality they gave these respective teams and some of the individuals on show, no names but the same person said that Milford was finished and Lui was just a show pony. This was effectively a select SL v NRL clash, the French lads could not live with the power, speed, organisation and skills of their opponents. Your very much correct about the other stuff but don’t try turn this into a debate about SL V NRL. This was France Vs Samoa, it has nothing to do with that debate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragingbull Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 13 minutes ago, SydneyRoosters said: We can’t act like the results don’t matter, the fact is having 60-90 point wins every 1 or 2 games is not good for our sport and does no favours. It just makes it more of a mockery when we have a team of 96% Domestic born players getting destroyed by a team with 8% Domestic born players. All it does is make a mockery of our game, Imagine if a union fan saw this result, they would be laughing there ass off. Glad you tipped the under dog? So much for Samoa will be lucky to score 1 or 2 trys Like I said..... Parody account. Time to call it a day. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Prendle Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said: Kept off this thread for the whole game, I should imagine there are quite a few who will have red faces with not only with their predictions but the quality they gave these respective teams and some of the individuals on show, no names but the same person said that Milford was finished and Lui was just a show pony. This was effectively a select SL v NRL clash, the French lads could not live with the power, speed, organisation and skills of their opponents. You mean just like this same team of NRL superheroes couldn't live with England a couple of weeks ago? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 26 minutes ago, Big Picture said: I didn't say beating, I said thrashing. Jamaica would never thrash any G7 country in any major sport and neither would any other tiny little island country. And Jamaica's a lot bigger country than Samoa. Samoa thrashed Russia in RU Fiji thrashed Canada a couple of times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 hour ago, SydneyRoosters said: France are dreadful You told me how good they were and why they could not lose, as I said this game was never ever in doubt that Samoa would win it convincingly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyRoosters Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Ragingbull said: Glad you tipped the under dog? So much for Samoa will be lucky to score 1 or 2 trys Like I said..... Parody account. Time to call it a day. remember when you said Samoa would destroy England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyRoosters Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Harry Stottle said: You told me how good they were and why they could not lose, as I said this game was never ever in doubt that Samoa would win it convincingly. Fair play, you were right not much else to say. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Jim Prendle said: You mean just like this same team of NRL superheroes couldn't live with England a couple of weeks ago? Yep those same player's, if they played again next week how many would you give Samoa start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 hour ago, SydneyRoosters said: Imagine if a rugby union fan saw Samoan beating France 28-0, they would be laughing, not a good look for our sport. Heritage nations do nothing but mock the game. France rugby union are very good though. Surely it is up to the French rugby league side to improve? I also don't see how we could possibly insist the Samoan players play for Australia or NZ if they don't wish to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Prendle Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Just now, Harry Stottle said: Yep those same player's, if they played again next week how many would you give Samoa start? I would back England to beat Samoa every time if we played them each day for a week. I fail to see how they go from chumps against England to favourites to beat England in two weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Picture Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, bobbruce said: Samoa thrashed Russia in RU Fiji thrashed Canada a couple of times That just shows that RU isn't nearly as big a sport as it claims to be. And even in that sport, those tiny island countries never get past the group stages of the World Cup, they're not good enough for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Jim Prendle said: I would back England to beat Samoa every time if we played them each day for a week. I fail to see how they go from chumps against England to favourites to beat England in two weeks. Do we need to resurrect the "are England better than Samoa" thread? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Picture Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Niels said: France rugby union are very good though. Surely it is up to the French rugby league side to improve? I also don't see how we could possibly insist the Samoan players play for Australia or NZ if they don't wish to. Make the majority of players have citizenship in the country they represent like a real international sport and the problem wouldn't exist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Prendle Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Just now, bratman said: Do we need to resurrect the "are England better than Samoa" thread? No, that debate was ended two weeks ago. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Big Picture said: Make the majority of players have citizenship in the country they represent like a real international sport and the problem wouldn't exist. Would they not have citizenship in Samoa though? Or be able to obtain it easily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, bobbruce said: Samoa thrashed Russia in RU Fiji thrashed Canada a couple of times Let's face it New Zealand is a small country with a population of less than 5 million and dominates RU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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