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Sat 5th Nov: RLWC: New Zealand v Fiji KO 19:30

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Who will win?  

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  1. 1. Who will win?

    • New Zealand by 13 points or more
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    • New Zealand by 7 to 12 points
      2
    • New Zealand by 1 to 6 points
      2
    • Fiji by 1 to 6 points
      0
    • Fiji by 7 to 12 points
      0
    • Fiji by 13 points or more
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Wellsy4HullFC
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The fact that minutes before that call was also another very close call that was reversed by the video ref should give people perspective. It works both ways. Both got a lucky call that could hav

StandOffHalf
StandOffHalf

Game of the tournament. I'm glad that we'll see Oz vs NZ in the semis but, at the same time, I'm heartbroken for Fiji. Seeing Naiqama's eyes full of tears is the image of the the tournament. I th

Damien
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A really enjoyable game. It would have been great to have seen Fiji win but I feel NZ will provide better opposition to Australia.

gingerjon

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3 minutes ago, Midlands hobo said:

Better an Infringement technical or not than video ref

Fiji had so many chance to get the result in the final fifteen minutes and blew them all.

But the romantics need to blame everyone but them.

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DavidM

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Just now, gingerjon said:

Fiji had so many chance to get the result in the final fifteen minutes and blew them all.

But the romantics need to blame everyone but them.

They did . There was some poor game management and some lack of quality in key areas . Wakeham for instance is pretty average in the main 

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UBranger

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1 minute ago, DimmestStar said:

Game of the tournament.

Should have been played at Craven Park, there was a bigger crowd at Hull KR tonight for fireworks display and the money would have stayed in Rugby League rather than Hull City.

 

 

They should have done a display before the game , rugby league fireworks or summat.

 

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tim2

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1 minute ago, gingerjon said:

Fiji had so many chance to get the result in the final fifteen minutes and blew them all.

But the romantics need to blame everyone but them.

I agree with the errors but still a tough call. It was a really loose carry and he didnt really rip at the ball.

Arguably a few offside at that scrum where they knocked on as well. 

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jacksy

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Sutton will get final get used to it if aus get to it.

That will wake the kiwis from their apathy.

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5 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Go back to talking nonsense about how Australia have no control over the Kangaroos brand.

Whatever GJ, if Fiji didn’t deserve a reset scrum, they deserved a penalty for NZ being 5m offside. Your position otherwise only demonstrate how little you know of the laws of the game.

Not that the Laws of the Game mattered for much in the last two minutes.

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1 minute ago, tim2 said:

I agree with the errors but still a tough call. It was a really loose carry and he didnt really rip at the ball.

Arguably a few offside at that scrum where they knocked on as well. 

loose carry all day long. the contact from Fiji wasnt deliberate and had no power. loose carry period. 

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gingerjon

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Just now, tim2 said:

I agree with the errors but still a tough call. It was a really loose carry and he didnt really rip at the ball.

Arguably a few offside at that scrum where they knocked on as well. 

Tough call but not necessarily wrong (it's one of those 'for my team'/'against my team' ones).

I just think - throughout the game - Fiji had *so many* opportunities to take the game away from New Zealand and they didn't need the ref's whistle to blow them all.

That's why NZ barely celebrated and all the neutrals are gutted now.

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1 minute ago, jacksy said:

Sutton will get final get used to it if aus get to it.

That will wake the kiwis from their apathy.

If its England Oz then England should do what the Aussies do and just totally block him, just say under no circumstances is he reffing.

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Just Browny

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5 minutes ago, Skinnywinger said:

Whys everyone saying wrong call? He played at the ball and stripped it. Penalty. 

Nowhere near enough evidence to overturn the ref's original decision. Awful call from the VR.

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8 minutes ago, Tex Evans Thigh said:

That’s probably the best outcome. Great game but next week will be better with NZ winning. 

That's true. NZ, if they get their act together, are capable of turning the Aussies over. Fiji, with the best will in the world, are not.

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Just now, IM2 said:

Just imagine if teams like Lebanon, Fiji, France, Samoa, PNG and Tonga maybe more got 3 quality games a season. How good could the international game be!

I think we'd all be happy to see it, i love international RL when its played like it was tonight, reminded me of that semi between us and the Kiwis at wembley in 2013 and the Tonga semi in 2017. its pulsating at its best.

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gingerjon

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1 minute ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

Am I the only one on here that thought it was a penalty? Thought it was a strip personally, he swipes the ball out with his left hand.

It was a penalty.

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