Sat 5th Nov: RLWC: England v Papua New Guinea KO 14:30

[hindle xiii]

Morgan Knowles unhappy at being tackled, ironic.

[Spidey]

Daft from Knowles

[MatthewWoody]

England and Australia both need to be better with conversions.

[Dunbar]

2 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Makinson is world class . The Aussies going on about him winning the Golden Boot and ignorantly saying they’d never heard of him was embarrassing 

I know.  I have never understood how Rugby League people saying they don't know a player is meant to be anything other than demonstrating your own ignorance. 

[Tippytoe]

Just now, StandOffHalf said:

Knowles is a grub.

Radley MOTM, for me.

Knowles is a pudding and should be dropped for that 

[Live after death]

Knowles is a right house likes giving it cant take it.

 

[hindle xiii]

Fair play to the Princess of Wales, no Wigan walk from her.

[Man of Kent]

When England really needed to be good, they were very very good. Cue in the rack for the second half. 

Buy your tickets for the Emirates!

[Big Picture]

7 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

No, I don't. This is just you mounting that same knackered old hobby-horse for the millionth time.

I get that seeing the game treated as the poor cousin of other sports which has to make do all the time isn't anything new for you, but no it's not just me, other members here have been commenting on how poor it is having another sport's markings visible in World Cup matches.

[Futtocks]

Just now, Dunbar said:

I know.  I have never understood how Rugby League people saying they don't know a player is meant to be anything other than demonstrating your own ignorance. 

Exactly. It doesn't make you look clever; it shines a harsh spotlight on your ignorance.

In related news, "I'm a Celebrity, get me out oh here" starts soon, prompting the annual cries of "Who's this then? Call that a celebrity? Never heard of them!" and "Search engines terrify me".

[DavidM]

On we go . Hopefully clean bill of health. Excellent 30 minutes to kill the game . Won by 40 and still areas we can get better and tighten up , which must be good . Getting exciting . We can win this thing 

[YCKonstantine]

First half - Incredible

Second half - Really poor

[dkw]

Outstanding display by England, some fantastic rugby and great entertainment...

Good crowd too, you would think there was very little for the miserylites to find to be upset about....

[Spidey]

Good words from Makinson then

Edited November 5, 2022 by Spidey

[MatthewWoody]

This Png side is not as bad as England made them seem today.

[DavidM]

I’d love to know what was said between Kate and Victor !

[MZH]

Second half was underwhelming but it happens a lot when a team has run riot early doors and the game is won. PNG aren't whipping boys and were always going to have a better spell at some point. Job emphatically done, on to the semis.

[moorside roughyed]

Well done guys. Radley, Hill, Burgess,a great trip. A good collective performance by our England.

Edited November 5, 2022 by moorside roughyed

[Dunbar]

Semi final here we come.

Samoa or Tonga, I will be confident because our defence is looking very very good.

[EastLondonMike]

Probably a good thing we have some things to work on leading into next weekend.

don’t think such a drop off would happen if the game was still in the balance, but gives Wane some additional focus.

we are building and still don’t look to have peaked, which is essential if we want to win it. The next two weeks is when we play our best Rugby.

let’s hope Samoa and Tonga knock the you know what out of each other!

Edited November 5, 2022 by EastLondonMike

[JohnM]

1 minute ago, Big Picture said:

I get that seeing the game treated as the poor cousin of other sports which has to make do all the time isn't anything new for you, but no it's not just me, other members here have been commenting on how poor it is having another sport's markings visible in World Cup matches.

Thats because they can't find anything else to moan at. Over 23,000 in the crowd and nearly 2 million watching on the main national TV channel as well as a good few watching on line don't give a damn. Just a few professional moaners on here.

[Tippytoe]

6 minutes ago, Live after death said:

Knowles is a right house likes giving it cant take it.

 

Playground bully no more is Morgan

[tjhrads93]

Did Hill go off with a head check? Possibly the only downside if he potentially misses out.

[tjhrads93]

Just now, tjhrads93 said:

Did Hill go off with a head check? Possibly the only downside if he potentially misses out.

And I might possibly, potentially, hedge my bets on that…

Edited November 5, 2022 by tjhrads93

[Chrispmartha]

1 minute ago, tjhrads93 said:

Did Hill go off with a head check? Possibly the only downside if he potentially misses out.

I think we’ve adequate cover with Oledski and Thompson