Fri 11th Nov: RLWC SF: Australia v New Zealand KO 19:45

[Davo5]

6 minutes ago, Derwent said:

The fact remains that had that “try” been disallowed as it should have been then the Kiwis would have won. Regardless of what you say they’d have been ahead on the scoreboard.

There was an hour of the game to go FFS.

[Madrileño]

18 minutes ago, Jim Prendle said:

Really? NZ were sh!te until tonight and now they are one of the best two teams?

I think you need a bit of perspective.

OK. So.... if they are sh!te and the Roos only just beat them, then I suppose England (who have also looked decent tbf) should see off the Aussies easily. Fair?

Edited November 11, 2022 by Madrileño

[N2022]

Going back to the predictor at the top of this thread - it did end up with the narrow Aus win virtually nobody went for before the game.  

[The Hallucinating Goose]

1 minute ago, OMEGA said:

He noticeably does!

Hes spectacularly failed to comprehend the futility of profuse utilisation of superlative hyperbole 

That second sentence was far too smart for this forum after a game like that at 10 at night.

[The Masked Poster]

I definitely think Australia benefited from a dodgy try call.

But even so, it's a stark reminder that they are a fabulous team and you can't give them a break, even for a second. If England make the final, they need to hammer them from minute 1 - and not let up for a second. It's the only chance. 

[RippinandTearin]

12 minutes ago, Wigan Riversider said:

Video referee is evil.

Clearly needs visual help.

Disgusted.

Disgrace.

Incredulous that I have seen such criminality against the Kiwis.

 

bahhhhhh  

[Jim Prendle]

2 minutes ago, OMEGA said:

He noticeably does!

Hes spectacularly failed to comprehend the futility of profuse utilisation of superlative hyperbole 

I could argue with that but your wordsmithery was so good, I'm not going to.

Bravo!!!!

[Davo5]

4 minutes ago, Wigan Riversider said:

The cheating, whinging, whining shackle draggers win yet again thanks to the referee.

Are the referees paid?

Only asking.

Had a few then

[ukrlfan]

My word they will take some beating in the final.

The scary thing is they will probably be better in the final.

I think England are looking strong but my worry is hooker. As long as Radley is moves there soon as pos.. England definitely have a chance. 

Kiwis did brilliant constantly taking it to the line then offloading.

If they were better with the kicks they definitely could have won that 

 

[Archie Gordon]

I've missed the Kendall thing. Which try are folks complaining about?

[Derwent]

2 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

There was an hour of the game to go FFS.

The game finished 14-12. Should have been 10-12. But if you’re ok with that standard of VR then I find that strange.

[RippinandTearin]

21 minutes ago, Derwent said:

I hope the Kiwis kick up a real fuss, beaten by a try that should never have been given by the incompetent Kendall.

 

which one? 

[Jim Prendle]

3 minutes ago, Madrileño said:

OK. So.... if they are sh!te and the Roos only just beat them, then I suppose England (who have also looked decent tbf) should see off the Aussies easily. Fair?

Go figure.

[Jinking Jimmy]

That was a great game of rugby league but unfortunately fingers are being pointed at the referee. I don’t think he cheated but why do we have an Australian refereeing a match involving Australia when there are English referees available. Similarly we had an English referee for England v PNG. Can somebody explain why?

[The One]

It really is a shame NZ didn’t win, Aus winning the comp does damage the World Cup for me.

[RippinandTearin]

Just now, Derwent said:

The game finished 14-12. Should have been 10-12. But if you’re ok with that standard of VR then I find that strange.

what are you on about? The player wasn’t tackled, are you blind? Why would the kiwis kick up a stink? They know it was ok, they play to the same standards week in week out 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

2 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Had a few then

You know, I was actually wondering at halftime how many drinks people on here were maybe getting in because I instead chose to tuck into a big bowl of muesli! Proper RL fan me!

[ukrlfan]

He wasn't tackled 

The ref had a good game 

Get a grip 

[RippinandTearin]

5 minutes ago, Jinking Jimmy said:

That was a great game of rugby league but unfortunately fingers are being pointed at the referee. I don’t think he cheated but why do we have an Australian refereeing a match involving Australia when there are English referees available. Similarly we had an English referee for England v PNG. Can somebody explain why?

because it makes sense to have an NRL ref, if you want the best spectacle accept it, if you want an English ref every fecker will be confused & it turns to poop & everyone is more disappointed 

Every player on the field knows Klein, he knows them, they know how he refs, the standards etc & Klein knows how they play, the kiwis were happy enough to have an NRL ref to save confusion 

Edited November 11, 2022 by RippinandTearin

[Padge]

1 minute ago, RippinandTearin said:

what are you on about? The player wasn’t tackled, are you blind? Why would the kiwis kick up a stink? They know it was ok, they play to the same standards week in week out 

If your ball playing arm or the ball is on the floor and a player puts a hand on you, then, you are tackled. The ball playing arm was on the floor and his opponent had a hand on his head.

Its a basic law of the game and was shown to be true in the clip shown following Kendalls rash decision to only take one view.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

2 minutes ago, RippinandTearin said:

what are you on about? The player wasn’t tackled, are you blind? Why would the kiwis kick up a stink? They know it was ok, they play to the same standards week in week out 

Have you not been around RL for long? It's a well known fact that referees use a different rulebook to ref Australia. 

[Dunbar]

I thought the ref was good.

It was a tough, intense game and he only blew 7 penalties in the game and let the players just get on with it.  And he kept 26 players on the pitch when the Aussies started a bit of shoving and the same when the Kiwis did.

If that's the type of refereeing performance we fume at then we will never be happy.

[Bolton Leyther]

4 minutes ago, Derwent said:

The game finished 14-12. Should have been 10-12. But if you’re ok with that standard of VR then I find that strange.

It actually finished 16-14 but it's unlikely the match would've played out as it did if the decision had been different.

[RippinandTearin]

6 minutes ago, The One said:

It really is a shame NZ didn’t win, Aus winning the comp does damage the World Cup for me.

ok, we won’t come next time

[Jim Prendle]

2 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Have you not been around RL for long? It's a well known fact that referees use a different rulebook to ref Australia. 

I think he has been around for about 6 years, period.