Sat 19 Nov: Men's World Cup Final: Australia v Samoa KO 4pm

[Futtocks]

Just now, Gomersall said:

Abraham Lincoln knew what he was talking about.

"Let's go to the theatre tonight, dear. I think it'll be a pleasant evening."

[StandOffHalf]

Addo-Carr should limit the ''brahs'' to 10 an interview.

[Tex Evans Thigh]

1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

Are you still here? I thought you said you were off?

I said I wasn't devoting any more energy into international RL. I reserve the right to stay here and moan.

[Gomersall]

4 minutes ago, Tex Evans Thigh said:

Only 7 you say. Wow that's terrible. I'll inform the billions of viewers not to bother as realistically there's only 5-7 teams that can win.

Who said that? Read it again.

[Chrispmartha]

Just now, Tex Evans Thigh said:

Bet they're gutted you won't be tuning in and thanks for letting me watch.

Go do something else, you clearly don’t like RL.

 

[Guest]

Why would i watch the football world cup final?

I'm sure tiddlywinks is competitive - but so what?

[Balmainboy]

Just now, GUBRATS said:

Subjective 

Apparently that is today's word 

What did England in the semi was 4 relatively easy games before they played Samoa , their quarter against Tonga readied them for England 

Wouldn't have mattered , the Aussies could put together a team the night before and beat whoever else made the final 

Anyway I enjoyed the games I went to and will be saving up for 3 years to go to France 

Agree with much of that. TBH I think NZ & Aus are very close, with Aus just edging them. And then Tonga, Samoa + England very close. Behind those five are Fiji and PNG and then a big drop to Lebanon & France. 

[Futtocks]

Just now, Tex Evans Thigh said:

I said I wasn't devoting any more energy into international RL. I reserve the right to stay here and moan.

So you won't be bothered if we ignore you then?

[Tex Evans Thigh]

1 hour ago, Dunbar said:

I see your 'done wasting your energy on it' lasted about 16 minutes. 

I havent watched a second of international RL since I said that. What are you talking about?

[MatthewWoody]

2 minutes ago, Madrileño said:

Of course they wouldn't. 

It would be like watching an Origin team against a Super League team.

 

Simply not true. 

England beat NZ more than once in the last 10 years, NZ beat Aus more than once, etc. 

Last World Cup final, the game was very close. 

[Gomersall]

Just now, Tex Evans Thigh said:

I said I wasn't devoting any more energy into international RL. I reserve the right to stay here and moan.

And I reserve the right to ignore you.

[Tex Evans Thigh]

1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

So you won't be bothered if we ignore you then?

You're doing a great job of that.

[Damien]

1 minute ago, Tex Evans Thigh said:

I said I wasn't devoting any more energy into international RL. I reserve the right to stay here and moan.

Moaning is devoting energy.

[Balmainboy]

2 minutes ago, MatthewWoody said:

Hmm, not sure. England were very bad that day. Both tactically (if it's an English word) and mentally. 

I agree that Samoa was understrength and would like to see more of this (new) rivalry.

When England were at their best and Samoa at their lowest, Eng destroyed them. 

When England was at their lowest, they went to golden point.

However, Samoa deserved to be through. 

Fair. Hopefully they play each other a bunch more so we have more to judge off! 

Love to see a game in either Tonga or Samoa...

[Futtocks]

1 minute ago, Tex Evans Thigh said:

You're doing a great job of that.

Done.

[Tex Evans Thigh]

1 hour ago, Chrispmartha said:

Go do something else, you clearly don’t like RL.

 

Why? Because I like other sports? You were the person who was 'pragmatic' about England losing last week, I still haven't gotten over it, but I don't like RL. Ok.

[GUBRATS]

2 minutes ago, Balmainboy said:

Agree with much of that. TBH I think NZ & Aus are very close, with Aus just edging them. And then Tonga, Samoa + England very close. Behind those five are Fiji and PNG and then a big drop to Lebanon & France. 

NZ are just hanging in by a thread , they have one team to compete against 3 Aussie teams 

[Mojo]

10 minutes ago, Balmainboy said:

Honestly don't agree. England lost to a team that had a player in the bin and lost a player to HIA who was their only specialist hooker and had lost what three starters since the beginning of the cup? Very close the two teams, but full strength Samoa vs full strength England, Samoa win 7/10 times imo...

I love how they think England played bad but they had every chance to win that game. Penalty count was in there favour and Samoa had to players going off for HIA and a yellow card

[Farmduck]

18 minutes ago, MatthewWoody said:

Well, I was thinking...

England and NZ are better than Samoa. I'm not saying England should have won, but maybe they would have given Aus a game.

It's their fault (as they had a terrible game in the sf) and they'll have to work, but we're not so behind. 

Moreover, knowing we could have won... hurts more. 

If only there'd been some way for England and NZ to get to the final ....mmm.....  Well, I guess we'll never know.

[GUBRATS]

3 minutes ago, MatthewWoody said:

Simply not true. 

England beat NZ more than once in the last 10 years, NZ beat Aus more than once, etc. 

Last World Cup final, the game was very close. 

But no cigar , like this time , and the time before , and again , and again 

It's a simple numbers game , until you start to match the number of juniors playing the game ( not just academies ) then you will always be behind 

[GUBRATS]

2 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

If only there'd been some way for England and NZ to get to the final ....mmm.....  Well, I guess we'll never know.

Competitions don't always end up with the ' best ' teams in finals 

[Futtocks]

The players from all three champion teams plus Samoa are still out on the pitch, feeling the vibe.

Wish I was there.

[Gomersall]

6 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

NZ are just hanging in by a thread , they have one team to compete against 3 Aussie teams 

Luckily the Aussies can only put 13 on the pitch at any one time. 

[GUBRATS]

1 minute ago, Gomersall said:

Luckily the Aussies can only put 13 on the pitch at any one time. 

Maybe we need to introduce handicaps ?

[GUBRATS]

Does anybody have any stats for infringements ? , Or have we just witnessed the cleanest , fairest RL game in history ?