Mon 14 Nov: Women's RLWC SF: England v New Zealand KO 7.30pm

[John Drake]

Discuss England v New Zealand here.

[moorside roughyed]

Come on girls. Do yourselves and your families proud and get the win. 

[Zilla Budgie]

Come on girls (England), you can do this. 

[meast]

Looking forward to this, England need to be on top of their game to beat the ferns but I reckon we can, it's up to these girls as well as their wheelchair counterparts to bring it home!

[Londonbornirishbred]

New Zealand by plenty. 

[BroncoFan]

The England girls really need to hit Amber Hall before she gets any momentum otherwise she is nearly unstoppable.

Apii Nicholls is also a dangerous player from fullback who will need to be watched closely.

Also have to stop the offloads and second phase play from their props Clark & Moana Hill.

Good luck.

[Dunbar]

Well, I have dusted myself from Saturday and ready to go again and see of the Women can do what the men couldn't.

I was somewhat heartened by the final group game between Australia and New Zealand as the quality wasn't as high as I was expecting. 

England have shown good fitness and good structure through this tournament and if we can get some of our execution right it will be a good game.  The Kiwis are favourites, no doubt, but we have a chance.

[MZH]

8 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

The Kiwis are favourites, no doubt, but we have a chance.

Not according to the bookies, who have England as (very) marginal favourites. I'm not sure I agree with that having seen the way the ferns took the game to Australia last week, but it should be a very good game and I'm looking forward to it.

[unapologetic pedant]

GB/England have played the Kiwi Ferns 11 times. And lost 11 times. Most of those were heavy defeats. So, history says New Zealand.

We have to hope that England have made enough progress and the momentum from the tournament and atmosphere of tonight`s occasion will carry them through.

I suspect Raecene McGregor isn`t fully fit. That could be significant. Certainly will be if they lose her during the game.

Kick reception is more significant in women`s RL than in the men`s game. A lot of repeat sets come from errors. Even at the highest level. In previous games, Courtney Hill and Georgia Roche have done all the kicking. That makes sense for attacking kicks, but from deep we should have Tara-Jane Stanley bombing the living daylights out of the Kiwi back three.

[Chrispmartha]

Im going over first time at Yorks stadium, looking forward to it

[north yorks trinity]

2 hours ago, MZH said:

Not according to the bookies, who have England as (very) marginal favourites. I'm not sure I agree with that having seen the way the ferns took the game to Australia last week, but it should be a very good game and I'm looking forward to it.

That might just be in the UK and be to do with betting patterns and the fact that people like to bet on their own team even if it isn't based on financial common sense.

[Farmduck]

5 minutes ago, north yorks trinity said:

That might just be in the UK and be to do with betting patterns and the fact that people like to bet on their own team even if it isn't based on financial common sense.

Yes I think this is a well-documented phenomenon, especially combined with the way bookies set their prices, not according to any playing form or likely outcome but according to the weight of money on the different outcomes.

Best example of this is State of Origin betting. In all those years of Qld dominance, the bookies had NSW as favourites in nearly every match. This just showed there were more dumb RL punters in NSW than there were in Qld.

[meast]

17 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

Im going over first time at Yorks stadium, looking forward to it

Me too, but trying to find and book parking is a bit of a ballache.

Does anyone know if you can just rock up and park or do you have to use the booking system where you need to create an account etc?

[Chrispmartha]

38 minutes ago, meast said:

Me too, but trying to find and book parking is a bit of a ballache.

Does anyone know if you can just rock up and park or do you have to use the booking system where you need to create an account etc?

I’ve been told to park in the vangarde shopping centre as charges and match day restrictions stop at 6

[spanishknight]

You can park free next to the ground.

[meast]

1 hour ago, Chrispmartha said:

I’ve been told to park in the vangarde shopping centre as charges and match day restrictions stop at 6

I looked at that, but got the impression that it was closed at 6 on matchdays?

Could one of the York fans advise?

@Gav Wilson?

[Chrispmartha]

2 minutes ago, meast said:

I looked at that, but got the impression that it was closed at 6 on matchdays?

Could one of the York fans advise?

@Gav Wilson?

It’s open til ten, just got here and it says 4 hours so i think ill have a look round then park near the stadium

[Chrispmartha]

Can you get pass outs between games?

[Chrispmartha]

What a fabulous little stadium - shame i can hardly see the other end because of the fog! 

[Northern Eel]

I suspect England will be found out a little on the edges, but will certainly take it to NZ in the forwards. England are a gutsy side, but they just seem a yard short of pace compared to Australia and NZ.

Looking forward to seeing just how far England have come in closing the gap between themselves and the world's best. I would love them to be still in the game on 60 minutes.

[Chrispmartha]

Big crowd on i reckon

[MatthewWoody]

Very tough game. I'll be watching and supporting of course! 

[gingerjon]

5 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

Big crowd on i reckon

What’s the biggest RL crowd in there? Have York ever filled it?

[moorside roughyed]

Bricking it now

[moorside roughyed]

COME ON ENGLAND COME ON GIRLS