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Sun 22 Oct: International: England v Tonga (at Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens) KO 2.30pm

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  1. 1. Who will win?

    • England by 13 points or more
      21
    • England by 7 to 12 points
      25
    • England by 1 to 6 points
      10
    • Tonga by 1 to 6 points
      4
    • Tonga by 7 to 12 points
      4
    • Tonga by 13 points or more
      4

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Futtocks

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4 minutes ago, meast said:

Do they consider themselves TONGAN though?

Are they TONGAN birthright and/or race?

Judging by the anthems I'd say yes.

Does the troll need feeding though?

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bobbruce
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He should probably play for England I don’t see any benefit in him going to yours to play for you. Plus it’s just a bit weird. 

DavidM
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Whatever the doubters say Test rugby is the best bar none 

Josef K
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I am looking forward to the match now, but yesterday i wasn’t. Storm Babet had put me off and i was going to give it a miss, I was wondering if Peasley Cross Bridge was flooded as well.  But everyth

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Just now, Leonard said:

It's the least they can do to settle petty TRL feuds. 

That being the real sport in all of this. 

I think a lot on here would rather see 80 minutes of bad refereeing decisions rather than the odd one just for the sake of consistency.

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3 minutes ago, meast said:

And yet lots of posters and RL fans in general still look for things to be negative about and wonder why the game doesn't grow or attract the level of interest/media attention/finances that RU etc does.

You spend far too much time worrying about anyone daring to not like something. 

Almost like you are looking for something to be negative about. Let it go, let people have their views. 

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1 minute ago, Rovers13 said:

I thought Tonga’s try was an obstruction myself but their 50/50 now a days, but tbh I think ref as had a good game barring that incident. 

I personally thought the defenders didn’t need to make a tackle on a player who had already overrun the ball. Try for me.

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Can’t take this game seriously knowing one of the National teams playing doesn’t have a single player from the country there representing. So Stupidly illegitimate, this is not an international  test match, not even close. It’s England Vs a team of Aussies and Kiwis with Tongan Ancestry, Nothing Else. 

It’s embarrassing these teams are allowed to take the field in an “International” Match, it’s not very international when the players aren’t at all from the country they play for.

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Nice find, that testimonial team sheet with Bobby Charlton at #7 for Warrington!

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Just now, Gomersall said:

I personally thought the defenders didn’t need to make a tackle on a player who had already overrun the ball. Try for me.

Yeah like I say they’re 50/50s but if they hadn’t made that tackle and Tonga scored we would be saying why didn’t you tackle him lol. 

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Just now, NRLandSL said:

Can’t take this game seriously knowing one of the National teams playing doesn’t have a single player from the country there representing. So Stupidly illegitimate, this is not an international  test match, not even close. It’s England Vs a team of Aussies and Kiwis with Tongan Ancestry, Nothing Else.

We can't take you seriously either. 

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1 minute ago, NRLandSL said:

Can’t take this game seriously knowing one of the National teams playing doesn’t have a single player from the country there representing. So Stupidly illegitimate, this is not an international  test match, not even close. It’s England Vs a team of Aussies and Kiwis with Tongan Ancestry, Nothing Else.

Go away and leave the rest of us to enjoy it then, you won't be missed.

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Dave T

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Just now, Gomersall said:

I personally thought the defenders didn’t need to make a tackle on a player who had already overrun the ball. Try for me.

It was actually more in the old school crossing category. The ball carrier actually had the ball behind the runner, it's obstruction. Had the ball been passed behind the runner it would have been more grey, but the player caught the ball directly behind. 

This forum doesn't allow screen grabs anymore to show it. 

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1 minute ago, NRLandSL said:

Can’t take this game seriously knowing one of the National teams playing doesn’t have a single player from the country there representing. So Stupidly illegitimate, this is not an international  test match, not even close. It’s England Vs a team of Aussies and Kiwis with Tongan Ancestry, Nothing Else. 

It’s embarrassing these teams are allowed to take the field in an “International” Match, it’s not very international when the players aren’t at all from the country they play for.

Just switch off. Do something else. There are loads of things to do. 

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2 minutes ago, meast said:

Who am I to question if someone of Irish heritage considers themselves Irish?

I didn’t say anyone specifically. Do you think the Irish National is Irish ? Just answer and then you’re question will be answered.

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3 minutes ago, Dave T said:

You spend far too much time worrying about anyone daring to not like something. 

Almost like you are looking for something to be negative about. Let it go, let people have their views. 

Sorry, I love RL and especially international RL and want it to grow and expand and be popular, but it will never happen while "fans" of the sport are continually negative about everything.

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Sorry, I love RL and especially international RL and want it to grow and expand and be popular, but it will never happen while "fans" of the sport are continually negative about everything.

Fans are negative in all sports, even those that grow. It's nonsense, just enjoy it and ignore them. 

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2 minutes ago, Dave T said:

It was actually more in the old school crossing category. The ball carrier actually had the ball behind the runner, it's obstruction. Had the ball been passed behind the runner it would have been more grey, but the player caught the ball directly behind. 

This forum doesn't allow screen grabs anymore to show it. 

Exactly , NRL ref or video ref wipes that out 

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3 minutes ago, NRLandSL said:

Can’t take this game seriously knowing one of the National teams playing doesn’t have a single player from the country there representing. So Stupidly illegitimate, this is not an international  test match, not even close. It’s England Vs a team of Aussies and Kiwis with Tongan Ancestry, Nothing Else. 

It’s embarrassing these teams are allowed to take the field in an “International” Match, it’s not very international when the players aren’t at all from the country they play for.

Why do they have to "be from that country"?

If they are Tongan and represent Tonga what does it matter where they were born or live?

Most sports are like this now, do we just scrap it all?

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