'13 WC | FINAL | Australia 34-2 New Zealand | Manchester

[Timmah]

19-man squad: Cameron Smith, Greg Bird, Darius Boyd, Daly Cherry-Evans, Cooper Cronk, Andrew Fifita, Jarryd Hayne, Paul Gallen, Greg Inglis, Brett Morris, Nate Myles, Josh Papalii, Corey Parker, Matthew Scott, Billy Slater, James Tamou, Brent Tate, Sam Thaiday, Johnathan Thurston

19-man squad: Jesse Bromwich, Greg Eastwood, Kieran Foran, Alex Glenn, Bryson Goodwin, Shaun Johnson, Sam Kasiano, Kevin Locke, Issac Luke, Simon Mannering, Ben Matulino, Jason Nightingale, Frank-Paul Nu'uausala, Elijah Taylor, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Manu Vatuvei, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Dean Whare, Sonny Bill Williams


Referee
Richard Silverwood (ENG)
Touch Judges: James Child (ENG) & Grant Atkins (AUS)
Video Referee: Ashley Klein (AUS)​

 

[Tone83]

Hoping the aussies crush the kiwis, think it will be good for the game.

 

[Izz]

Australia by eleventy billion and one.

Inglis to stop Bird from self-harming after Bird realises he has a moray eel mouth. And that he's a grub and a cat.
Johnson to retire after the game to take up the lead role on Broadway's new rendition of Swan Lake.

 

[Mr Angry]

I expect a hard fast game.

JT to do a number on Goodwin to be the difference

 

[Parra Pride]

I expect a hard fast game.

JT to do a number on Goodwin to be the difference

Thurston is on the left, while Goodwin will be defending against our right hand side. So he only has Hayne to worry about.

 

[Dav0c]

Kiwis by 6. Foran MoM.

 

[exile on main street]

Aust by 20-too many mental midgets in Kiwi side.

 

[afinalsin666]

Hopefully Slater makes the comeback for this.

 

[DC_fan]

Australia in a close one

 

[SilentOne]

yeah Billy's always good for a brain fart.

 

[MrAnonymous]

Don't care who wins

Just hope its good close game.

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

If New Zealand play as bad as they did in the semi, despite winning, Australia should win comfortably.

 

[lockyno1]

Hopefully Slater makes the comeback for this.

Hope not! Did you see what he did last World Cup! The last thing we want is 75% players anyway! Inglis is a better fullback anyway!

 

[Tone83]

Hope not! Did you see what he did last World Cup! The last thing we want is 75% players anyway! Inglis is a better fullback anyway!

Pretty sure he's going for NZ in which case it's a perfectly valid thing to hope for. But yeah for the aussies it's obviously all fingers and toes crossed that billy stays hurt a little longer.

 

[STORM.99/07]

I don`t want Billy to play cos I want him fit for Storm season.
Last WC Billy had a hand in the first 2 trys.
Monahan gave away a penalty try
lockyer dropped the ball over the line.I think those 2 players had more of a hand in Aussies losing than Billy`s wayward pass. Where were Billy`s Aussie team mates they should have been there backing him up.

 

[afinalsin666]

Hope not! Did you see what he did last World Cup! The last thing we want is 75% players anyway! Inglis is a better fullback anyway!

Inglis is better. But why not both? They aren't mutually exclusive, you have two of the best players in the world, or you have Inglis and Tate. A 75 percent Slater is 6 times the player Tate is.

 

[ozbash]

Hopefully Slater makes the comeback for this.

amen to that

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

I don`t want Billy to play cos I want him fit for Storm season.
Last WC Billy had a hand in the first 2 trys.
Monahan gave away a penalty try
lockyer dropped the ball over the line.I think those 2 players had more of a hand in Aussies losing than Billy`s wayward pass. Where were Billy`s Aussie team mates they should have been there backing him up.

:lol: Yeah, what's the name of the position five metres behind the fullback?

I hope Billy plays. Fantastic player but at the moment Inglis > Slater, especially coming off an injury. I think we've got a better chance of containing Inglis at centre.

 

[Tone83]

:lol: Yeah, what's the name of the position five metres behind the fullback?

:lol:

 

[Paullyboy]

Hahaha dirty kiwis who actually think they are a match for Australia. Always entertaining. You lot should stick to what you do best - migrating to Australia in the hope of a better life