World Cup warm up games

[Irish-bulldog]

Does anyone have a list of all the warm up games announced ? Dates and times ?. Discuss all things warm up games.

 

[jim_57]

Off the top of my head:

Wales V Lebanon
France V Tonga
England V Fiji
Jamaica V Cumbria
Scotland V England Knights
NZ V Leeds
Greece V Bradford

All next weekend I’m pretty sure. Australia, Ireland, Samoa, PNG, Cook Islands & Italy not playing one as far as I know.

 

[Irish-bulldog]

Off the top of my head:

Wales V Lebanon
France V Tonga
England V Fiji
Jamaica V Cumbria
Scotland V England Knights
NZ V Leeds
Greece V Bradford

All next weekend I’m pretty sure. Australia, Ireland, Samoa, PNG, Cook Islands & Italy not playing one as far as I know.

Madness not to play a warmup game in my opinion, I can understand Australia they don’t need it, but you would think the others it would be useful,

I guess half the Samoan team are playing in the nrl GF, and PNG played PM Australian side last Sunday.

 

[siv]

Wonder which games will be televised?

 

[Coastbloke]

Are Tonga having one? They should. Counts as 1 game against Taumolo’s ban. Wipe the smug faces of the NRL…

 

[jim_57]

Are Tonga having one? They should. Counts as 1 game against Taumolo’s ban. Wipe the smug faces of the NRL…

Supposed to be playing France this Saturday. 2 days away and a google search just comes up with the original announcement, I assume it’s still happening.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Friday
England V Fiji - AJ Bell Stadium, 7:30pm - RLWC2021 official app
Jamaica V Cumbria - Derwent Park Workington, 7:45pm

Saturday
Scotland V England Knights - Myreside Stadium, Edinburgh, 1:30pm - The Sportsman (Youtube)
France v Tonga - The Shay Stadium, Halifax, 2pm recast.tv
Wales v Lebanon - Heywood Road, Sale, 3pm
Bradford v Greece - Odsal Stadium, Bradford 3pm
Leeds v New Zealand - Headingley Stadium, Leeds, 6pm - RLWC official app

 

[TDD91]

England 28 - 0 Fiji at half time. 'Men against Boys' BBC have put it

 

[League Unlimited News]

England 50
T: Young, Ackers, Watkins, Williams, Batchelor, Thompson, McMeeken, Cooper, Hall; G: Sneyd 7
def Fiji 0

Cumbria 28
T: Amor, Johnston, Teare, Ritson, J Carter; G: J Carter 4
def Jamaica 12
T: Wallace, Woodburn-Hall; G: Rush 2

 

[Irish-bulldog]

Jesus Jamaica in for some terrible scores lol.

Fiji were missing some of there best players.

 

[Irish-bulldog]

We got any highlights from these games ?.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Some footage here:

 

[Coastbloke]

England wouldn’t want to take too much from that, but no doubt fair weather fans and media will.

 

[Coastbloke]

Looked like an OK crowd..

 

[wain]

Eng v Fiji full match replay now available on WC app, or on rugby-league dot com.
register required to access, but same rego for both app and website

 

[jim_57]

Fiji have looked poor in both this game and the mid-season test, like a group of players who haven’t trained together let alone played. Hopefully they’ll get it together somewhat by the finals assuming they make it. Koroisau, Kikau, Sivo & Turuva will undoubtedly help.

 

[Irish-bulldog]

Fiji have looked poor in both this game and the mid-season test, like a group of players who haven’t trained together let alone played. Hopefully they’ll get it together somewhat by the finals assuming they make it. Koroisau, Kikau, Sivo & Turuva will undoubtedly help.

Fiji will get better, but they don’t have some key forwards this comp and it will hurt them. Final 8 the max they will travel this year.

 

[Warriors Fever]

Who are they predicted to play if everything goes to form nz? Maybe a Scotland could provide an upset

 

[LeagueXIII]

England 28 - 0 Fiji at half time. 'Men against Boys' BBC have put it

I wonder if they do that ehen it happens in union WC

 

[siv]

I expect some upsets in this RLWC

PNG and Fiji look off the pace

While Samoa have been dropping for a number of years