'13 WC | Semi Final | New Zealand 20-18 England | Wembley

[Timmah]

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

19-man squad: Carl Ablett, George Burgess, Sam Burgess, Rob Burrow, Josh Charnley, Leroy Cudjoe, Liam Farrell, Brett Ferres, James Graham, Ryan Hall, Chris Hill, Lee Mossop, Sean O’Loughlin, James Roby, Kevin Sinfield, Sam Tomkins, Kallum Watkins, Ben Westwood, Gareth Widdop


Referee
Ben Cummins
Touch Judges: James Child & Grant Atkins
Video Referee: Ashley Klein
2nd Video Referee: Henry Perenara​

 

[roughyedspud]

gonna be a cracking game....can't pick a winner??

 

[Mr Angry]

Bye Bye England.

NZ by plenty.

 

[Evil Homer]

NZ should take this comfortably.

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Yeah, I'm thinking NZ by about 20.

 

[SilentOne]

danger game for the kiwis, hopefully a packed out and hostile Wembley doesn't get the best of them.

 

[ozbash]

Sam Burgess v The Champ revisited... hope Sam brings his bros, he'll need them..

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Will this double header be the biggest crowd for an international game ever?

 

[roughyedspud]

might fall just short

 

[Tone83]

NZ should win but I'm gonna go out on a limb and pick the upset. Just have a feeling NZ will be focussing on australia and come in half arsed. In the past NZ never play england as well as they play australia, their hearts don't seem to be in it.

 

[Misanthrope]

I reckon NZ will get this again to set up the most entertaining option in the decider.

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

might fall just short

What's the biggest?

 

[PARRA_FAN]

You would think NZL will win this one, but England have troubled the Kiwis in the past when not expected too.

Anyway, should be a good game.

Especially the battle between the Burgess brothers up against SBW and JWH.

 

[roughyedspud]

What's the biggest?

73k iirc...

 

[SilentOne]

2007 was the last time NZ beat England in england.

 

[grouch]

England simply lack quality in the halves. They must not be convinced that Widdop is 100% fit, because there's really no other reason for his continued omission.

NZ win 26-6

 

[Moffo]

England win this in a clarry canter

 

[roughyedspud]

2005 was the last time nz beat us here

 

[Joker's Wild]

This NZ side is 1000x better than the 2005 one. Hell, its even better than the 2008 side who won the tourney.

England will struggle to contain them

 

[Pierced Soul]

looking forwards to the two packs having a smash em up derby in the middle of the park.