2017 World Cup Thread

[strider]

Did the Tongans bet on themselves by <30?

I dont wanna cast any aspersions, but i swear Konny deadset did an intentional knock on at one point there

 

[Gazzamatta]

Is Miski still with Parra?
Are we sure hes not really Josh Mansour?

 

[84 Baby]

Sounds like Moses had a blinder for Lebanon.

His try was pretty good. Lightning turn of pace

 

[Gronk]

Moses did good.

 

[84 Baby]

And you have to ask questions of what was happening with Lichaa the first 20 odd rounds of the season. He carved France up.
Layoun was ok. Always in support.
And Mannah was good... not that many people on here would recognise that. He was at least as good and probably better than Twal though really it wasn't much of a prop style game.

I give them a good chance against the Poms

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Let's wait and see how they go against some team better than France.

 

[BoneyBlake17]

I am interested to see how moses goes against england and australia this is his 1st rep oppourtunity.

Also how was his defense yesterday a lot of critics have shut up about that

 

[Twizzle]

the kid done good, played well

 

[Gary Gutful]

the kid done good, played well

Thanks Jack.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I am interested to see how moses goes against england and australia this is his 1st rep oppourtunity.

Also how was his defense yesterday a lot of critics have shut up about that

They'll start again as soon as he has a couple of bad games.

 

[Eelementary]

Moses did good.

Love that Mitchell Moses kid.

Sure, he has flaws in his game - but his vision and skill are world class, imo.

And his best is yet to come.

 

[Gronk]

Love that Mitchell Moses kid.

Sure, he has flaws in his game - but his vision and skill are world class, imo.

And his best is yet to come.

And has genuine speed over 15/20m. I like how he saw a hole vs France and pulled the trigger - straight through.

 

[lingard]

Rust very apparent throughout the game.

I'm most disappointed with Gale, who came with high wraps after winning the Man of Steel award. If he had have had a good game then England had Australia shot on our left edge. Could probably use a few more offloads, too, as they looked dangerous when they did it.

I thought Australia were poor, even taking into account the rustiness. Holmes got plenty of metres but the rest of the three-quarters looked average most of the time.

If England, NZ or Tonga can get their shit together there's a chance that Australia can be knocked over.

Gale played in the four nations last year and was equally disappointing. They replaced him with Brown(?), who was a revelation. Should do it again. I'm actually most disappointed with their fullback. what the f*ck is he there for? He was equally underwhelming for them last year. Surely the Poms have a better fullback than him?

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

And has genuine speed o.

Don't let Corey know.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Corey loves his speed o.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Gale played in the four nations last year and was equally disappointing. They replaced him with Brown(?), who was a revelation. Should do it again. I'm actually most disappointed with their fullback. what the f*ck is he there for? He was equally underwhelming for them last year. Surely the Poms have a better fullback than him?[/QUOTE]

They've rated him highly over there. I thought he tried alright but buggered up their attack a bit.

Not sure whats happened to Sam Tomkins and they also had Hardaker but got busted with coke.

 

[Gronk]

<rant>

1. Can't cop how these merkins only play once a week. Harden up.

2. Italians punch each other and there is an investigation and players fined $10k each. OTT much ?

</rant>

 

[strider]

Who punched who?

 

[Twizzle]

Italy coach Cameron Ciraldo says two players who fought each other in a Cairns nightclub on Sunday shook hands and made up the next day – but admits he's powerless to stop World Cup organisers taking action against them.

New Sydney Roosters signing James Tedesco and Huddersfield prop Shannon Wakeman will front an Italian disciplinary hearing on Wednesday after being involved in a fight at Pier Bar in Cairns following their 36-12 loss to Ireland at Barlow Park. Wakeman was reportedly angry about Tedesco's behaviour towards the Super League prop's girlfriend.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...r-cairns-nightclub-fight-20171031-gzbxdp.html

 

[Twizzle]

Wonder what an Italian disciplinary hearing is like, Pom hits Aussie yet the Italians have the final say