2021 RLWC (A) Wk1 - ENG 60-6 SAM @ Newcastle

[some11]

Extremely disappointing from Samoa.

Wtf.

 

[kiwileaguefan]

What a major disappointment....first half was so slow with so many stoppages and then in the second half....well didn't see much of it due to the coverage constantly cutting out...amateurish.

This world cup is going to have massive scores....triple figures easily...but this game was built as one that was going to be competitive...good old Matt parish....only he could take a world class side and turn them into that rabble...

 

[some11]

Milford has had a Barry Crocker tonight. If he is the best Dolphins six, the dolphins are in deep shit. He is not an international player nor an NRL one.

No shit.

 

[TDD91]

From an Englishman who watched most of the game at work and missed spells:

Jack Welsby at 6 could be one of the breakout stars of the tournament, he may be a bellend who plays for St Helens, but for the next month he's our bellend.
Ackers should take the hooking role from McIlorum for the next couple games IMO, just gives that bit more zip in attack
We actually have backs who can score a try, what is this sorcery?

 

[Valheru]

That $2.35 on England always looked way overs. Turns out they should have been $1.10.

Anyone who thought this WC was more than a 3 horse race (again) was kidding themselves. The location is the only reason there is even 3 runners.

 

[Steve Davy]

Samoa don’t have a a 7 or a decent 9, that will hurt them against the top 3 teams, Milford is washed up and Liu I don’t rate as a game manager , JS in the number 1 is still young and needs work on ball playing, but he’s a world class runner.
I just see them falling down on managing games, might be the difference between the top 3 teams.

Good call.

 

[stryker]

From an Englishman who watched most of the game at work and missed spells:

Jack Welsby at 6 could be one of the breakout stars of the tournament, he may be a bellend who plays for St Helens, but for the next month he's our bellend.
Ackers should take the hooking role from McIlorum for the next couple games IMO, just gives that bit more zip in attack
We actually have backs who can score a try, what is this sorcery?

Welsby is a good ball player.
He needs serious work on his kicking game though.
Be interesting to see how he matures this tournament.

 

[stryker]

Extremely disappointing from Samoa.

Wtf.

Believed their own hype.
Objective fans didn’t give them a real chance, however to get flogged like that is shameful.
Hopefully they knuckle down and stop caring how they look on telly. Winning games of football is their job.

 

[stryker]

.good old Matt parish....only he could take a world class side and turn them into that rabble...

Why are they a world class side? What have they done to earn this label?

 

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

He’s a first class bell end

It works though. I reckon Catalans get 4 points a game from other teams’ ill discipline having been wound up by him

 

[Wb1234]

Has matt parish ever coached these guys to a good performance

that was a pretty good side too

they could’ve had the johns boys instead they stuck with plod

 

[Billythekid]

We can talk about how Samoa we’re overrated and weren’t a real chance but let’s be real most of us just expected them to put on a strong contest at the least. That shoreline is straight up embarrassing and no one on here can convince me that is representative of the talent in that side.

 

[big hit!]

I would've thought we'd all worked out by now, Origin series after Origin series, not to get worked up about rep teams based on names on paper.

Perhaps the GF celebrations have had an effect? Maybe Mal's onto something resting all the Penrith and Parra players for another week? Or maybe the Samoans just don't have your Whitehead's, Radley's, Bateman's, etc who are disciplined re the one-percenters.

 

[stryker]

Or maybe the Samoans just don't have your Whitehead's, Radley's, Bateman's, etc who are disciplined re the one-percenters.

Bingo.
They all want to be on the highlight reel.
None of them put any real work in.

 

[taste2taste]

WHAT THE ACTUAL F was that ??

Let's hope Tonga can be competitive but it's looking like a England V Aus/NZ final.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Has matt parish ever coached these guys to a good performance

that was a pretty good side too

they could’ve had the johns boys instead they stuck with plod

The only decent thing Matt Parish has done in the past 25 years was piss off Ray Hadley.

 

[This Year?]

Samoa absolutely embarrassed themselves today. To'o was invisible, Milford outdone himself by quite a margin, but the softest one was when Tapau comes on and misses his 1st tackle which lead to an England try.
England worked over Samoa's middles perfectly and that pass from Welsby for Young's 1st try was beautiful.
Samoa have alot of work to do to restore some pride in the jersey and it must not include Levi or Milford.

 

[Bazal]

I hope Luai called Jack Welsby daddy after the game

 

[Munky]

Another excellent result for Penrith.

A bunch of blokes off contract tanking their value by showing they can't operate outside the system.

2022 was already a great year for the club.

PENRITH.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Yo that’s crazy, are you telling me a Samoan team with no-one from Samoa didn’t have all that national pride I kept hearing about? How weird and surprising