2021 RLWC (B) Wk2 - AUS 84-0 SCO @ Coventry

[KennySterling]

Omg this vr is excruciating

An absolute shocker. 'Have you got another angle'.

 

[Northern]

“I’ve heard all the video refereeing decisions in this World Cup, and I have made my decision.” F@@kin’ speed it up!!

 

[mxlegend99]

Field goal time.

If Australia don't do it they're not really Australian. 69 nil.

 

[no name]

The Fox’s reaction to Burton scoring shows how important he is too a team I reckon.
Great team man and provides awesome morale for the boys.
Massive mistake from Freddy leaving him out of Origin.

 

[Steve Davy]

It is closer than I feared at one point.

 

[Greenfields]

That was awesome

 

[KennySterling]

Andrew Henderson. Dont think he ever played in Australia

Represented Scotland back in the day.

 

[mxlegend99]

Highlight was easily that last try.

 

[Northern]

That was worth waiting for.

 

[Steve Davy]

Highlight was easily that last try.

It was a close game, but that try and the eighty points without reply that preceeded it were probably the turning point.

 

[Greenfields]

That might have even been a whitewash

 

[some11]

Remember when JAC was left out of the nsw team.

 

[Front-Rower]

Yeah the All Blacks have dishes out a few 100+ score lines in their time

If league had the same scoring system as yawnion the score would have been 99-0

 

[Smug Panther]

In all seriousness, we can’t have this in future world cups.

Get worse in every single Union world cup

 

[Valheru]

Get worse in every single Union world cup

The last RWC no team scored over 80 and there was only one match with a team scoring 70 and that is with a higher system of scoring.

There are some blow outs in the RWC like most world cups but nothing like the enormity and frequency of the RLWC. Anyone who thinks they are comparable in terms of competitiveness is in denial.

 

[Steve Davy]

The last RWC no team scored over 80 and there was only one match with a team scoring 70 and that is with a higher system of scoring.

There are some blow outs in the RWC like most world cups but nothing like the enormity and frequency of the RLWC. Anyone who thinks they are comparable in terms of competitiveness is in denial.

We also have a problem with the sport itself. A few years ago, Barcelona played Celtic and utterly out classed them. Barca had about 90% of the possession, dozens of shots on goal and Celtic only made one rather long shot attempt in the entire game.
Celtic won, 1-0.
Rugby league is a merciless game. We saw moments when the Scots as a team reacted better, soo the Austrailian just beat them individually. And, if every player on one team is better than every player on another, then the lesser team has no chance at all.
You can kill a game of rugby union and hope for a break, in soccer there are huge upsets regularly and the best team does not always win. In rugby league, the biggest upsets are not than big. I can think of Salford vs Wigan in 1995.

 

[Timmah]

The last RWC no team scored over 80 and there was only one match with a team scoring 70 and that is with a higher system of scoring.

There are some blow outs in the RWC like most world cups but nothing like the enormity and frequency of the RLWC. Anyone who thinks they are comparable in terms of competitiveness is in denial.

High-scoring and competitive are two different concepts here.

In RWC2019, only 12 pool matches out of 37 were decided by 20pts or less, most of the other 25 games being blowouts where the losing side only scored single digits. The only really competitive pool was D - in which Australia was relegated to second by Wales.

Hardly what you'd call competitive.

And that's not a stab at the rugby WC either - pool stages of most World Cups in most sports result in lopsided scorelines.

 

[Munky]

The Fox’s reaction to Burton scoring shows how important he is too a team I reckon.
Great team man and provides awesome morale for the boys.
Massive mistake from Freddy leaving him out of Origin.

Such a bizarre selection.

Fix is a legitimate whole of field strike weapon.

Just the threat of a short midfield kick changes the defensive structure.

Instead we got to watch Tupou drop the series on a nothing kick.

 

[Smug Panther]

The Fox’s reaction to Burton scoring shows how important he is too a team I reckon.
Great team man and provides awesome morale for the boys.
Massive mistake from Freddy leaving him out of Origin.

We probably would have been worse with him to be fair. The coward forwards rolled over and that was that

 

[mozza91]

We probably would have been worse with him to be fair. The coward forwards rolled over and that was that

Cleary and Luai not playing in Game 3 also helped.