Celtic V leeds live vid feed

[Cheezel]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/7874583.stm

I mean live audio feed!

 

[Cheezel]

Leeds 22 - 0 Celtic half time.

 

[miguel de cervantes]

Leeds 22 - Celtic 6

6 mins to go

 

[gong_eagle]

needs real player to listen apparently

 

[Evil Homer]

28-6 FT, decent result for Celtic all things considered.

 

[Hindyscrack]

Celtic were easily outplayed with Leeds not gettin out of second gear.

Will struggle on the road, Jace Van Dyke is average Q-Cup player at best.

Last night just proved to me that Superleague isnt a shade of the intesity of NRL.

 

[Evil Homer]

Celtic were easily outplayed with Leeds not gettin out of second gear.

Will struggle on the road, Jace Van Dyke is average Q-Cup player at best.

Last night just proved to me that Superleague isnt a shade of the intesity of NRL.

Celtic hadn't had any warm up games and have only trained together as a team once due to visa problems and bad weather. The game was played in conditions that you've probably never even experienced in Australia. It was the first game for a new side who have never played Super League level before. Wait until next week's games before making a judgment like that.

 

[Broncos fan!]

I thought Can Dijk wasn't that bad.

 

[roughyedspud]

imo celtic need a gun 5/8th cos i'm they are to do anything in SL they need real penetration and a matty smith,van dijk combo won't cut it

 

[Danish]

This game was shown live on channel 9..... why would you listen to a live radio feed?? (speaking to the original poster from randwick)

 

[JasonE]

It wasn't live

 

[Evil Homer]

Wigan v Wakefield about to kick off if anyone is awake. Harlequins v Bradford postponed as stated in another thread.

 

[Evil Homer]

Wakefield win 12-6

 

[Hindyscrack]

Celtic hadn't had any warm up games and have only trained together as a team once due to visa problems and bad weather. The game was played in conditions that you've probably never even experienced in Australia. It was the first game for a new side who have never played Super League level before. Wait until next week's games before making a judgment like that.

What like the 20cm of snow that piled up on my front door this week. Look at my location and you will see that I live in SW London.

I am well aware of the Visa issues faced by the Crusaders and no practice matches. They have trained together as a team more then once with their pre-season being partially based in Australia.

I also attended plenty of live SL here in London and occasionaly venture up North. I love Rugby League and will follow SL, but the standard and intesity of the comp is nothing on the NRL. Look at some of the players playing in key positions at a lot of the clubs, most of them would be fringe NRL players at best. I wish that the game over here would rely on local talent as apposed to good players at the end of their careers and never beens from Aus/NZ and pacific islands.

 

[Evil Homer]

Fair enough, didn't realise you were London based. Not sure how you can say that last night's match was a fair representation then if you are a regular SL watcher.

Re your other point, good NRL players do not automatically make good SL players. A lot of Aussies seem to think that NRL form has some sort of bearing on a player's ability and effectiveness in the British comp, but that's completely not the case. Imported players should be judged on their performances rather than their reputation from the NRL. Someone like Luke Dorn, for example, came over at a young age and has become a decent first grade half back. It's not fair and not accurate to dismiss someone as rubbish or say the comp is rubbish just because certain players were not suited to the NRL.

 

[Hindyscrack]

Fair enough, didn't realise you were London based. Not sure how you can say that last night's match was a fair representation then if you are a regular SL watcher.

Re your other point, good NRL players do not automatically make good SL players. A lot of Aussies seem to think that NRL form has some sort of bearing on a player's ability and effectiveness in the British comp, but that's completely not the case. Imported players should be judged on their performances rather than their reputation from the NRL. Someone like Luke Dorn, for example, came over at a young age and has become a decent first grade half back. It's not fair and not accurate to dismiss someone as rubbish or say the comp is rubbish just because certain players were not suited to the NRL.

It wasnt a fair representation of SL, but in my honest opinion there are not enough quality SL matches played and the skill and fitness levels are well below that of the NRL (granted your pitches are often soggy and wet I can excuse this on occasions). Englands inability to defend simple second man plays during the world cup is just an example of how far behind I beleive the comp is (yes I know i shouldnt be comparing this). FFS these are plays that I was used to by the age of 16 back home.

Luke Dorn a decent first grade half back? Not even in SL.