England v Samoa 2024 series

[Chins get the wins]

Stats show that England had a faster play the ball than Samoa.


England 3.57 second - receiving 6 penalties and 4 set restarts
Samoa 3.65 seconds - receiving 1 penalty and no set restarts

England should have been penalised a bunch more times with penalties or set restarts. cant only officiate one team

As corrupt as this years World Club Challenge.

Poms are just cheating merkins

 

[Perth Red]

How good was the Siva Tau and England's refusal to be intimidated. Tong v Mikey Lewis was epic way to start the tournament! Probably good job both were on the bench and not starting.

 

[Perth Red]

Attendance for game was 15,137 (up 17% on last years game 1 v Tonga)

Game 2 selling well with 17,500 sold so far. all seats at Headingly sold out and only 2,500 standing tickets left. Game 3 v Tonga at same venue last year drew 15,477.

 

[Matua]

Australia vs New Zealand had an Aussie referee. But the calls were atleast even and he had no problem giving New Zealand a leg up for an extended period of time. Klein is shit IMO. But I would back him over a pommy referee still.

I'm not sure many NZers would agree with that.

They made up a new rule to punish the Kiwis to make up for a slightly different rule being correctly applied. Comedy gold.

 

[Perth Red]

And we had as close to an all in brawl as you can get these days! Love Int RL.

 

[mxlegend99]

I'm not sure many NZers would agree with that.

They made up a new rule to punish the Kiwis to make up for a slightly different rule being correctly applied. Comedy gold.

What rule was made up?

If you’re referring to crowding, both penalties were bullshit and the ball carrier was at fault both times. Neither should have been a penalty. If something else I don’t recall it.

New Zealand had a really good run of penalties and set restarts. Unlike Samoa who were given nothing by the referee.

Klein made calls both ways. Unlike the pommy referee who let England do whatever they wanted. Klein is still shit. Just less shit than the pommy referee.

 

[Matua]

What rule was made up?

If you’re referring to crowding, both penalties were bullshit and the ball carrier was at fault both times.

New Zealand had a really good run of penalties and set restarts. Unlike Samoa who were givdn nothing by the referee.

Klein made calls both ways. Unlike the pommy referee who let England do whatever they wsnted.

Nah, the Aussie actually connected, the Kiwi didn't. The Roos should have had a player binned for professional fouls too.

We just don't trust your refs and bunker, years as a Warriors fan does not help in that area.

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Matt_CBY]

And we had as close to an all in brawl as you can get these days! Love Int RL.

Do you have that many people on ignore that you’ve only got yourself to respond to now?

 

[Clarkent]

The ref wasn't that bad, I felt like he did let a few of the samoan slow tackles go but he did blow a few questionable 6 again near the try line to England. The fact that Samoa didn't get one 6 again all game is crazy. There were a few times he could've blown the whistle for the samoan side. In saying that the real problem were some of the selections. Milford needs to be dropped for good and send back to Australia this week. Gordon needs to start, Tevaga wasn't too bad because he was tackling everyone but on attack Samoa weren't getting any momentum from his slow passes. Skelton turned into Maumalo this game, doing something great by breaking the line and then turns into Stevie Wonder with a shocking pass. Overall I thought the samoan team showed more promise on attack then the tongans did last year. They need to be better in game 2

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Clarkent]

International RL needs to be promoted more next year. And they also need to book it earlier then they did this year as well. The Pacific Championships next year of Samoa, Tonga and Nz is going to be huge. Every game is going to be competitive if every nation are at full strength, and they're all going to be sold out. I do think some of the samoan or tongan games needs to played in Sydney