International Friendly - Japan v Thailand

[mattystans000]

Hi All,

My mate who runs the waters for Japan whenever they come out Sydney way is telling me that the Samurai will be playing a match against Thailand this Thursday at Redfern Oval. As a warm up to their involvement in the Cabramatta International 9s.

No official word of it yet that I can find on the interwebs, but he said he'll get more details to me on Tuesday. I saw and filmed Japan v Portugal last year, not sure i'll be filming again this year, but the Japanese team put on an entertaining style of footy, so i'll be sure to be out there again after work.

I'll pass on more details when I get them in case anyone else here might plan on going too for some International Footy.

 

[Heritage XIII]

found this

http://www.thephuketnews.com/thai-r...n-australia-for-the-first-time-ever-44248.php

But it seems this team is from the rebel Thai RL group going by the facebook link

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thailand-Stars-RL/350692951700893

as opposed to this:

https://www.facebook.com/ThaiRugbyLeague

Anyone else confused?

 

[mattystans000]

 

[CQ Italia]

thailand stars v Japan is the rlif/asian cup linked group run by Andrew Charles from what Ive read.

TRL is a "rebel" group who played "Greece A".

 

[Bronco Rob]

found this


Anyone else confused?

I'm confused at how we continually as a sport shoot ourselves in the foot by putting self-interest and agendas before the good of the game. Christ Thailand hasn't even got a bona-fide domestic comp running yet and we have 2 seperate organisations trying to start-up.

 

[roughyedspud]

its a joke...

 

[Evil Homer]

Nothing says 'Japan vs Thailand' like Redfern Oval.

 

[byrner]

Ahh Rugby League, gotta love it.
Why dont these two boddies play each other as two different teams.

 

[Arucard]

Ouch.....

 

[Rodney]

Thailand 46 Japan 10
To date Japan have not won a game from 13 full internationals (excluding 9s). Its probably not gonna get any easier with their proximity to the Philippines and their proposed spot in the Asian cup.
But at least they have a team and are playing matches, its a platform to build on.

 

[Rodney]

At least it wasn't as bad as the Heat..

 

[crimpo]

Didn't Japan beat Canada in Orlando in 1999? I wouldn't want them to be cheated of their victory if they've had one!

 

[Arucard]

Another problem is the bulk of the team are 35+ year olds.

 

[Arucard]

At least it wasn't as bad as the Heat..

The Heat played the Philippines who destroyed Thailand and now Thailand destroyed us.
Yeah I would say it's just as bad....

 

[Rodney]

Didn't Japan beat Canada in Orlando in 1999? I wouldn't want them to be cheated of their victory if they've had one!

Oh yeh.
Sorry you're right, didn't notice that and it should've been obvious.

 

[crimpo]

Yeah - it was a world cup qualifier. Canada got them back 28-12 in the Emerging Nations a year later!

 

[slickrabbit]

The Heat played the Philippines who destroyed Thailand and now Thailand destroyed us.
Yeah I would say it's just as bad....

You need to get your facts right. Firstly, the Philippines side that played Thailand, which only lost I believe 42-12, or thereabouts, had a few of their NRL players. So based on that, Thailand, the Aussie expat one, are a very strong side to only lose by that score. Also, Japan were missing 8-9 first choice players on this tour, due to injury and/or couldn't get time off to travel. Research before posting drivel...

 

[slickrabbit]

Another problem is the bulk of the team are 35+ year olds.

I believe there were only 5 players over 35. Hardly the "bulk" of the 15 that toured...if you know there were more than 5, name them.

 

[Arucard]

Latin Heat 22 - Japan 8

 

[slickrabbit]

Also, to add, there were 6-7 players who had either never played league, or had only played a handful of games so it was always going to be a challenge to play teams with Aus based heritage players, who have played the game their entire lives.