TRI-NATIONS (2004) AUSTRALIA v GREAT BRITAIN

[Big Mick]

Well done Australia, great game.

Well done to my Lads, for once, we scored the last minute try, after a flurry of articles by the Australians early. hehe.

 

[antonius]

Australia Scores

7. Bomber
The Winds Of Change
748 words
There’s something special about your teams’ first finals appearance. This piece captures the pride, anticipation, and excitement of it very well.
Score 8.8

Willow
Out with a whimper, not a bang
750 Words
Comparison of a coach, with a faithful pooch from a Henry Lawson tale. Very clever piece, I’ll never look at Brownie in quite the same way again.
Score 9.0

Roosterboy60
How can you compare?
744 Words
An article that puts it all in perspective. I’m sure there are plenty of fans out there that wish they could boast those stats for their teams.
Score 8.6

Colonel Eel
Sounds like the battery, son.......
654 Words
Every now and then someone comes up with a piece that is very cleverly thought out. This is one of those. Well written, and a good read. The writer couldn’t have used anything to describe Hindmarsh better.
Score9.1

E.A.
Bandwagoners and the Harbour City.
750 Words
We all know these guys (my next door neighbour is a classic case) My young bloke is a bit of a Swans bandwagoner. An entertaining read.
Score 8.9

Miccle
"What a Beautiful Day for a Crushing Defeat...
723 Words
Good article on the mixed emotions when your team is beaten by your “other” team. I’d wager there were plenty of Broncos fans experiencing that on that day.
Score 8.7

eloquentEEL
A TALENTED BUNCH
750 Words
A look at the other achievements of league players both sporting and professional. Well researched, the author has obviously put a lot of effort into this area. I thought though that the writer tried to cram too many examples into the word limit, and this resulted in the piece being a bit thin in some of them.
Score 8.6

Australia Total 61.7


Great Britain Scores

Big Mick
Alexander the Great
741 Words
A piece about one of the class players of our lifetime. Well constructed, and describes the players career to a tee. The admiration the writer feels for this player comes through the piece well.
Score 8.8

Terracesider:
The Rugby World Cup: 50th Anniversary.
713 Words
An insight into the once competitive international rugby league scene. It would be hoped that the recent initiatives put in place to bring league back to the French, will assist in making international football as competitive as it was 50 years ago. Well written and researched piece.
Score 8.8

Gene Krupa,
Ode of a Friday Knight Football widow.
730 words
A piece about a man and the effect on the household a loss to his team has.
Score 8.5

Yakstorm
Tri-Nations down-under will put League back on the international map
749 Words
Excellent look at the current tri-nations tournament. With the prospect of bringing it to Australia/New Zealand in the future discussed. The piece makes it’s points clearly and is an interesting read.
9.0

rabbitboy
This is the voice of a Great Britain Lion
despite those last minutes tries
we’re gonna keep trying…
681 Words
Reg Regan would love this. The good old days put to verse. I loved the chorus.
Score 8.6

2 Paul-The-Cowboy
Toast of the town
750 Words
Well written piece on a player comeback after serious injury.
Score 8.7

chriswalkerbush
Wake Up Call
750 Words
This makes interesting reading and at the same time the writer gets his point of view across on the state of the international game.
Score 8.7

Great Britain Total 61.1

Result Australia defeated Great Britain 61.7 to 61.1
MOM Colonel Eel

 

[ParraMatt]

good game guys, Congrats to Bomber, Miccle and Yakstorm on there wonderful results.

 

[Big Mick]

Congrats Aussies. You played extremely well.

To my boys.

Well done. You guys played a great game, we pushed them hard, unfortunately, it just couldn't get us over the line.

hold your heads high, we did a great job. On to next match.

 

[eloquentEEL]

Congrats Australia, especially Colonel.

Thanks for reffing, antonius. I had a feeling I was trying to cram in too much (check the Aussie team thread).

 

[Willow_2003]

Congrats to all the players - top notch effort. And congrats to The Colonel for MOTM
Thanks to antonius for reffing what was a very close and hard fought match.

Commiserations Great Britain. We'll keep the Brian Bevan Trophy till next year at least when I'm sure we'll have another great match. *Double thumbs up*

Tremendous work Kangaroos. :thumnn
That's two wins from two matches and undefeated in the 2004 Tri-nations.

 

[Misanthrope]

Ugh, so damn close. Now I know how the Poms feel every year against the Aussies in real life.

Chin up boys, we'll spank that Kiwi mob.

 

[The Colonel]

Thanks guys.... I owe it all to "Big Easy" MOTM in such illustrious company and for Australia is quite humbling.....

Go the Roos, commiserations to the Poms and thankyou antonius for reffing.

 

[MysteryGirl]

Not one poor score in the lot!!!

GREAT match everyone!!!

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Thanks to the Chooms for the game and thanks Antonius for reffing. Well done Colonel on the MOTM.

 

[rabs]

well done lads and congrats to the aussies, great mom piece on hindy
thanks ref antonius

 

[terracesider]

I'll second that. Congratulations to the Aussies and thanks to the ref..