World 9s 2019

[Perth Red]

England don't have any tests to play

GB do, and that is just England players with a different jersey on in reality.

 

[adamkungl]

There was some rumblings about England Knights entering a 4 Nations with France, Wales, Jamaica...
We all suspected it would never happen because it was a dead obvious and exciting idea, which means it has no place in Rugby League.

 

[roughyedspud]

Rumblings from where?

 

[roughyedspud]

GB do, and that is just England players with a different jersey on in reality.

No shit

 

[adamkungl]

Rumblings from where?

Think it was in a rumour in LoveRugbyLeague or something a few months back. Some UK publication. I'm sure it was mentioned in a thread on here

Edit:
Never mind, it was just us discussing the idea after The Sun rumoured England Knights autumn fixtures

 

[dogz08]

The Australian team would be too good surely..Ponga, Addo Carr, Tedesco, Mitchell, Munster etc..

 

[roughyedspud]

The Australian team would be too good surely..Ponga, Addo Carr, Tedesco, Mitchell, Munster etc..

I doubt the Aussie's will put out a full strength team...

 

[titoelcolombiano]

I haven't watched much 9's, what are the positions that are generally adopted from 13's? Is it:

Fullback
Wing x 2
Centre x 2
Half
Mobile Forwards x 2
Dummy Half

 

[Perth Red]

I haven't watched much 9's, what are the positions that are generally adopted from 13's? Is it:

Fullback
Wing x 2
Centre x 2
Half
Mobile Forwards x 2
Dummy Half

Pretty much, though Id actually go with 4 wingers and drop the centres. Wingers are big enough these days and speed is everything in nines.

Ponga
Ado Carr
Oates
Gagai
Munster
Brookes
Cook
+2 second rowers

That would be some attacking side!

 

[hutch]

Pretty much, though Id actually go with 4 wingers and drop the centres. Wingers are big enough these days and speed is everything in nines.

Ponga
Ado Carr
Oates
Gagai
Munster
Brookes
Cook
+2 second rowers

That would be some attacking side!

Problem is a lot of wingers can’t pass or defend to save themselves which is how they were put on the wing to start with.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Not really into 9's but if it can make the RLIF some much needed cash I'm all for it, just don't bin it after 1 or 2 goes as usual.

 

[Last Week]

Top 2 from Pool A and first from pools B and C qualify for the finals.

What a boring format. They literally chose the most boring format for the competition they could have.

 

[Burns]

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Top 2 from Pool A and first from pools B and C qualify for the finals.

What a boring format. They literally chose the most boring format for the competition they could have.

Looooool.

Those pools are awful. Why isn’t there a Pacific team in each pool? Why are Australia, England and New Zealand given a free pass to the Semi-Finals.

 

[greenBV4]

gee the US really drew the short straw, good luck to them..

 

[Jim from Oz]

Why the f… don't they have 4 groups of 3 ?

 

[adamkungl]

Why the f… don't they have 4 groups of 3 ?

Only 8 games, instead of 18

For a 12 team comp 3x4 is the best way.
But.
Should have seeded NZ as top of pool C, and moved Fiji to Australia's pool.

A
Aus
Fiji
PNG
USA

B
England
France
Wales
Lebanon

C
NZ
Cook Isl
Tonga
Samoa

Top 3 of each pool go through to semis.
Then have the 3 2nd place teams play-off for the 4th spot.

So guess Aus, England, NZ go through automatically and have playoffs of
Tonga v France
France v Fiji
Fiji v Tonga
winner goes through

Semis randomly seeded
Aus v Tonga
NZ v Eng

Final

 

[Burns]

So how do the Semis work?
Does top of Group A v top Group C; runner up Group A v top Group B?

 

[Coastbloke]

Supposed to be a RLIF event and the NRL is changing rules? Then again are there official Nines rules?

 

[Burns]

Supposed to be a RLIF event and the NRL is changing rules? Then again are there official Nines rules?

You would barely know the RLIF were involved to be honest

 

[adamkungl]

You would barely know the RLIF were involved to be honest

I hope theyre taking the profits from this, it's meant to be their event