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Rugby League World Cup 2017 (27th Oct. to 2nd Dec.)

Tom Mann Centuria

With the competition just around the corner, I thought I'd get the ball rolling. Ireland, bolstered by a few ringers amongst the home grown lads, should give a decent account of themselves.

In reality it'll be a tournament to see who gets beaten by Australia in the final, but hopefully it'll throw up some good games along the way.

As it's down under this year most games are on at horrible o'clock (any Irish fans fancy getting up at 4am to see Ireland v Lebanon)

A lot of the games will be live on Premier/Eir Sports 2 with the BBC showing a few (England games, Wales and Scotland ignored by their national broadcaster). Freesports.tv will carry some of the games too, but no confirmation of which ones yet.

All the confirmed broadcast details of times and channel are HERE

I'll post various bits and pieces in the lead up, feel free to post stuff here yourselves too! Any world cup related contributions greatly appreciated.

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seanhynes

Incredible 2nd half from Lebanon , they won't go away exciting finish 24-22 Tonga with a little over 10 to play

Tom Mann Centuria

seanhynes wrote: »

Incredible 2nd half from Lebanon , they won't go away exciting finish 24-22 Tonga with a little over 10 to play

Wow, so much closer than I thought it'd be, another fantastic game, and Lebanon were terrific. Huge scare for Tonga.

It would be great if Fiji could give New Zealand a meaningful contest too now.

corny

The Kiwis can't complete a set. Fiji not capitalising though. They have dangerous runners but their interplay and passing is so bad it defies belief.

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corny wrote: »

The Kiwis can't complete a set. Fiji not capitalising though. They have dangerous runners but their interplay and passing is so bad it defies belief.

Shocking how far the Kiwis have fallen, it's like watching the Warriors in NRL. Ireland would have given both these a game on current display.

corny

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Shocking how far the Kiwis have fallen, it's like watching the Warriors in NRL. Ireland would have given both these a game on current display.

Yeah true. There's the same sort of malaise you see with the Warriors. Hard to put your finger on but they look like they're just going through the motions in games. They're being knocked back in the collisions in this game and it doesn't seem to bother them.

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corny wrote: »

Yeah true. There's the same sort of malaise you see with the Warriors. Hard to put your finger on but they look like they're just going through the motions in games. They're being knocked back in the collisions in this game and it doesn't seem to bother them.

Going through the motions is exactly it.
Johnson is like the poster boy for that attitude.

corny

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Going through the motions is exactly it.
Johnson is like the poster boy for that attitude.

You know whats going to happen now....he's gonna beat 6 players, running the full length of the field and score the winner.:D

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corny wrote: »

You know whats going to happen now....he's gonna beat 6 players, running the full length of the field and score the winner.:D

Haha yeah probably. I'm normally proven completely wrong!

Tom Mann Centuria

Poor officiating again today.

corny

Hayne has been dreadful but that was a lovely kick. The NZ'ers look dangerous still but they just can't hang onto the ball long enough to build pressure.

Tom Mann Centuria

Kiwis got what they deserved. Nothing.

corny

Fair play to Fiji. Their forwards were heroic to a man.

They'll be nilled by Australia though because their halves are terrible.

Mr.Nice Guy

Fair play to Lebanon as I thought Tonga would win that pretty solidly. I had a feeling the other game would be close but fancied NZ to edge it.

Will England reach the semi-finals? Bookies seem to make them heavy favourites over PNG.

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Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Fair play to Lebanon as I thought Tonga would win that pretty solidly. I had a feeling the other game would be close but fancied NZ to edge it.

Will England reach the semi-finals? Bookies seem to make them heavy favourites over PNG.

Should beat PNG quite comfortably especially as it's not in Port Moresby, and be slight favourites against Tonga.

Saying that NZ have shown twice bookies can be way off.

Tom Mann Centuria

So far so good for England.

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Sam Burgess is rusty, loads of errors start off this half.

So many errors from the whole team. Tonga will beat them if the error count is same next game (presuming they get there)

Tom Mann Centuria

Job done, England must improve or Tonga will turn them over. So much talent in the England team, they just have to put it together.

Mr.Nice Guy

Definitely areas for England to improve. The Tonga game will be interesting.

Tom Mann Centuria

Early reminder
Australia v Fiji is on Friday at 0900.
England v Tonga is on Saturday at (gulp) 0430.

I'm going to miss the first semi final because of work (come on Fiji!) so that'll have to be a record job, but intend to get up at moron o'clock on Saturday to watch England, Tonga could easily beat them if they have as many errors as they did against PNG.

Tom Mann Centuria

Australia 54 - 6 Fiji. Meh, don't think I'll bother watching.

Mr.Nice Guy

I caught the highlights. Six tries for Valentine Holmes! I expected Australia to win but I didn't think it would be that emphatic. Hopefully England's game with Tonga will be more competitive.

Tom Mann Centuria

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I caught the highlights. Six tries for Valentine Holmes! I expected Australia to win but I didn't think it would be that emphatic. Hopefully England's game with Tonga will be more competitive.

It definitely will be competitive, could go either way and atmosphere should be something else. Doubting I'll be awake for it now though!

Tom Mann Centuria

Good game so far. Tonga getting right back in it now.

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12 nil to England at half time.

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What a finish

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Fukcin hell, ridiculous end, England very lucky but I think that's a knock on at the end in the NRL every week, so fair enough he called same on the field. One of Tonga tries was from a forward pass anyway, so leveling it out or some such crap :pac:

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Wayne Bennett is a dry fupper

https://twitter.com/garethwalker/status/934324128890228738

Mr.Nice Guy

Incredible finish. I expected an England rout but was on the edge of my seat by the end. It was a great advert for the game. You have to hand it to the Tonga fans for the amazing atmosphere. As Chapman said in the BBC studio afterwards, if that was a football match the fans would have been screaming abuse at the ref yet the fans there were singing hymns.

Can't see England stopping Australia but I hope they can make a game of it.

Tom Mann Centuria

Bump early, bump often.

World Cup final tomorrow, kick off is 0900. Live on BBC One or Eir Sports 2. (So you can choose English or Australian commentary/coverage)

Tom Mann Centuria

Last reminder of the day.

World Cup final tomorrow.
Australia v England, kick off is 0900 in Brisbane. Live on BBC One or Eir Sports 2. (So you can choose English or Australian commentary/coverage).

If you like to see the underdog do well cheer for the men in white, or if you like to see England lose whatever the sport, you can watch the probable Aussie victory!