Aus v. Kiwis - Spoiler - FINAL SCORE

[Russo]

Slater at it again, IMHO it should be a penalty try to NZ and Slater on report for dangerous play. If that tackle had happened in a game of football / soccer it would have in fact been close to a straight red card.

There is no place in the game for it and it should be stamped out immediately. [icon_thumbs_do

No surprises for mine once again the international game does not live up to the hype made out, on saying that enjoyed the Scots-v-France game immensely as it was a contest, even if it was Qld Cup standard. [icon_wink

 

[Alec]

LOL at Kurt Gidley's "utility" skills. Found out in defence in the centres, found out in defence on the wing. Bring Hunt in for him (and hopefully Slater to).

 

[Nashy]

Just out of interest then, how many of the Australian squad would actually play for another country if the eligibility rules were changed?

Without having access to family information I couldn't give you all the names.

I think it should be basically. Both of your parents must be residents of the country, and you were born here. Then you can play for Aussie.

If one of your parents are not residents, and you are born here. Too bad, play for your home side.


In saying that, it is not fair to have the same rules for regular Tri Nations, or the Tasman clashes. Two sets of rules. One for regular games, the other for the world cup.

It's the only way it can be fair.

The fact Tonga has to take the rules to the NSW courts is PATHETIC!

 

[Kimlo]

Terrible game, but more than anything, channel 9 need to go ASAP, they way it was televised just gave it a feeling of being not worth watching.

For example, when they televise the Friday night games, you just feel like watching them.... yet INTERNATIONAL games, they televise them like crap.

Nine must go, Gallop must go.

For international league to prosper elegibility needs to be fixed.

For example, if the rules were right, petro for one, would be playing for Fiji (i don't think they qualified anyway), mason wouldn't of been playing for Australia, hunt could of been NZ fullback, etc.

It all makes a huge difference, and IMO as long as state of origin (which i don't think should be changed) only allows Australian players to play it, then we will always see many good players choosing to play for Australia to play origin.

 

[Jeza23]

Terrible game, but more than anything, channel 9 need to go ASAP, they way it was televised just gave it a feeling of being not worth watching.

For example, when they televise the Friday night games, you just feel like watching them.... yet INTERNATIONAL games, they televise them like crap.

Nine must go, Gallop must go.

For international league to prosper elegibility needs to be fixed.

For example, if the rules were right, petro for one, would be playing for Fiji (i don't think they qualified anyway), mason wouldn't of been playing for Australia, hunt could of been NZ fullback, etc.

It all makes a huge difference, and IMO as long as state of origin (which i don't think should be changed) only allows Australian players to play it, then we will always see many good players choosing to play for Australia to play origin.

Fiji are definitely there! They have Cry Baby Hayne and Where's My Car Naqiama....oh and Simsy [icon_lol1.

 

[Kimlo]

Residents? What has that got to do with it? That wouldn't work, you'd have practically the same teams dude.

What they need to do is say if your parents are of a for example, Tongan decent then you must play for Tonga. Because technically by blood, you're Tongan. If one of your parents are Australia and the other Irish, then you get to choose.

Also, being born in a country means crap all. It should go blood, end of story.

Agreed, you can imagine how much stronger the other teams would be.
Petro, Hunt, Falou, Mason, Hayne and all these sort of players should NOT be available to play for australia during the world cup, I agree with nashy, different sets of rules for the world cup.

There are so many good players across the NRL which should be playing for other teams, but don't and not that i blame them, considering they would only get a game every few years for other countries, which is why he different sets of rules thing would work.

 

[The Brizz]

It was a pretty ordinary match but pretty clinical from Australia and that's all they have to do I suppose. As some have suggested they have to make the rules on eligibility stricter (maybe letting them still play Origin would help keep some of these guys playing for there home lands). Thought Thurston was very good but got the MOM for a ch9 feel good moment (why they needed to express condolences to him on air is beyond me), Tupou was my MOM he had a huge impact and really played well with the extra minutes due to Tate's injury.

 

[Black Philip]

Residents? What has that got to do with it? That wouldn't work, you'd have practically the same teams dude.

What they need to do is say if your parents are of a for example, Tongan decent then you must play for Tonga. Because technically by blood, you're Tongan. If one of your parents are Australia and the other Irish, then you get to choose.

Also, being born in a country means crap all. It should go blood, end of story.

That would be interesting cause I'm pretty sure a lot of Kiwi players are of Samoan or Tongan parentage eusa_think That would make those small countries a lot stronger.

 

[Kimlo]

Yep, different set of rules should apply to world cup. Australia V NZ in test matches has to be different obviously, same with Tri Nations. But if you want to expand the game, draw interest at international level on a whole, the world Cup needs to be the pinnacle of international footy. Should be every 3 years (if they fix the ruleS

Chuck cronulla and south sydney in the garbage bin, put a PNG team in, and get another team like tonga or some other country, only when the NRL is truly international will the world cup be competitive.

It's comptetive between small countries, but we all know, Australia at 2nd rate will still beat nz.

 

[Kimlo]

[quote="The Rock":1q772b5i]Residents? What has that got to do with it? That wouldn't work, you'd have practically the same teams dude.

What they need to do is say if your parents are of a for example, Tongan decent then you must play for Tonga. Because technically by blood, you're Tongan. If one of your parents are Australia and the other Irish, then you get to choose.

Also, being born in a country means crap all. It should go blood, end of story.

That would be interesting cause I'm pretty sure a lot of Kiwi players are of Samoan or Tongan parentage eusa_think That would make those small countries a lot stronger.

Yep, and because of this, NZ may not be that good at all.[/quote:1q772b5i]

It would make a lot of other countries stronger, but at the same time, both NZ and AUS will be weakened, so while yes NZ will be weakened, it will still have a better chance of beating Australia as will other countries.

 

[mick]

Pretty crap game. Wasn't exciting at all, I agree with all of Nashys comments.

And I have to bring something up;

I'll be there. Biggest game of the year!

Of the year? Nah, of the DECADE! icon_thumbs_u

LOL [icon_lol1. You're having a laugh mate [icon_wink

This world cup might be hyped up, but the international game is still piss poor in terms of contenders. The world cup should just exclude Aus, NZ and England. Then it would be an exciting comp :D

WTF?

Again, look to past years. NZ always go well after they have a few games under their belts. We haven't flogged them in a TN final in a long, long time.

But hey, keep deathriding the game. It's great to know that the negativity portrayed EVERYWHERE, by fans and not just the regular critics, should ensure that our game never grows.

FFS.

 

[Fozz]

It was a boring game because NZ was rubbish. Leulaui went MIA again and Benji can't carry a team. If they get their selections right then are contenders. Sudden death semis are a completly different matter to pool games so I'm not expecting Australia to stroll through the comp.

 

[Je$ter]

Just out of interest then, how many of the Australian squad would actually play for another country if the eligibility rules were changed?

Without having access to family information I couldn't give you all the names.

I think it should be basically. Both of your parents must be residents of the country, and you were born here. Then you can play for Aussie.

If one of your parents are not residents, and you are born here. Too bad, play for your home side.

How can that be fair if you are born in Australia and have a parent who is Australian and be made to play for another country? That makes no sense at all.

And so what if it was a boring game? That's just the way it went. Australia was well too structured and too well operated for NZ to cope. Smith to Thurston to Lockyer is probably one of the best combos ever.

Benji 'Flick Pass' Marshall again proved tonight he is an over-rated hack. Some of his passes were absolute shockers!

 

[Coxy]

Yes, it was a boring game. Australia never looked in doubt. They didn't have to do a whole lot to win. NZ will be better for the run.

I was pleased with how well Locky played! That's as crisp as I've seen him play all year.

Agree with Je$ter re: Marshall. Tee and I kept saying "is Benji playing? Haven't seen him". He's useless. His kicking game is atrocious too.

But people who are deathriding the world cup obviously didn't watch PNG vs England on Saturday night. That was a brilliant game!

 

[ethos]

Leulaui went MIA again

He's terrible. I've never seen him do anything remotely half decent. Can't believe Isaac Luke wasn't in the team either.

The Kiwis need put less effort into the haka and more into playing. Seriously, it wastes so much energy before the game even starts!

And yeah Lockyer was fantastic I thought. His combination with Folau next year is going to be fantastic.

 

[Dave]

But hey, keep deathriding the game. It's great to know that the negativity portrayed EVERYWHERE, by fans and not just the regular critics, should ensure that our game never grows.

Mick I don't think fans are deathriding the WC - just crying out for a more competitve tournament. Currently though no team is going to get within cooee of Australia - last night was our warm up game and we toyed with a NZ side who have supposedly had the perfect preparation.

I actually think that the worst thing that could happen with the administration we currently have in the game is a close WC - I reckon they would then get a false sense of security and have a mindset of "Gee we have a great international comp, no need to do any more than have the odd world cup" If Australia win easily (which they will) and we see the odd close game between PNG, Tonga, Samoa etc despite some really negative publicity I think that will give the ARL/NRL the kick in the backside they need to get up and do something about the international game - whether that is looking at a PNG team in the NRL or some more regular games between development squads of smaller RL nations.

 

[Je$ter]

The Kiwis need to put in Inu and Luke, get rid of Catai and Leuluai.

Everyone talks about Gallen being a grub, but Steve Catai is as bad as they come. That shot on Gallen was disgraceful and he was lucky not to get marched.

Inglis made him look like a goose all night, he can pull off a shot but make him make a decision and he sucks hard. And to top it off every time he gets tackled he gets up holding a shoulder or something. What a fucking softcock. AND he has shit hair.

 

[Coxy]

Agree. Matai is the new David Kidwell. Tough guy who's a marshmallow.