It's pretty simple guy. WB loves the game, he loves a challenge and he was castrated publicly be the RL fraternity when Australia lost the tri-series in 2005, and he was stripped of coaching Australia. Thus he makes his triumphant return in the 2008 WC with a successful NZ team.
World Cup Final
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dukey
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Devestated for Locky, but after the critics have been panning the comp as a farce this is the best result we could've hoped for as fans of RL.
NZ played out of their skins. Enthusiastic and savage in defence, bold in attack, and relentless. Deserving winners of the game.
NZ played out of their skins. Enthusiastic and savage in defence, bold in attack, and relentless. Deserving winners of the game.
Jeba
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Best team won, however, IMO there is no way the penalty try should've been awarded. Yes, you can say that Hohaia PROBABLY would've got to the ball and grounded it, but you cannot say he DEFINATELY would have. For a penalty try you have to be 100% certain that the attacking player would've scored but with Slater there to either grab the ball or just bat it over the dead ball line, there was too much doubt IMO to award a penalty try. I think the correct ruling would've been penalty to NZ, and Monaghan given 10 minutes.
Anyway, best result that Rugby League could've hoped for. The work that Wayne Bennett has done for the International game is enormous. Not just a great coach, but one of the most influencial figures in the history of the game.
Disappointed tonight with all the back 3 obviously, but also Thurston, Smith and every other forward other than Civoniceva. FFS Ricky, what the hell were Fitzgibbon and Gallen in the team for???
Anyway, best result that Rugby League could've hoped for. The work that Wayne Bennett has done for the International game is enormous. Not just a great coach, but one of the most influencial figures in the history of the game.
Disappointed tonight with all the back 3 obviously, but also Thurston, Smith and every other forward other than Civoniceva. FFS Ricky, what the hell were Fitzgibbon and Gallen in the team for???
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sucks for locky :( happy for beastwood and bennett tho.
and congrats to the BHQ's resident kiwi, Sabu.
and congrats to the BHQ's resident kiwi, Sabu.
I am shattered.
On the biggest stage of the world cup we choke. We played super average and although Lockyer and a coupel other blokes player super games, a few ordinary performances amongst them.
Williams proved he is nothing but a 1st grade winger with some elmentary mistkaes. He probalby shoudl have held that ball Folau popped to him. Monohagn - I odn't want to knock the bloke he is probalby feeling bad enough as it is but **** **** **** **** ****!
Billy Slater. For all the good he has done that was one of the worst displays of football I have even seen. To back yourslef with 3m in a world cup final you aren't winning by 20 is a joke. My grandma could have covered those 3m to push Billy out, what a brain explosion. He proved the biggest difference between him and Hunt. Now overall Billy is porbably a better player, but the composure he lacks compared to Karmichael Hunt is ridiculous. He has done soem great things, but that was the biggest **** up of all time IMO. He threw away the world cup
On the biggest stage of the world cup we choke. We played super average and although Lockyer and a coupel other blokes player super games, a few ordinary performances amongst them.
Williams proved he is nothing but a 1st grade winger with some elmentary mistkaes. He probalby shoudl have held that ball Folau popped to him. Monohagn - I odn't want to knock the bloke he is probalby feeling bad enough as it is but **** **** **** **** ****!
Billy Slater. For all the good he has done that was one of the worst displays of football I have even seen. To back yourslef with 3m in a world cup final you aren't winning by 20 is a joke. My grandma could have covered those 3m to push Billy out, what a brain explosion. He proved the biggest difference between him and Hunt. Now overall Billy is porbably a better player, but the composure he lacks compared to Karmichael Hunt is ridiculous. He has done soem great things, but that was the biggest **** up of all time IMO. He threw away the world cup
Did K even get on the field? I didn't see him. Stuart should've hooked Slater in the first half. Every time the play went his way it broke down, with the exception of the break (and even then he nearly botched the draw and pass, it was only luck that it went back to Lockyer).
But, instead of bagging the Australians for choking, let's applaud the Kiwis for a brilliant, composed, committed display that has once again reignited international league. To beat Australia in Australia in a World Cup final has revived the game.
I hope the NRL and IRLF now realise how valuable the international game is as a product and start making it the focus of the season programme, not an afterthought.
Anyone who wants to tell me international footy doesn't mean anything to anyone, well, tell that to the big maori bloke next to me last night who was in tears in the final minutes, and all those Kiwi fans that stayed until the end of the lap of honour with their team doing a haka just for them. Spine tingling!
But, instead of bagging the Australians for choking, let's applaud the Kiwis for a brilliant, composed, committed display that has once again reignited international league. To beat Australia in Australia in a World Cup final has revived the game.
I hope the NRL and IRLF now realise how valuable the international game is as a product and start making it the focus of the season programme, not an afterthought.
Anyone who wants to tell me international footy doesn't mean anything to anyone, well, tell that to the big maori bloke next to me last night who was in tears in the final minutes, and all those Kiwi fans that stayed until the end of the lap of honour with their team doing a haka just for them. Spine tingling!
ethos
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- Mar 4, 2008
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Credit to NZ but seriously the majority of their tries were pretty lucky.
1. The one in the first half when the ball travelled forwards would be called a knock on 99% of the time in the NRL.
2. Vatuvei's try in the corner. It was sort of hard to tell on the big screen at the game but he was mighty close to the sideline.
3. Slater's gift to Marshall.
4. The penalty try to Hohaia, as Jeb said, I don't think it was a certainty that Hohaia would have got there.
5. Even their last four pointer with a million ricochets.
But NZ did deserve to win. The Australians were way too complacent - they just spread the ball wide without doing the hard yards up the middle first. Price was a massive loss and Cameron Smith was invisible, I can't remember him running from dummy half at all.
1. The one in the first half when the ball travelled forwards would be called a knock on 99% of the time in the NRL.
2. Vatuvei's try in the corner. It was sort of hard to tell on the big screen at the game but he was mighty close to the sideline.
3. Slater's gift to Marshall.
4. The penalty try to Hohaia, as Jeb said, I don't think it was a certainty that Hohaia would have got there.
5. Even their last four pointer with a million ricochets.
But NZ did deserve to win. The Australians were way too complacent - they just spread the ball wide without doing the hard yards up the middle first. Price was a massive loss and Cameron Smith was invisible, I can't remember him running from dummy half at all.
