Thread: Rugby League World Cup 2017

Originally Posted by Maanaam

There's a point too!
And specialists good at only one thing brought on then taken off.
We've got a kicker, but he can't do anything else, so leave him on the bench, then exchange him when we need him.

Rugby isn't a big thing where I come from, but give me union and league any day of the week over that boring shit they play over in the US.

I'll watch the big union rugby games if I'm in the pub and it's on the telly (5 nations/World Cup), but why anyone would watch that shit they have the cheek to call "football" in the US I'll never know. I went to a game in Dallas years back and it lasted 4 hours. I think over 2 hours were adverts while the players decided what they had to do next for the other 2.

A proper bag of wank.

Watched that so called American football once and thought it a strange performance more like communal sumo wrestling with them all lining up banging heads and wrestling each other while one threw the ball and a few others ran around. Then they all went back and did it again, next they all went for a rest while another lot came on and did the same thing. Interesting to see one come on and kick the ball at the goal posts, appears that is the only part he played in the game. And all that padding and skid lids, only reason they need them is because they have them, little wonder it hasn't caught on in the rest of the world.

But this is about the League World Cup and I see the US has a team taking part which has been quite severely done to in the three games they have played but the NZ men haven't done very well either going down to Fiji and Tonga both considered second tier teams.

While in the other gender games the NZ ladies in the Woman's World Cup have just notched up their third tally of 50 or more points in a game, looking to go all the way.

^Must admit to having never watched a full game of women's Rugby League till this WC, they've shown some games on Ch 7 before the men lace-up. Those girls are fierce competitors, got some fantastic ball skills and turns of speed too. Good on them for enjoying the sport, they clearly love the game and train hard.

Although there's probably a high percentage of carpet munchers I bet some of those Island girls are like praying mantas and bight a guys head off while he's fucking her.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

We talked about the various aspects of the games. He just flashed that big smile of his and I'm paraphrasing here
but said something along the lines of ... celebrate all forms of Footie ... it's all good.

I owe everyone in here an apology as I was on the piss last night when I raided your rugby thread. I did just what I hate to have happen in my NFL thread. That said I have great respect for Rugby and those who play it and David I would agree.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

NASCAR Racing

Not a fan of it never have been I always preferred open wheel racing. That said I had an Aussie friend who was obsessed with NASCAR. In fact he moved to the US because of it. He took me to the only two NASCAR races I ever went too. Much more exciting when you are there and the sound will give you goosebumps the same as I got at Indianapolis watching F1.

Fair enough.

More power to you for apologizing.

^ ^ All good on both points ... I understand being on the piss and defending the Footy you love and ...

On NASCAR ... agreed, being at the track would be great, but, watched on the telly (television) it loses some of that appeal.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Fair enough.

More power to you for apologizing.

Yep, agreed ... it takes a fair man to say sorry.

Fair cop to him.


As an aside .. I wonder what sport, if any, my boys will play.

If their Mum has her say ... it won't be Cricket !


For me, and I only played a few games at school ... I really like Baseball.

No logical reason why, I just do.

Went to one game @ the Mets stadium when I lived there. Had a ball and the USA guys (Yanks) were so friendly to me.

Bought me a dog (hot dog) and answered any questions I had without the obligatory rolling of the eyes.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

I really like Baseball.

I played two sports growing up. That would be Football and Baseball. There seems to be a small community of baseball fans/players in OZ because my local team the Mariners has had a few Aussie players over the years. One of them Ryan Rowland-Smith who was a pitcher is a color commentator for a local sports network here.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

As an aside .. I wonder what sport, if any, my boys will play.

If I had kids David, I would teach them how to swing a golf club at a driving range to see if they enjoyed it, and if they had the coordination/tempo skills needed to make it look easy. Heaven forbid if they turned out to be any good they could make a career out if it, but even if they were just ok they would have the skills to play a difficult sport well for their entire lives. There's boys and girls in their early teens who can break par, and there's men and women in their 70's who still can too (Gary Player is now 82 and still shoots rounds in the 60's). I really do love the game, and can't think of any other sport with a handicap system in place that lets people be competitive for their entire life span.

^ The Ladyboy Seer has already spoken and sealed their fate.

One will be a Doctor and the other will either be a homosexual or a drug dealer ... or maybe both!

... and the Seer has never met them ... got that all from a reading from their Mum.


What sports for the Boys?

I'll introduce them to many activities and maybe get them to focus on what sport they like and are good at.

They could be the next Morris Twins?


Golf ... sure! Give it a whirl. Their Uncle is a good social player, off about a handicap of 12 now.

Their cousin is a Swimming coach ... the sporting world is their oyster.

There's quite a lot of naturally good athletes that excel in more than one sport.

I played rugby against Greg Mathews at school (33 cricket Test matches for Australia).

He very nearly dropped Cricket to concentrate on rugby after a successful season playing for Eastwood Rugby.

Jeff Wilson played both rugby and cricket for NZ and was apparently good enough to play basketball too

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Yep, agreed ... it takes a fair man to say sorry.

Fair cop to him.

Yeah, greened him for it.

Originally Posted by TizMe

He very nearly dropped Cricket to concentrate on rugby after a successful season playing for Eastwood Rugby.

My uncle was an administrator of Eastwood and his two sons played for the club with one playing Rugby for NSW and Australia.

I cannot mention his name here but I am sure you will know who I am talking about.

I grew up just a stone throw from T G Milner field. Played my first game of Rugby there.
My old junior league club, North Ryde Hawks, now use it as their home ground too.

Originally Posted by chassamui

The social aspect of union should never be underestimated, and the ethos of calling the officials 'sir' happily prevails today.

Tosh.

However respect for the officials is still far better than most.

The Australian Jillaroos have won their second consecutive World Cup with a gritty 23-16 win over the Kiwi Ferns at Brisbane Stadium on Saturday.
In a contest that traded leads throughout the whole match, Australia sealed the win with a 79th-minute field goal to halfback Caitlin Moran, after scoring four tries to three.
The Kiwis dominated the opening stanza - completing at more than 90 per cent throughout the first half - but Australia opened the scoring in the ninth minute through Isabelle Kelly, who found space down the left edge.
New Zealand leveled four minutes later with a try in the corner through Honey Hireme.
Hireme added her second when crashing over in the 20th minute off a scrum move as the Ferms edged ahead 10-6.
Australia found a way back through a dancing run by halfback Moran, who weaved her way through four defenders for a crucial try just on half-time to take the lead.

The two sides traded line breaks and solid defence in the early stages of the second half, but the Jillaroos found a way to break the deadlock as the Ferns' discipline started to waver.
Five-eighth Ali Brigginshaw's grubber kick got a deflection and sat up perfectly for Kelly, who zigzagged her way past Ferns fullback Apii Nicholls-Pualau in the 54th minute to create a six-point buffer.
The Australians went further ahead three minutes later as Elianna Walton crashed her way past New Zealand second-rower Hilda Peters beside the uprights for a 22-10 lead with 20 minutes to go.
Krystal Murray busted the Australian defence open and her offload to Raecene McGregor narrowed the gap to set up an exciting finish.
The Kiwis went close again soon afterwards but Shontelle Woodman knocked on under multiple Jillaroos defenders, with Moran icing the victory with a cool field goal just before the final siren.
Australian Jillaroos 23 (Kelly 2, Moran, Walton tries; Moran 3 goals, field goal) defeated New Zealand Kiwi Ferns 16 (Hireme 2, McGregor tries; Nati goals). Half-time: 12-10.

Australia could have passed the ball to the English and they still could not score.

Having said that the Poms defended like trojans against a Mal Menenga trained Aussie side that lacked any imagination in attack.

Aussies won. Send Mal back to train cattle as he has no idea about how to coach a football side.

A complete waste of time watching that game for me. Cooper Cronk kicking the ball away was a curse on the game.

Well done England. They can hold their heads high.

I'm just so glad that New Zealand never made it to the final, that's a result in its own right.