Wagyu Patty
Timana Tahu
Have really never bought into the hype around him. I think he's just okay - but Cronulla fans seem to think he's some elite level prospect which I've just never seen.
RLWC 2026
- Thread starter Billy
- Start date
J-Saf try alert!!! Good to see him back on the field.
Wagyu Patty
Timana Tahu
Fletcher Hunt thinks he's Jsaf*
Yeh I’m surprised he’s been restricted to radio. Always enjoy listening to him if I’m in the car
I was thinking the same thing, I think the Vodafone logo really emphasises it!
MullosLefttoRight
Nathan Barnes
Yeah wow, could be a rough week.
Yet another problem of having a condensed World Cup with a bizarre group structure that means Tonga/Samoa/England are incentivised to punish minnow nations to bolster their PD in order to make the finals. In previous WCs with bigger groups and larger squads you would've seen more players rotated in these matches, alongside more tier 2 vs minnow matchups.
And they want to take knights matches away from me for more slop like this.
Defence wins games
Todd Bates
Looking for diamonds in the rough as many outliers get a chance to shine.
Could be a few good games in there, always interesting to see how PNG measure up against quality opposition. England might be at a low ebb and France should be fired up after the weekend. And Fiji pushed NZ all the way in the quarters of the last tournament, would be great to see them give Australia a good fight too.
I really love the World Cup, even for the sides that aren’t as competitive as they hope, the passion and support on display is so cool to watch.
Disappointing to see people run it down, but that’s life I guess!
Billy
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
The Tonga v Samoa game in Western Sydney on Nov 1 will probably be the most important game of the WC.
There are already calls to move it for Commbank stadium to accor so 70k can get tickets - half red and half blue.
The TV ratings have set records for WC games since 2008 - in a world where free to air ratings are a fraction of what they were even 10 year ago, let alone 20.
Tonga and Samoa should both go into this game undefeated and in sparkling form.
It should be a great event.
There are already calls to move it for Commbank stadium to accor so 70k can get tickets - half red and half blue.
The TV ratings have set records for WC games since 2008 - in a world where free to air ratings are a fraction of what they were even 10 year ago, let alone 20.
Tonga and Samoa should both go into this game undefeated and in sparkling form.
It should be a great event.
What a game it's going to be! That 2008 World Cup was such an enjoyable one, and it seemed really well run. If this one can emulate that then we'll be going well.