Rugby League World Cup FINALSSSS

[Battler]

Cam Murray!

 

[Lefty]

We needed that try. Australia did not look like scoring.

 

[Battler]

Great effort by big bad NAS.

 

[BETTERTHANLEGO]

Wow from try saver to that from Brandon smith…

 

[Battler]

Liam Martin

 

[Battler]

Australia starting to realise that it's not being refereed like an NRL game.

 

[BETTERTHANLEGO]

Far out Vossy has been a punish

 

[jamesgould]

Well, well done Australia, really thought NZ had that at halftime

 

[Lefty]

Australia has been disjointed but did just enough to win.

 

[jamesgould]

I wonder how much that will take out of the Kangaroos for next week? Certainly looking at the Kiwis in the final five minutes, they would have really struggled in a final, they had given absolutely everything.

 

[Billy]

The Australian players have that extra level of fitness from playing SOO.
the Kiwis were the better side for 60 minutes till the pace of the game became unfamiliar territory for them in the last 20.

 

[jamesgould]

The Australian players have that extra level of fitness from playing SOO.
the Kiwis were the better side for 60 minutes till the pace of the game became unfamiliar territory for them in the last 20.

I think that’s got absolutely nothing to do with it tbh.

Kiwis have beat Australia in the dying moments a few times over the years.

 

[krustykraz]

NZ 10x better than last week. Just a couple of moments that decided that one.
Good game.
Aus will need to be better next week.
Clearly didn't do much.

 

[krustykraz]

I wish we had players in our team that defended like Martin

 

[Battler]

Martin was great - he swung the momentum himself by going after JFH when none of the other forwards looked like taking them on.

 

[cowboyman]

The Australian players have that extra level of fitness from playing SOO.
the Kiwis were the better side for 60 minutes till the pace of the game became unfamiliar territory for them in the last 20.

What a load of rubbish. That little bit extra fitness from 3 games played months ago…

 

[jamesgould]

Definitely more games would help with the Kiwis combinations, but I don't think it would make a difference with fitness. Australia would benefit from a lot of their players getting game time together in Origin for sure.

NZ vs Aus should be an annual three match series, it's great viewing.

 

[cowboyman]

Considering half of NSW backline is playing for Samoa and one for Tonga I don’t think it makes any difference whatsoever.

Samoa must be favourites though if we are going by Billy’s logic.

Should be many more international games being played but where are they going to fit them all in…

NRL season should be shorter and only play teams once each per year on an alternating schedule for home/away but they won’t do that because the TV money will take a significant hit and then the players won’t want a pay decrease.

 

[Kickitoverhere]

Considering half of NSW backline is playing for Samoa and one for Tonga I don’t think it makes any difference whatsoever.

Samoa must be favourites though if we are going by Billy’s logic.

Should be many more international games being played but where are they going to fit them all in…

NRL season should be shorter and only play teams once each per year on an alternating schedule for home/away but they won’t do that because the TV money will take a significant hit and then the players won’t want a pay decrease.

The clubs would also then all then be completely reliant on the nrl - so they’d probably reject the proposal

 

[Wagyu Patty]

This is an absolute cracker of a game between England and Samoa