NRL 2017
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@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2017:
I would still like to know , why it is a blessing in disguise , they lost ? I didnt quite catch the reason ,
Doesnt it now mean they should have to play a semi against the Aussies in Australia , rather than England at home ?
I would like to know if any of the media took him to task on that comment. Haven't watched the presser but would be disappointed if they all let it slip.
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@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2017:
I would still like to know , why it is a blessing in disguise , they lost ? I didnt quite catch the reason ,
Doesnt it now mean they should have to play a semi against the Aussies in Australia , rather than England at home ?
I would like to know if any of the media took him to task on that comment. Haven't watched the presser but would be disappointed if they all let it slip.
It's such a shame that we have been cursed with Kidwell at the helm this year as I feel we had the players to win the WC. Aussie are not as strong as they were in 2014 and with all our players available for selection I would have backed us to take them. A pack with JT, Bromwich, Nelson and Topou would have been very hard to contain. Too bad Kidwell's amateurish decision to ban Proctor and Bromwich which lead to the subsequent withdrawal of the Tongan boys has ended that possibility.
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@akan004 I think we can fairly put to bed that Tonga-gate had anything to do with Proctor and Bromwich not playing. The minute Kenny Bromwich was named, accepted a role in the squad I think everyone was free to rightly call bullshit.
I love the Tonga story but I don't think Bromwich or Proctor played a part at all in Taumalolo switching. If is doesn't matter to Kenny etc..
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From last week:
Taumalolo was also able to clear up the speculation that his reason for leaving the Kiwis ranks was related to Kidwell's standing down in May of Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor for drug-taking.
"I'm totally behind Kiddy's decision," he said. "I don't take drugs, and I don't condone it either, so I stand by his decision."
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In NRL news, Auckland Rugby League have withdrawn from talks in taking over the Warriors.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/article.cfm?c_id=79&objectid=11944290
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Is it too much to hope for a miraculous Toa Samoa win tonight? The NZ TAB are not currently accepting wages on an Australian victory and have Toa Samoa at $21.00 head to head so I guess that Indian bookmakers are the only ones that could possibly make it happen.
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A surprising try awarded to Australia there given that virtually everytime a ball touches your hand and hits the ground anywhere it is ruled a knock on almost without fail. Not in this instance though but probably not going to have any affect on the overall result in must be confessed. A bit of a blow to the confidence and morale for the Samoans though with it happening within ten minutes of kick off.
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30-0 to the Aussies before halftime. The Samoans are struggling in Darwin.
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@sneakdefreak Australia win 46-0. Samoa were very poor this RLWC, expected them to be better.
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Watched the first half of the match last night, looked.... very hot. Aus a class above, if they just do the basics well they'll take this WC.
On another note it sucks that PNG don't have a home quarter. If England had to take them on in Port Moresby that'd be a whole new ball game, as it is they'll be too strong in Melbs without the heat sapping their big boys energy.
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@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
@sneakdefreak Australia win 46-0. Samoa were very poor this RLWC, expected them to be better.
I didn't expect much from them tbh.
I would've expected more if not for injuries and if we had players join Samoa like Tonga did. -
@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2017:
I would still like to know , why it is a blessing in disguise , they lost ? I didnt quite catch the reason ,
Doesnt it now mean they should have to play a semi against the Aussies in Australia , rather than England at home ?
It was a blessing in disguise as they would have lost to Lebanon.
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Phew, cracking game of footy that, Lebanon played the game of their lives! Thought they were very hard done by with the disallowed try. Tonga do just enough to advance but less than convincing...
