RLWC '22 Rugby League World Cup 2022

[juss]

Fresh faces for Kangaroos as DCE gets first shot at halfback

Sea Eagles playmaker Daly Cherry-Evans will get first crack at the hotly-contested halfback spot for the Kangaroos, after being named in a side which includes seven debutants for Australia's World Cup-opener against Fiji.

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Disappointed they go with DCE and leave Cleary on the bench. Hopefully DCE just plays the early wins and they are giving Cleary a rest after a long season.

If I'm an opposition coach in a final I'm more worried about planning against what Cleary can do vs what Cherry-Evans will.

 

[Aucklander]

Klein to ref World Cup opener, Englishman given charge of Australia-Fiji

NRL Grand Final referee Ashley Klein will control the opening World Cup match between England and Samoa in Newcastle, while leading Super League referee Chris Kendall has been given charge of the Australia-Fiji game in Leeds.

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[Aucklander]

Stuff

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[Aucklander]

Stuff

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[Aucklander]

Story of the Cup: The record breakers and history makers

The 2021 Rugby League World Cup has arrived a year later than first planned but comes at just the right time for the game to celebrate a triumphant return to the global stage.

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[juss]

Il be recording the Aussie game and watching it when I wake for breakfast. Should be a fairly straigjt forward win.

England Samoa should be great. I'm backing Samoa.

 

[Santana]

All of Australia's pool games aren't at ideal times, 5:30 aest

 

[NSWCROW]

Off to a great start lol

 

[royboy2]

Why the hell is our kit Navy? moto748

 

[moto748]

Dunno. That's the kit they used against Fiji.

 

[juss]

Samoa look quite underwhelming so far. That pack needs to go to work and get them some field position.

 

[moto748]

That Samoan side with a few NRL guns should absolutely s**t on England, but the home factor and crowd is a wildcard boost for them.

Not looking that way so far.

 

[NSWCROW]

Go hommmmmmmmmmmmmme

 

[moto748]

Maybe, just maybe, England are a bit better than many Aussies fans assume.

 

[Aucklander]

Young, Radley star as England stun injury-hit Samoa

Knights winger Dom Young scored two spectacular first half tries as England got their World Cup campaign off to the best possible start.

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[Andronicus]

Effort was all into the pre game dance.

 

[Santana]

Sounds like DCE may have lost his spot

Some result in the opener from England

 

[juss]

Not looking that way so far.

Wow huh. Did anyone expect that? Certainly not me. England were terrific but Samoa had to have played one of the most disappointing opening games you'll see given the hype that came in for them.

I'm almost prepared to rule them out as contenders based on that, that's how bad they were. England made them look like one of the no name nations that is just making up the group numbers, yet they were the tournament 3rd favourites.

Don't think you'll ever see an eventual winner losing 60-6 in their opening game.

 

[juss]

Also watched the replay of the Aussie game, not gonna wake at 530am on a Sunday for group games that we should win easily.

The result was as expected, Fiji will be pretty handy and a chance for 2nd in the group, but over 80 minutes despite scoring first were never going to be able to match it with the Aussies.

 

[royboy2]

Highlights of the England here, they haven't put any up of the others

 

[Tigger Please!]

Wow huh. Did anyone expect that? Certainly not me. England were terrific but Samoa had to have played one of the most disappointing opening games you'll see given the hype that came in for them.

I'm almost prepared to rule them out as contenders based on that, that's how bad they were. England made them look like one of the no name nations that is just making up the group numbers, yet they were the tournament 3rd favourites.

Don't think you'll ever see an eventual winner losing 60-6 in their opening game.

England were very good weren't they? I definitely wasn't expecting that.
It was their outside backs that impressed me the most - an area where they've always seemed to struggle in times past - some fast, elusive, athletic backs might finally be the missing ingredient. Dom Young in full flight is a joy to watch.
That said, Samoa were awful. If they end up finishing 2nd in their group my prediction is that they'll run into PNG in the quarters which is a game they're a very real chance of losing if they play like they did this morning.

 

[moto748]

Yeah, thanks, I enjoyed watching that back again!

 

[moto748]

You could be right, Tigger. But Samoa ought to have too much class for PNG? But they'll need to polish up their act a lot. Obviously, really pleased with our outside backs. And the whole team.

 

[Andronicus]

Klein was pretty lenient with the 10 for England. Seemed to be up in the line suspiciously quickly and Samoa just had no space to get going forward. Will be interesting to see if that's the way all games are officiated.

 

[moto748]

Joey Manu wonderful for the Kiwis, but the game ended very scrappily. Wigan reserve winger Abbas Miski did pretty well for Lebanon. Italy and Ireland both looked decent. Surprised Rapana was doing the kicking, he's not a regular kicker. He actually did OK, but surely Manu is a better kicker?