It's a good game so far.
Scotland are keeping them honest.

8-0 to NZ - that try was a bit soft.

Scotland are trying hard, but this is going to get ugly. The Kiwis are going to chuck the ball around and run in some trys from now on.
14-0

England have no chance of making the final

Scotland they simply haven't turned up. It's men against boys out there.

Scotland are trying hard but physically they are getting smashed by the Kiwi's. Must be very tiring for the Scots, can see a big score unfortunately.

What a load of rubbish, the Scots are throwing everything at them! New Zealand are simply too good! Who was it on another thread that said Englands wingers are better than NZ's? Hall i think is just as good if not better than Vatuvai & Tuivasa-Sheck, but both are on a different level to Briscoe & Charnley IMHO

NZ looking very very good though,

This is the sort of game the Kiwis love to play, but if you can put pressure on them they start to make mistakes.
Scotland can't put pressure on them, but England and Australia will.

Charnley and or Briscoe are a different proposition to the scots wings. Think England's problem is the kiwi halves and their new found clinical style.

Brilliant stuff by the RFL. Wait until just before a massive quarter final game for Scotland and then break the news that they have cut all funding for Scotland Rugby League.

Rightly so on this showing

Wire, do you have a link for the article?

Absolute shame if they have, hopefully the profits from the WC can be used for nations like Scotland.

Quote ="salford1970"Wire, do you have a link for the article? Absolute shame if they have, hopefully the profits from the WC can be used for nations like Scotland.'" www.scotlandrl.com/article/11174 ... aw-funding It says Celtic nations, so looks like it may include Wales and Ireland too.

Quote ="salford1970"Wire, do you have a link for the article? Absolute shame if they have, hopefully the profits from the WC can be used for nations like Scotland.'" www.scotlandrl.com/article/11174 ... aw-funding It says Celtic nations, so looks like it may include Wales and Ireland too.

Quite disgraceful short sightedness from the RFL. If they want to make cuts get rid of some of the wasters at Red Hall rather than the pioneers.

How else are London supposed to be funded???

Now THAT was a try!!!!

Great invention by Scotland, shame they kicked it to that bloke.

I still lol at people that think england are going to beat this mob in the semi.

Just....no.

I think some of them are just trying to play devils advocate to people like me who have written england off.

When NZ are in their flow they are just relentless. Too much power, skill, agility. too much everything.

It's Harlem globetrotters stuff now.

Maybe the RFL have cut the funding for the celtic nations so it can be invested elsewhere, perhaps somewhere closer to breaking into the big 3?

Maybe it's to pay for the bar tab for the South African jolly?

well constructed try.
no luck about it - good play by Scotland.

1. NZ Look ruthless in attack
2. NZ Look less than awesome in defence....Scots have had chances that Eng/Au will take
3. Great Crowd in Leeds again
4. The cutting of funding is a ing disgrace both in it's actually happening and its timing! The RFL are responsible for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales......unless the RLIF have tomorrow nights lottery numbers, then the game will suffer in those 4 nations.
5. The sooner SL becomes self managing and the RFL concentrate on their real jobs the better.
6. Did I mention that NZ are ruthless in attack?

I still lol at people who classify NZ as unbeatable because they put a few points on Scotland. Yes, England can beat this lot

Brough is having a brilliant tournament. Would have taken England up 2 levels.