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Agar working his magic with the French!
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Skysports.com wrote: 'There was still time for Murrell to knock over a drop-goal into the sea of delirious red and white behind the posts. The Black and Whites were already heading disconsolately home'.: |
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Finish 14-16?
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[quote="King Street Cat":1wa9s43t]Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.[/quote:1wa9s43t]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6731.jpg |
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| Quote: ChampagneSuperRovers "Finish 14-16?'" 22-18 to USA. |
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The equivalent of an Aussie pub team beating a Top 8 Super League club!
Let's hope this isn't a pointer to further embarrassments during the RLWC itself.
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Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
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| Worrying when what is normally ' hopefully ' the 4 th best RL playing nation is beaten by a team of 3 rd rate antipodians 
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[quote="King Street Cat":1wa9s43t]Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.[/quote:1wa9s43t]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6731.jpg |
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| Quote: William Eve "The equivalent of an Aussie pub team beating a Top 8 Super League club!
Let's hope this isn't a pointer to further embarrassments during the RLWC itself.'" It's too late, the embarrassment here is already too much to take. The World Cup is ruined. |
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| Quote: Starbug "Worrying when what is normally ' hopefully ' the 4 th best RL playing nation is beaten by a team of 3 rd rate antipodians ![]()
France were pants in the last World Cup in 2008 as well... finished last! Every team with a high contingent of SL-based players got belted back then. Only Ireland gave a reasonable account of themselves.
I'm rather hoping home advantage will swing things in favour of the SL-based players against the NRL-based ones this time around. We shall see.
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| Quote: William Eve "The equivalent of an Aussie pub team beating a Top 8 Super League club!
Let's hope this isn't a pointer to further embarrassments during the RLWC itself.'"
Not like the USA would ever challenge a truly decent RL side, is it?
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Lol, I can't believe people are using a pre-WC experimental warm up match to get a dig in about Super League ... this forum never fails to amaze...
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| Quote: Starbug "Worrying when what is normally ' hopefully ' the 4 th best RL playing nation is beaten by a team of 3 rd rate antipodians ![]()
Surely strong competition between teams is a good thing for a WC?!
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I would say the truth lies somewhere between the USA being better than people have given them credit for and France, without the direction of experienced players like I Hendo and Scott D, which the players have at club level, are not as good as people on MB's give them credit for.
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If America have success it's great for the game, regardless of how many Aussies are in the team. It will never happen but the best thing that could happen is that USA win the World Cup, then it might finally get a bit of publicity over there. Besides, 8 in a squad of 23 is better than most countries in this World Cup.
Only on RLFans could a win for an emerging nation (and not just any emerging nation, the worlds economy) be seen as a bad thing.
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kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!:9005.jpg |
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It depends how you see it
Is it improvement by the USA ( primarily the US based players, did they all play? ) ?
Or is it France not improving how we all hoped they would after the introduction of the Catalans to SL?
If it is the latter then it is surely not good news for International RL development
But dont let that get in the way of making your mind up that some posters are being overly critical before you engage your brains as to what is being stated
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People who didn't watch it,pass their 'expert' comment - standard for this site.
Why not applaud America,rather than be critical of France - unless you have a preconceived agenda ofcourse.
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