rlSamoa have named a 25-man squadrl

Junior Sau named on the subs bench for tomorrows fixture so becomes the 1st of our new signings to 'play' on his new home team ground ..

Presumably one of tomorrow's team will have to be cut before the tournament starts next week if the RLWC rules are for 24 man squads.


There is another Salford connection in the World Cup. Ex-conditioner Alex Corvo is the Aussie Squad's head conditioner. After the state of our relegated team in 2002 I was amazed to hear that news, and then even more amazed to find that since he left Salford he's been Melbourne Storm's conditioner. Maybe he's had better resources and team culture than he had at Salofrd in 2002.

Corvo !
More about the quality of the merchandise as the quality of the workmanship.
2002 he was ' conditioning ' his brother, Neil Baynes & Warren Jowitt. with Salford 's technical Sponge .to 5 wins & relegation.

2013 - Cameron Smith- Paul Gallen, Andrew Fifita ,the best Gps - and all the best ASADA proof medical science has to offer , and a sponge.

rlhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-star-josh-papalii-robbed-on-world-cup-tour-in-england/story-fnca0von-1226742121009rl
One of the Aus team was robbed in a ' nightclub incident ' in Manchester.. be prepared for the avalanche of crime capital Salford Jibes ..

"Excuse me, Wallet Inspector"

"Yes, of course, I think you'll find everything in order"

Thought it happened at the h machine?

Good God whoever did it is either stupid or brave.

Was he not 'aussieland'?

Ah yes, I'd forgotten that. So not just a Salford link, a former user on the Turkey. Can anyone remember his patter on here? Was is generally talking about the players lack of application?

Was mainly about Bobby Goulding doing lots of showy stuff to make the fans think he cared whereas in fact he was just ruining the team plan from what I remember. Never knew it was Corvo though

Well after today's result I guess we're fairly happy that they're not labelled as Salford players

S'au looked a bit of a handful but possibly not as fit as he could be.

The try right at the end showed what we have to look forward too, think his power and small size close to the line will make him nearly impossible to stop.

Thought Hock tried hard and for me you could tell he knew he was fighting for his place.

Terrific lung capacity when he led the Samoan Haka.
If he ain't selected and elects to stand amongst the fans we will certainly be the most vociferous.

I remember Aussieland's postings as being extremely details analyses of recent matches. Real eye openers in some cases. I particularly remember one criticism of Bobbie Goulding, where he pointed out that there were entire sets of six where Goulding just walked along behind the play and didn't touch the ball at all, which was obviously not what was required of your main creative half-back. Fascinating stuff.

rlMcGoldrick pulls out of World Cuprl
"Ryan McGoldrick has been granted leave from the USA Tomahawks' Rugby League World Cup camp due to personal reasons."

Did he get on with Matterson at Cas?>

It was Matterson who signed him for the 2006 campaign at Castleford - where he signed a further extension.
He left there when the contract expired and Millward was in charge.
He seemed quite proud of representing the USA.
I hope the personal reasons are not too serious.

rlhttp://ffr13.fr/coupe-du-monde-france-vs-papouasie-nouvelle-guinee-la-liste-des-19-selectionnes/rl
Fages named in Frances 19 man Squad for PNG Game on Sunday
congrats , hope he makes the 17