Rugby League Quad Nations

[aussie1st]

Round One

23/10/09 ~ New Zealand vs Australia ~ Twickenham Stoop, London, England.
24/10/09 ~ England vs France ~ Keepermoat Stadium, Doncaster, England.

Round 2

31/10/09 ~ England vs Australia ~ JBB Stadium, Wigan, England.
31/10/09 ~ France vs New Zealand ~ Stade Ernest Talon, Toulouse, France.

Round 3

7/11/09 ~ England vs New Zealand ~ Galpharm, Huddersfield, England.
7/11/09 ~ France vs Australia ~ Stade Jean Bouin, Paris, France.

Final

14/11/09 ~ TBA vs TBA ~ Elland Road, Leeds, England.

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Starts this weekend with the Aussie-NZ rivalry and the English-French one.

Kangaroos
1. Billy Slater
2. Brett Morris
3. Greg Inglis
4. Justin Hodges
5. Jarryd Hayne
6. Darren Lockyer
7. Johnathan Thurston
8. Ben Hannant
9. Cameron Smith
10. Petero Civoniceva
11. Trent Waterhouse
12. Ryan Hoffman
13. Anthony Watmough

14. Brett White, 15. Sam Thaiday, 16. Paul Gallen, 17. Kurt Gidley

Kiwis
1. Lance Hohaia
2. Sam Perrett
3. Steve Matai
4. Junior Sa'u
5. Bryson Goodwin
6. Benji Marshall (capt)
7. Nathan Fien

8. Jeff Lima
9. Issac Luke
10. Fuifui Moimoi
11. Bronson Harrison
12. Frank Pritchard
13. Adam Blair

Interchange: Thomas Leuluai, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Iosia Soliola, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Kieran Foran, Ben Matulino (two to be omitted)

 

[mattfb]

Should be really good. Looks like Waterhouse will be the new Tony Carroll by trying to stop Pritchard from running all over Lockyear.

 

[Howsie]

New Zealand's bench is very, very weak. Our forward pack looks stronger though, can't believe they're playing Watmough at lock.

 

[iridescentt]

Don't worry. You Kiwi's have got Bryson Goodwin on the wing

 

[TheGreemSim]

Hopinmg France will dominate over England as they certainly won't beat Aus or us.

 

[aussie1st]

Iosia Soliola showed some good form when he moved into the backrow for the Rosters but don't know how he will go not starting. It definitely is missing a prop, Blair played his best footy when moved to the second row but when I looked at the Kiwis squad they had no other props.

I don't know if the lineup I listed is the right order, I have seen some that show Hoffman at 13.

 

[Howsie]

Imo Hoffman would probably be worse, he's at least half decent when running out wide, I don't know how'd he go in the middle of the field.

Just turned it over to the England-France game, France are winning

 

[iridescentt]

Just turned it over to the England-France game, France are winning

End result, England 34 - 12 France. Still, pretty piss poor effort by the Englishmen I have to say.

 

[aussie1st]

Were the English that bad? The scoreline indicates a pretty convincing win.

 

[Spinksy]

For what it's worth:

Round One

23/10/09 ~ New Zealand vs Australia ~ Twickenham Stoop, London, England.
24/10/09 ~ England vs France ~ Keepermoat Stadium, Doncaster, England.

Round 2

31/10/09 ~ England vs Australia ~ JBB Stadium, Wigan, England.
31/10/09 ~ France vs New Zealand ~ Stade Ernest Talon, Toulouse, France.

Round 3

7/11/09 ~ England vs New Zealand ~ Galpharm, Huddersfield, England.
7/11/09 ~ France vs Australia ~ Stade Jean Bouin, Paris, France.

Final

14/11/09 ~ TBA vs TBA ~ Elland Road, Leeds, England.

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Please add to opening post.

 

[Howsie]

Were the English that bad? The scoreline indicates a pretty convincing win.

I didn't get to see the second half but they were very poor in the first half, they had very little direction and their forwards were very average. I'm guessing France just run out of juice in the second half, thought that would be the case.

As for the game this morning, Australia were dam lucky. I can't believe Paul Gallen wasn't sin binned/sent of with his hit on Luke, and then he got up and threw the first punch, how Australia got the penalty for that I'll never know.

 

[aussie1st]

We looked lost in attack again just like the WC final last year. Forward pack is missing that x-factor player and Lockyer looks lost. Hayne bearly got any touches, on the wing for NSW he was devastating, on the wing for Australia he got nothing so clearly its more an attack thing rather than Hayne not being as good on the wing.

 

[aussie1st]

Changes in the forward pack, it looks slightly better but still is missing TLL or Dave Taylor.

Billy Slater, Brett Morris, Greg Inglis, Justin Hodges, Jarryd Hayne, Darren Lockyer (capt), Johnathan Thurston, Petero Civoniceva, Cameron Smith, Ben Hannant, Anthony Watmough, Paul Gallen, Nathan Hindmarsh. Interchange: Robbie Farah, Brett White, Luke Lewis, David Shillington, Trent Waterhouse, Kurt Gidley (two to be omitted).