England v Australia - Final : Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:01 am  

Josh Hodgson to miss out on the final by the looks of it. Could Ratchford or George Williams step in? https://wwos.nine.com.au/2017/11/26/17/ ... nee-injury

Josh Hodgson to miss out on the final by the looks of it. Could Ratchford or George Williams step in? https://wwos.nine.com.au/2017/11/26/17/ ... nee-injury

Re: England v Australia - Final : Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:10 am  

Saw Hodgson in the airport, no chance he was hobbling quite bad, infact they all looked very sore lol. O'Loughlin likely to miss aswell he as a quad injury.

Re: England v Australia - Final : Sun Nov 26, 2017 4:49 pm  

If the Aussies don't win by at least 20 points I will be completely amazed

Re: England v Australia - Final : Sun Nov 26, 2017 6:33 pm  

be the most one sided final in years..hope im wrong but i reckon the aussies by 30

Re: England v Australia - Final : Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:41 pm  

C'mon lads, no more defeatist talk on here please.
If you really feel the need to go to print just write in down on paper and then flush it down the toilet.

Re: England v Australia - Final : Sun Nov 26, 2017 9:21 pm  

I've thought it was set up to be an aus vs eng final as it is proved....
And with the poorest Aus team in 40 years and Bennett knowing it, it's set up for and England win.

Unfortunately it won't be such a big event for me....it won't compare to England's RU Johnny Wilkinson win over Aus...by a very long way. The whole country and knew about the RU world cup....it's hard to find anything about the RL world cup unless you know of it and go looking for it.

Re: England v Australia - Final : Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:14 am  

The poorest Aussie team in 40 years??? The one that toured England in 2003 was far weaker in almost every department - to the point that they had to draft in Darren Smith in the centres. That was a series GB would have won if we'd been just a little bit better.

As for comparison with the RUWC, whilst it might not be recognised by non-RL fans, any RL fan would surely recognise an England win in the final against a team they haven't beaten at all in over a decade, and haven't beaten in a 'must win' game for 40 years as one of the greatest results of all time? Who cares if RU or football fans don't get it?

BTW I think Australia will win by 30+. Which again would sum up how amazing it would be if we actually did it....

Re: England v Australia - Final : Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:36 am  

Cannot see past Aussie by at least 20. However if we defend like did for 70 mins against Tonga, for the full game. We will give ourselves a chance.

Re: England v Australia - Final : Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:29 am  

The problem/difference lies in the halves. You could have put Hill and Graham at 6 and 7 and you wouldn't notice. for all of Gale's swagger, mouth and cockiness, when its comes to the crunch he's a $*******e. Brown looks good to average and if it wasn't for Widdop we'd have no flow in attack at all.

Re: England v Australia - Final : Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:41 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

I've thought it was set up to be an aus vs eng final as it is proved....
And with the poorest Aus team in 40 years and Bennett knowing it, it's set up for and England win.

Unfortunately it won't be such a big event for me....it won't compare to England's RU Johnny Wilkinson win over Aus...by a very long way. The whole country and knew about the RU world cup....it's hard to find anything about the RL world cup unless you know of it and go looking for it.

Is this a Monday morning wind-up?