Re: 4 Nations 2014 thread : Sat Nov 15, 2014 1:36 pm  

Old Feller wrote:

What a great final.
Despite the Kiwis being on top for most of the game I couldn't help but think the Aussies would still conjure up a win.
What a pity we couldn't keep hold of Greg Eastwood & what would we give to have a forward like Taupou?

Agreed. The best team won though and they have now beaten the Aussies back to back. The Aussies forwards are lacking in size and grunt which must be of concern to them.

Re: 4 Nations 2014 thread : Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:39 pm  

Can we have Shaun Johnson pleaaaseee...... McGuire is part of the 'best squad ever' maybe the club could do a straight swap and nobody would notice the difference

Re: 4 Nations 2014 thread : Sat Nov 15, 2014 4:33 pm  

Wonder how many of those Kiwi and Samoan players from this tournament will end up in the Green & Gold by the next World Cup?

Re: 4 Nations 2014 thread : Sun Nov 16, 2014 8:46 am  

I rate Cherry-Evans. He really creates space for line breaks. NZ deserved win, but I thought Australia were robbed at the death. Where did Bentham get a knock on from. The Aussie winger grounded the ball in the corner too. It never showed a side view to see if he was in touch, but I'm pretty sure he was off the ground. I know you couldn't go to video ref after odd knock on call though.

Re: 4 Nations 2014 thread : Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:36 am  

Toosmooth wrote:

but I thought Australia were robbed at the death. Where did Bentham get a knock on from. .

Thought it was a forward pass ruling. And it was correct from the angle I saw.

Re: 4 Nations 2014 thread : Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:43 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Wonder how many of those Kiwi and Samoan players from this tournament will end up in the Green & Gold by the next World Cup?

What's the incentive for them Andy? Samoans possibly, but if they want to join a winning team then NZ would be the choice. I can understand talented individuals in a team that can't win big games against Australia switching, but NZ must be clear favourites for the World Cup now, and are in most ways a much better outfit than Australia.
I don't know the eligibility rules for Origin, but that's the only reason I can see someone wanting to switch international loyalties from NZ to Oz.

Re: 4 Nations 2014 thread : Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:01 pm  

DHM wrote:

Thought it was a forward pass ruling. And it was correct from the angle I saw.

Correct, still can't make up for the Ryan Hall no try in our game vs the Aussies. But at last the better team on the day won.
I also thought that the Aussies got away with a number of late hits on Johnson after he'd kicked the ball that ought to have been penalised.
Otherwise I considered that Bentham had a decent game along with his touch judges.
Also I enjoyed the commentary on BBC but I'd have liked to have heard Andrew Voss even more.
All in all an excellent tournament & a credit to our game.
Finally, the failure of the Aussies to handle the brilliant Shaun Johnson should put Sinfield's efforts against him in the dying moments of last year's England vs Kiwis game into perspective.
But I won't hold my breath on that.

Re: 4 Nations 2014 thread : Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:17 pm  

The good BBC coverage has been significantly enhanced by the replacement of Jonathan Davies during this tournament; I would go as far to say that with his removal the overall package has been better than the BBC have ever produced,

Re: 4 Nations 2014 thread : Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:51 pm  

Maverick Rhino wrote:

The good BBC coverage has been significantly enhanced by the replacement of Jonathan Davies during this tournament; I would go as far to say that with his removal the overall package has been better than the BBC have ever produced,

I wholeheartedly concur Re: Jonathan Davies

Re: 4 Nations 2014 thread : Sun Nov 16, 2014 1:55 pm  

DHM wrote: What's the incentive for them Andy? Samoans possibly, but if they want to join a winning team then NZ would be the choice. I can understand talented individuals in a team that can't win big games against Australia switching, but NZ must be clear favourites for the World Cup now, and are in most ways a much better outfit than Australia. I don't know the eligibility rules for Origin, but that's the only reason I can see someone wanting to switch international loyalties from NZ to Oz. http://www.nrl.com/portals/nrl/RadEdito ... lained.pdf You have to have resided in NSW or Queensland prior to your 13th birthday. So for a lot of the Samoan boys, that would probably make them eligible for Origin. Not sure whether it would apply to the Kiwis.

DHM wrote: What's the incentive for them Andy? Samoans possibly, but if they want to join a winning team then NZ would be the choice. I can understand talented individuals in a team that can't win big games against Australia switching, but NZ must be clear favourites for the World Cup now, and are in most ways a much better outfit than Australia. I don't know the eligibility rules for Origin, but that's the only reason I can see someone wanting to switch international loyalties from NZ to Oz. http://www.nrl.com/portals/nrl/RadEdito ... lained.pdf You have to have resided in NSW or Queensland prior to your 13th birthday. So for a lot of the Samoan boys, that would probably make them eligible for Origin. Not sure whether it would apply to the Kiwis.