NRL Hooligans thread

[dru]

P.S.... is it home time yet?

I give you permission to go home

Does that apply to everyone?  ???

 

[T]

P.S.... is it home time yet?

I give you permission to go home

Does that apply to everyone?  ???

Yep

 

[serious14]

Note perfect satire from the Herald today.....

"New Zealand v PNG.

As many other, better qualified commentators have pointed out this week, critics of the rugby league World Cup are just missing the point. The point of this competition is not to stage an exhibition in which the small nations get mercilessly crushed in the opening rounds, Papua New Guinea offer a tantalising glimpse of what the future of rugby league might look like once they complete their expansion into the key growth area of the Arafura Sea, Australia coast to victory before a series of small, uninterested-looking crowds, and ratings regularly give SBS's Weatherwatch Overnight a much-needed dose of late-night competition - it's something else altogether. OK, you got that? It's something else altogether. So just shut up and enjoy the spectacle - all 17 of you."

 

[FFC Mariner]

Surely that knob Fitzsimons I assume???

Hates them even more than he hates sokka

 

[clarence]

WHAT??????........ 3 days elapsed and no NRL dramas? Hard to believe (although Willie Mason has been caught out on the turps with some alleged undesirable "colourful" character - Gold Coast?)

 

[goingtoadisco]

that was weeks ago....

 

[ponno]

How many Leagues fans are going to watch ' their Heroes ' play tonight at bluetongue?

 

[ponno]

the funny thing is I was seriously thinking of going because I like league but tickets are $35 for this D grade match... such a rip off for such a bad line up...

 

[FFC Mariner]

$35 !!! These people must have a freakin death wish.

 

[Alicia]

the funny thing is I was seriously thinking of going because I like league but tickets are $35 for this D grade match... such a rip off for such a bad line up...

You can get tickets for $15 in General Admission

 

[mariners4ever]

you can get $10 tickets with some special offer with the tele, my brother wanted me to go with him, but i said i waould much rather watch the football in the cclc

 

[FFC Mariner]

Just drove over the bridge, crowd 5 or 6k absolute tops

 

[loyalist]

Just drove over the bridge, crowd 5 or 6k absolute tops

so official crowd will be somehwere around 15-16k

 

[northernspirit]

looks like a "reasonable" turnout on tv but maybe theyve moved all the crowd over to the eastern grandstand so it looks better on tv

 

[goingtoadisco]

makes sense that they would .

 

[Bex]

From http://www.nrl.com.au/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx?id=53416

Scotland secure miracle win over Fiji
AAP
Scotland pulled off an incredible 18-16 late victory over highly-fancied Fiji at Bluetongue Stadium to claim their country's first ever rugby league World Cup win in five attempts.

Wakefield prop Oliver Wilkes barged over in the 76th minute to level scores before captain Danny Brough kept his perfect goalkicking record in tact with a left-footed conversion for victory.

But the Bravehearts had to withstand a frenetic final few minutes before securing a courageous win in front of a crowd of 9,720 fans.

Despite the narrow defeat Fiji still finish top of Pool 2 and will face Ireland in a playoff for the semi-finals at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast on Monday with the winner to face Australia.

Scotland jump to second in the pool and will play Tonga in Rockhampton on Saturday while France will play Samoa at CUA Stadium on Sunday after the islanders lost top place of Pool 3 with a heavy 34-16 defeat to Ireland.

Scotland led 12-4 at half time but that was quickly eroded as lock Jason Bukuya scored in the 43rd minute with the help of four defenders to pull the deficit back to just two points.

The Fijians looked to have secured the win when sustained dominance led to winger Semi Tadulala's second try of the night in the 73rd minute.

But while the Fijians started the game with a prayer it was Scotland who received the miracle as they won the ball from a short re-start and charged down field to score a try and secure their first win since entering the World Cup in 2000.

Scotland fullback Michael Robertson gave his side a surprise lead at the break when he touched down in the final minute of the first half after Brough's chip kick ricocheted off the uprights.

Winger Jon Steel scored Scotland's first try in the sixth minute after man of the match Ian Henderson ran down the blindside.

Fiji centre Sevanai Koroi was dragged down short of the line in the 22nd minute but set up his side's first try with a brilliant offload for Tadulala to score his first try of the night in the corner.

While there was plenty of ugly football in the contest, the worst of it came when Henderson and Bukuya traded haymakers in the 35th minute after an incident in the play-the-ball.

Scotland coach Steve McCormack was ecstatic his side pulled off the win when few had given the Bravehearts any chance to beat the Fijians.

"We were described as minnows and no chance and we took that personally," said McCormack.

"We have created a little bit of history tonight with Scotland's first ever win at a World Cup.

"To come back from being down and out is a fantastic effort.

"We did it tough but I could not be a prouder coach tonight."

Fiji captain Wes Naiqama was disappointed with the result but impressed with the way his men battled having only played France four days ago.

"Definitely disappointed with the outcome of tonight's match," said Naiqama.

"But saying that our short term goal was to finish top of the pool and we were successful in that."
Posted:Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:45:58

 

[yellowcake]

I went. I just love going to Bluetongue and watching sport. $15 GA ($35 was top category). Sat in the 'away area' bay. Sunset through the palm trees and twighlight waterviews.

Lawrie went - well, Scotland was playing!

All in all an entertaining night. 9 700 was clearly about right.
We got fireworks (pyrotechnics) pre-game, fireworks mid-game (Henderson vs. Bukuya was the best but there was a couple of others). Lead changed three times and when Scotland scored the winning try an old Scot with knobbly knees in a kilt in front of us flashed his nasty at the Fijians

Then still time to go over to CCLC to watch the rest of Adelaide Vs Gamba. All in a night's work.

 

[FFC Mariner]

In fairness, are we going to put Robbie Kruse's behaviour in here?

 

[Bear]

In fairness, are we going to put Robbie Kruse's behaviour in here?

???

 

[dru]

In fairness, are we going to put Robbie Kruse's behaviour in here?

???

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