The Rugby League World Cup 2013 Thread

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bluemangroup said:
I'm just happy for the sport to get a stage in which to grow and hopefully attract new fans. It needs Australian Italians to showcase the talent that league can offer. If that then inspires a few thousand Italians to take up the sport, I will let it slide. It's a sport that is on the cusp of bigger things, if it can get a more global audience.
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The nazis are the ones who basically stopped league getting a grip on the continent.

Union took advantage of the fascist regimes in france, spain and italy to get the more popular league game banned and their resources handed over to union.

Possibly the worst thing the nazis ever did.
 
Artetafan said:
The nazis are the ones who basically stopped league getting a grip on the continent.

Union took advantage of the fascist regimes in france, spain and italy to get the more popular league game banned and their resources handed over to union.

Possibly the worst thing the nazis ever did.
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Bloody Nazis. I'm struggling to think of a reason to like them anymore.
 
Can those who only want to troll stay out of this thread. Consider that a polite request. Quite happy to infract folks for off topic stuff.

As for yesterday, I thought England did ok. Hard to know how well Australia really played. Haven't seen Inglis that quiet for a very long time. Slater was a big threat for them though, and the penalties gave them good enough field position to capitalise.

England will be stronger with Graham and McLorum back in the side. We dropped intensity a bit when Hill and Burgess went off, both of whom were excellent. Mossop is a decent Super League prop but I'm not really sure why the NRL want him. Hill is a better player imo.

Chase was anonymous largely, and hopefully Widdup was only on the bench due to his relative lack of match practice recently. He needs to play from the start.

It does look inevitable that it will be England, Australia, New Zealand and one other in the semi-final, but that shouldn't detract from the competition as Union is hardly any more competitive. It would be nice if both codes could learn to co-exist without the bickering as they each have things they can offer the other.
 
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