Bluenose5 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Great result by the scots this morning, probably will be the biggest upset of the tournament! Tonga were very disappointing and their defense was terrible, a very rusty start for them considering the way they played and blew away Samoa earlier this year. Hopefully Scotland can kick on from that and upset Italy too, if Wallace and Brough in the halves can step up and put the team into good field positions then they have every chance if they play like they did this morning. For fuctifano, the team as far as I know has one or two actual scottish born players and the rest are english with scottish bloodline and there is a couple of Aussies linnett and the experienced halfback Wallace in the team too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Danny Brough, Scotland captain, said he qualified for Scotalnd because his gran walked her dog in Kilmarnock once Great result last night for the Scots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Tremendous result, I had them down as being tanned by Tonga. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 USA beat the Cook Islands. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 The Scotland-Tonga RLWC game is on Premier Sports tomorrow night, which i seem to be getting for free on my basic Virgin package. Just noticed when i was channel hopping tonight, they currently have NZ-Samoa on followed by Ireland-Fiji. Channel 551 According to my old man Virgin are giving you Premier Sports free up to the end of the year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) Absolutely heroic performance against Tonga. Difficult to judge teams coming into this as international football beyond the big three is so rare, but on paper you'd probably say Tonga are the best of the rest outwith Australia, New Zealand and England so that is a tremendous result. Think a win over Italy would pretty much secure qualification from the format i should think with it being a three team group, although the inter-group games muddy the waters a bit. Only two bonafide Scots lads in the squad, Matty Russel and David Scott. Other than that it's English or Aussie lads with grannies etc. Edited October 31, 2013 by Christophe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Danny Brough, Scotland captain, said he qualified for Scotalnd because his gran walked her dog in Kilmarnock once Great result last night for the Scots. Think he said HE used to walk his dog in Kilmarnock. His grandfather is actually Scottish as there are the level of bloodline rules as in football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Scotland 30-30 Italy !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Just watched the highlights, some terrific tries by Scotland with Brough at the heart of most of it. 2 good crowds of 9000 at Scotland's two games in West Cumbria. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluenose5 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Decent result by Scotland against Italy, well done to them, leaves it all up to the USA game now which by the results should be a cracker. It's good to see decent crowds at all the games so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Am I right in saying that even if Scotland beat USA, they'll still go out if Italy beat Tonga?* * And Italy are ahead on PF/PA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 USA have done superbly. Do they play rugby league anywhere in the US? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Am I right in saying that even if Scotland beat USA, they'll still go out if Italy beat Tonga?* * And Italy are ahead on PF/PA Yes. Note that Tonga still have a chance too, though: their 'inter-group' game is against the Cook Islanders who apparently they should beat. That'd put them on 2pts behind us+Italy on 3pts. If we failed to beat USA, Tonga play 3 days later knowing a win over Italy puts them through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 A second player has withdrawn from the England RL world cup squad - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/24811351 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Anyway there is a game in my preferred code on Saturday! Can't say I'm too optimistic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Not the best start for Scotland in the RLWC, 4-0 USA. Scotland have had some pressure since the try but were held up and they had a try ruled out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 0-8 at half time, C'MON SCOTLAND 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Five minutes to go, 16-8 Scotland. The game is getting a bit towsy, lots of penalties given away by the USA and a few bouts of fisticuffs. Danny Brough is a class act. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Nasty spear tackle from the US, they've really lost their discipline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Well done Scotland, pressure on Italy now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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