World Cup Matches, Line-Ups, Results and Statistics

[brisbanestorm]

Not sure if any of you guys watched the NZ vs Samoa game, but man it was one of the best games all year. Especially the second half. NZ were never going to lose, but the pride and passion which Samoa played with shows that the gap between countries is definitely able to be overcome. Masoe and Matagi were phenomenal in the second half leading the way against a NZ pack that really didnt do much wrong. They definitely missed Waerea-Hargreaves when he was on the bench, but Bromwich was solid along with the rest of their pack. Ben Roberts had one of his better days, minus a big error when Samoa had a full set of six on NZ's line early in the game. Junior Sau also had a pretty good game making a couple of nice runs although I dont think he passed the ball to Winterstein once. The crowd and atmosphere sounded amazing in the second half, and I think already this World Cup is shaping up to be a success. Hopefully some of the other potential finalists such as Tonga, Fiji and PNG play with the same amount of passion that Samoa played with this morning and really give the big 3 a run for their money. On a side note, Tohu would never have stuffed up that try...

[Scooter]

Fiji 17 for today's match
1 Kevin Naiqama
2 Marika Koroibete
3 Sisa Ledua Waqa
4 Waisele Ligani Naiqama
5 Akulia Uate
6 Alipate Noilea
7 Aaron Groom
8 Ashton Sims
9 James Storer
10 Petero Civoniceva
11 Tariq Sims
12 Jason Bukuya
13 Korbin Sims
14 Apisai Koroisau
15 Eloni Vunakece
16 Kane Evans
17 Vitale Junior Roqica

Ireland's 17:
1 Scott Grix
2 Damien Blanch
3 Stuart Littler
4 Apiranga Pewhairangi
5 Pat Richards
6 James Mendeika
7 Liam Finn
8 Brett White
9 Rory Kostjasyn
10 Eamon O'Carroll
11 Tyrone McCarthy
12 Dave Allen
13 Ben Currie
14 Bob Beswick
15 James Hasson
16 Kurt Haggerty
17 Anthony Mullally

[yourhero]

Fiji by about 30.

[Mattpoet]

Tonga 24
T : G Fisi'iahi , S Manu x2, S Havili, W Manu
G : Langi x2

Scotland 26
T : M Russell x2, B Fisher, B Carter
G : Brough x5

MOTM
Sika Manu

[yourhero]

Spewing I missed the Tonga game. By all reports it was a real cracker.

I also thought Tonga would win well here...

[Mattpoet]

Australia: Greg Inglis, Jarryd Hayne, Josh Morris, Michael Jennings, Darius Boyd, Johnathan Thurston, Daly Cherry-Evans, Matt Scott, Cameron Smith (capt), James Tamou, Luke Lewis, Josh Papalii, Nate Myles. Interchange: Boyd Cordner, Robbie Farah, Andrew Fifita, Paul Gallen, Cooper Cronk, Corey Parker, Brent Tate (three to be omitted).

[Scooter]

England 's 19 man squad to play Ireland: (James Graham is back in)
Carl Ablett (Leeds Rhinos, Hunslet Parkside)

Tom Briscoe (Hull FC, Featherstone Lions)

George Burgess (South Sydney Rabbitohs, Dewsbury Moor)

Thomas Burgess (South Sydney Rabbitohs, Dewsbury Moor)

Rob Burrow (Leeds Rhinos, Featherstone Lions)

Rangi Chase (Castleford Tigers, Dannevirke Tigers)

Leroy Cudjoe (Huddersfield Giants, Newsome Panthers)

Liam Farrell (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Patricks)

Brett Ferres (Huddersfield Giants, Smawthorne Panthers)

James Graham (Canterbury Bulldog, Blackbrook)

Ryan Hall (Leeds Rhinos, Oulton Raiders)

Chris Hill (Warrington Wolves, New Spring Lions)

Sean O’Loughlin (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Patricks)

James Roby (St Helens, Blackbrook)

Kevin Sinfield (captain) (Leeds Rhinos, Waterhead)

Sam Tomkins (Wigan Warriors, Wigan St Patricks)

Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos, Latchford Albion)

Ben Westwood (Warrington Wolves, Normanton Knights)

Gareth Widdop (Melbourne Storm, King Cross)

[Scooter]

Ireland's 19 man squad to play England:
Dave Allen

Luke Ambler

Bob Beswick

Damien Blanch

Danny Bridge

Ben Currie

Liam Finn

Simon Finnigan

Kurt Haggerty

James Hasson

Rory Kostjasyn

Stuart Littler

Tyrone McCarthy

James Mendeika

Anthony Mullally

Apirana Pewhairangi

Pat Richards

Joshua Toole

Brett White

[Mattpoet]

NZ Squad

19-man squad: Jesse Bromwich, Greg Eastwood, Kieran Foran, Alex Glenn, Bryson Goodwin, Josh Hoffman, Krisnan Inu, Shaun Johnson, Sam Kasiano, Kevin Locke, Isaac Luke, Simon Mannering, Ben Matulino, Jason Nightingale, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Frank Pritchard, Elijah Taylor, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves

[Mattpoet]

France:

Jean-Philippe BAILE, Andrew BENTLEY, Kane BENTLEY, Thomas BOSC, Rémi CASTY, Vincent DUPORT, Olivier ELIMA, Morgan ESCARE, Theo FAGES, Jamal FAKIR, Benjamin GARCIA, Kevin LARROYER, Anthony MARIA, Gregory MOUNIS, Eloi PELISSIER, Sébastien RAGUIN, Mickael SIMON, Cyril STACUL, Frédéric VACCARI

[Mattpoet]

Fiji:

Petero Civoniceva (captain), Jason Bukuya, Kane Evans, Aaron Groom, Marika Koroibete, Apisai Koroisau, Daryl Millard, Kevin Naiqama, Wes Naiqama, Alipate Tani, Vitale Roqica, Ashton Sims, Korbin Sims, Tariq Sims, James Storer, Aku Uate, Eloni Vunakece, Sisa Waqa, Semi Radradra

[Mattpoet]

NZ beat France 48-0 which makes Group B very interesting now.

There is a very real chance that PNG will beat Samoa and that Samoa will beat france. You would expect NZ to beat PNG. This would most likely mean that there would be 3 teams on 1 win a piece trying to fit into 2 spots. For and against could be very important here...

[Mattpoet]

Wales:

19-man squad: Neil Budworth, Ross Divorty, Gil Dudson, Jacob Emmitt, Ben Evans, Rhys Evans, Ben Flower, Tyson Frizzell, Jordan James, Elliott Kear, Craig Kopczak, Peter Lupton, Larne Patrick, Christiaan Roets, Matt Seamark, Anthony Walker, Ian Webster, Lloyd White, Rhys Williams

[Mattpoet]

USA:

19-man squad: Bureta Faraimo, Kristian Freed, Michael Garvey, Roman Hifo, Daniel Howard, Judah Lavulo, Haveatama Luani, David Marando, Clint Newton, Mark Offendahl, Joseph Paulo, Matthew Petersen, Edward Pettybourne, Craig Priestly, Les Soloai, Lelauloto Tagaloa, Taylor Welch

[Mattpoet]

Scotland:

19-man squad: Danny Addy, Danny Brough, Brett Carter, Luke Douglas, Dale Ferguson, Ben Fisher, Ian Henderson, Ben Hellewell, Alex Hurst, Ben Kavanagh, Kane Linnett, Brett Phillips, Matt Russell, David Scott, Mitchell Stringer, Alex Szostak, Adam Walker, Peter Wallace, Oliver Wilkes