Re: GAME ON GROUP SF : Australia v Fiji - Fri - 09:00:00 : Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:30 am  

Having said that Aus have just scored again... Fiji's supposed 'best winger in the world' at least partly at fault for both.

Re: GAME ON GROUP SF : Australia v Fiji - Fri - 09:00:00 : Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:38 am  

WIZEB wrote:

Getting a bit bored with these pre-game cultural challenges.

Same. I feel like if you've seen one, you've seen them all. Although, maybe it's more because I'm bored of seeing teams give it the big one in a cultural challenge and then losing heavily. Like a boxer trash talking for months in the build up and then getting flattened in round one.

Re: GAME ON GROUP SF : Australia v Fiji - Fri - 09:00:00 : Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:42 am  

Could get messy this.

Re: GAME ON GROUP SF : Australia v Fiji - Fri - 09:00:00 : Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:46 am  

Little Ivor wrote:

Sorry, but there are no excuses for this crowd! It's a world cup semi final, in BRISBANE... How is this not sold out?

It's not a contest though. Why pay to go and watch it, unless it's £10 or under? For the same reason the BBC don't bother showing these games. I'm watching it on the bookies live stream but I'll probably turn off soon. Got no commentary and I'm listening to what sounds like a load of screaming school kids while watching a one-sided match.

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Re: GAME ON GROUP SF : Australia v Fiji - Fri - 09:00:00 : Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:52 am  

Plus the first Ashes test match has been on at the Gabba in Brisbane today too, so that has probably not helped the crowd.

Re: GAME ON GROUP SF : Australia v Fiji - Fri - 09:00:00 : Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:06 am  

Am I the only one who wonders why the Australians 1, get to play a day earlier than the other semi finalists? 2,with their own countryman as ref? 3,wont have to travel overseas to play the next match? 4,plus playing on the same ground as the final (no travel at all)?
If we had done that to them they would have whinged the ears off the world!

Re: GAME ON GROUP SF : Australia v Fiji - Fri - 09:00:00 : Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:34 am  

I just assume that they have their reasons. There's clearly nothing sinister about it in terms of the playing side of things because they easily beat everyone anyway. I think RL has more important things to worry about than that.

[TimperleySaint]

Re: GAME ON GROUP SF : Australia v Fiji - Fri - 09:00:00 : Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:35 am  

Was hoping for a much closer game, but a 38 point gap with 30 mins still to go is only looking like it will get wider!

Re: GAME ON GROUP SF : Australia v Fiji - Fri - 09:00:00 : Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:35 am  

Beverley red wrote:

Am I the only one who wonders why the Australians 1, get to play a day earlier than the other semi finalists? 2,with their own countryman as ref? 3,wont have to travel overseas to play the next match? 4,plus playing on the same ground as the final (no travel at all)?
If we had done that to them they would have whinged the ears off the world!

Their the hosts - that is exactly what happened when we hosted the WC - what did you expect to happen. If NZ had won their games they would not have had all their games apart from the final in NZ?

England should have played PNG in PNG IMO.

Re: GAME ON GROUP SF : Australia v Fiji - Fri - 09:00:00 : Fri Nov 24, 2017 10:40 am  

I'm done with it now, didn't think Fiji would win or anything but I thought they might have had a bit of a go. Roll on Tonga!