I was sitting on the wall behind the Sharp audio hoarding and it was my first rugby league game. I loved it. Strength and fitness was evident from the Aussies. We were very much part time and it showed. Would’ve liked to have seen Woodsy start and more support play. Outstanding performance by Australia , got me hooked on RL👍
Ahh the good ol days when the crowd just loved the forwards sorting each other out the ref and touchy did their job as was expected and the moose stuffed up the call continuously ,god how I miss it 👍
Rabs was ggreat in talking crap,would not know a decent footballer even if he fell over them.Thinks you have to wear a parramatta jersey to be a good footballer fool.
@@jzkramer I think the issue was more with northern hemisphere vs southern hemisphere interpretation of the rules (and some slight variations). Head shots, lying on the man and holding them down after the tackle, hands all over the ball after the tackle was called were an accepted part of the northern game, but quick play and more "expansive" entertaining were the norm for southerners. This guys main fault was he appeared to penalise one team for one thing, but let the others get away with it, and picked something else for the other team to get away with (in this game, slowing the game down was allowed by GB, knock-ons were OK for Aus) He's also an amateur, a postman not a professional or semi professional like Australia or UK, as such he did a decent job. Was severely let down by the touch judges as well. Now I'd argue we've gone way too far in "speeding up the game" and making all the tackling as safe as possible, turning the game into glorified touch football.
Scrums Souths 16 13. Penalties Souths 13 11. Four tackle rule. Leather football in the rain. Extremely high error count. Very little continuity of play considering a lot of international players past present and future involved. Souths 13 8.
love to beat great britain but would love to see great britain back to their best,we australia obviously changed to a more american football coaching style and maybe fitness a telling diference
