Australia V New Zealand, Suncorp Stadium. Friday 8th May.

toomevara

Interesting little one-off test on Friday. A repeat, of course, of the WC final. Reckon the 'Roos will be keen for a spot of revenge. They've gone with virtually the same squad who lost to the Kwis in the final. Setanta are showing it live at 10:30 am on Friday. That NZ squad looks massively powerful. Be interesting to watch Vatuvei on the wing...

Australian Squad:

1. Billy Slater, Melbourne
2. Israel Folau, Brisbane
3. Greg Inglis, Melbourne
4. Justin Hodges, Brisbane
5. Darius Boyd, St. George Illawarra
6. Darren Lockyer (Captain), Brisbane
7. Johnathan Thurston, North Queensland
8. Petero Civoniceva, Penrith
9. Cameron Smith, Melbourne
10. Steve Price, New Zealand
11. Anthony Laffranchi, Gold Coast
12. Paul Gallen, Cronulla
13. Glenn Stewart, Manly

Bench:
14. Kurt Gidley, Newcastle
15. Brent Kite, Manly
16. Luke Bailey, Gold Coast
17. Anthony Watmough, Manly
18: Luke Lewis, Penrith
19: (Standby for Boyd) Joel Monaghan, Canberra


New Zealand Squad:

1. Lance Hohaia, New Zealand
2. Sam Perrett, Sydney City
3. Iosia Soliola, Sydney City
4. Jerome Ropati, New Zealand
5. Manu Vatuvei, New Zealand
6. Benji Marshall (Captain), Wests
7. Nathan Fien, New Zealand
8. Roy Asotasi, South Sydney
9. Isaac Luke, South Sydney
10. Adam Blair, Melbourne
11. Simon Mannering, New Zealand
12. David Fa'alogo, South Sydney
13. Jeremy Smith, St. George Illawarra

Bench:
14. Frank Pritchard, Penrith
15. Jason Nightingale, St. George Illawarra
16. Jeff Lima, Melbourne
17: Greg Eastwood, Canterbury
18: Bronson Harrison, Canberra

amacachi

This being shown anywhere over here?
I fancy the aussies by about 20 points.

toomevara

amacachi wrote: »

This being shown anywhere over here?
I fancy the aussies by about 20 points.

Setanta. Tomorrow morning.

raunch

The aussies will be out to get a good win over the kiwis to make up for their shoddy performance in the RLWC final.
But, it is hard to pick, when the kiwis are confident, and their hands have the right type of glue in them, then they could be anybody.
But if the aussies get away to a good start, and have a good lead by halftime, then i would pick them to take it out.

A hard one, but because i'm a kiwi, of course, i have to back them..

toomevara

raunch wrote: »

A hard one, but because i'm a kiwi, of course, i have to back them..

Don't know, I like the look of the kiwi outfit, strong. I'd have a punt on 'em if I were a betting man. Won't get to see the game live (God bless Sky+), but I'm anticipating a ding-dong scrap. Would love to see NZ put another one over the Roos.

Stev_o

Anyone watching? Just in and turned it on and the second half is about to start.

toomevara

Great performance form the Roos. No complacency whatsoever (unlike last November). Lockyer tortured the Kiwis all evening. An excellent kicking game and a huge defensive performance, particularly on the goal line. Kiwis showed up well, score perhaps a wee bit flattering, but not by much. Benji Marshall had an excellent first forty but was anonymous in the second. Eastwood stood out among the Kiwi pack, but was surprised by Vatuvei's very quiet evening. Seems like normal service has been resumed....

amacachi

****in missed this live and was going to watch a repeat in half an hour. So I went to the BBC site to check out news for the Challenge cup and saw the ****ing result.:mad: **** it anyway.