2026 Rugby League World Cup fixtures - October/November

[jadtiger]

Yeah ....French ref's were shocking back in the day .....you'd remember Ink

I remember when i was a kid many years ago when Australia toured France and in one game the penalty count was something like 20+ to zero and and an Aussie complained and the ref said "Oui monsieur but this is my town and i have to live here".
Back in the 50's or 60's.

 

[happy_tiger]

I think the WTs could beat the French

 

[happy_tiger]

I remember when i was a kid many years ago when Australia toured France and in one game the penalty count was something like 20+ to zero and and an Aussie complained and the ref said "Oui monsieur but this is my town and i have to live here".
Back in the 50's or 60's.

Can remember one of the Walters twins getting penalised for not playing the ball fast enough in a French game ....I think the penalty count was 20 something to 2
They were scared in the French provincial side actually scored the Aussies wouldn't win based on ref
Read some horrific ref stories playing against NZ provincial games as well

 

[Tucker]

Channel 7 are awful. An hour later, no game replay, post match highlights is a dead link. We can all be thankful they don’t hold the regular season rights. As bad as Kayo and 9 can be, they make 7 look terrible in comparison.

You couldn't be any more incorrect for mine. They did a great job.

 

[Tucker]

Sad to say for me I missed the game completely! I’m all footballed out from our disappointing season, so I switched off and forgot all about it. By the time I realised it was on I couldn’t find where to watch it lol. I’m flicking through the channels like an idiot trying to catch the last 10 minutes, in a million years I never thought it would be on channel 7, so I didn’t even go there! Sounds like I missed a good game. Oh well, the season’s too bloody long to keep on watching anyway.

Watch it mate it's different to what the Wests Tigers play. I'm not sure what sport they engage in but it sure as shit ain't rugby league

 

[Tucker]

Thanks, Dr. So the bureaucrats of World Rugby League and Ch7 couldn't provide the biggest marketplace for Rugby League on the planet with game highlights in a timely fashion, despite providing the usual try and interview material last night. Just watched them; looks like NRL.com got them mid-morning today. Australia very lucky given the 2 intercepts in Kiwi attacking pozzies.

The highlights were on YouTube immediately

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

You couldn't be any more incorrect for mine. They did a great job.

Agree….

 

[Tito Santana]

Luai looking terrible

 

[happy_tiger]

Luai looking terrible

Not easy to look bad in a 62 point win ....ticked off a KPI

 

[Halbrowne61]

I think the WTs could beat the French

Careful Happy !

 

[innsaneink]

Will the samoan crowd hang around to see their women team get flogged?

 

[wstigers11]

Great try Shaylee Bent

 

[Dr_Ice]

Why are France in the world cup.
Get rid of them.
They'd be better off with an Australian A side

France probably would think they should have a France A in the Football World Cup over us as well.

 

[happy_tiger]

I wonder if would be reality for the Jillaroos to set a goal to keep all their opposition to nil for the entire World Cup

 

[mtd#2]

France probably would think they should have a France A in the Football World Cup over us as well.

Hardly comparable. Australia's biggest loss in the world cup is 4-0. Samoa scored 14 tries against France.

 

[Speed2burn]

Hardly comparable. Australia's biggest loss in the world cup is 4-0. Samoa scored 14 tries against France.

French captain at the end said rugby league in France is a mess & doesn’t get any funding

They have a decent union team tho

 

[gallagher]

What's happened to @gallagher haven't seen him post in ages I think the ongoing failed seasons takes its toll and forum members have had enough.

Still kicking! Just got sick of talking about the club, they were occupying too much of my time.
Come back on here to chat about the world cup, awesome game last night. Hoping the poms put up a fight tmrw.

 

[Dr_Ice]

Hardly comparable. Australia's biggest loss in the world cup is 4-0. Samoa scored 14 tries against France.

But Australia would still struggle to beat the 5th best French side in football. Would have a lot more European sides in the World Cup if they didn’t have qualifying quotas by region

 

[mtd#2]

But Australia would still struggle to beat the 5th best French side in football.

Thats a stretch.

 

[Yossarian]

French captain at the end said rugby league in France is a mess & doesn’t get any funding

They have a decent union team tho

2 ESL teams now at least. Hopefully they can get some money and improve. I’ve seen worse. Some of the French teams from the 80s and 90s were deadset shockers.