By Steve Jancetic
November 6th 2009 @ 1:41am
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Sheens looks ahead with French battle
Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens concedes Saturday’s Four Nations rugby league match is about gearing for the final as well as beating France.
Sheens believes the Australians must get everything they can out of their clash with the winless French to ensure they aren’t caught on the hop by England or New Zealand in the final, if [...]
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Mick from Giralang said | November 6th 2009 @ 1:19pm | Report comment
I have an uneasy feeling about this match. There are reports out of the Kangaroos camp that the players are not taking it seriously at training. Commonsense suggests we’ll win and win easily. And yet…
Dogs Of War said | November 6th 2009 @ 7:10pm | Report comment
France may make of a game of it for 40mins, but even if the players aren’t taking it seriously initially, after half time I am sure they will take it up another gear and run away with it.
Tom Alexander. said | November 6th 2009 @ 9:43pm | Report comment
Pity the French don’t have more Super-League Professionals to call on. The last thing the game in France needs is another few more years (after decades) of 40-0 and 50-0 scorelines. The Kangaroos should win this by a fairly big margin. The French look both Physically and mentally exhausted. Swine flu didn’t help.