The Indigenous All-Stars have put in a crushing display in the annual NRL All-Stars game to take a 26-point victory over the World All-Stars.
It took just four minutes for the first try to come, and it opened the floodgates. Joel Thompson made a strong break on the right-hand side of the field, before linking with Jack Bird who ran over for the opener.
In the heat, it was difficult for the World All-Stars to reverse the tide, as they spent much of the first half in defence. Errors coming out of trouble didn’t help them and would pave the way for the next try as Blake Ferguson scored off a scrum.
The third try, scored by Ashley Taylor came off another error as Johnathan Thurston summed up the situation perfectly.
At the end of the first quarter, it was 16-0, but things would change quickly in the second. The Indigenous All-Stars began to make a stack of errors, and the World team made them pay, scoring a pair of tries at the back end of the first half.
The first came from David Mead in the 36th minute, as he crashed over in the corner after some amazing acrobatic work from Nene McDonald to keep a kick in.
McDonald himself would close the first half with a try, crashing over with some fast reflexes in the corner from a Jarrod Croker pass.
At halftime in Newcastle, it was the Indigenous All-Stars leading by 8.
The second half got underway similar to the first, and very little changed for the rest of the match as the Indigenous team didn’t let in another try.
The first set of the second half saw a try for Johnathan Thurston after he set up a move outside, Bevan French putting a kick back over the top for the try.
It took a while for the next try, but Dane Gagai would eventually cross over, the Indigenous defence holding strong despite errors continuing to mount from both side.
The final try of the match would come in the last ten minutes as a short drop out came from the World All-Stars, landing in the lap of Leilani Latu who crashed over for the try.
The Indigenous All-Stars then, running out convincing winners.
Final score
Indigenous All-Stars 34
World All-Stars 8
Bill
Guest
Shane and J. Get a room you two.
tim
Guest
They still select at least one player from every club, so you'd need to include someone from the Knights, Warriors, Raiders(!), Titans and Dragons even before you see who is fit. Plus Tyrone Peachey would probably struggle to play for the World All Stars while simultaneously playing for the Indigenous All Stars...
J
Roar Rookie
Fair call. Didn't see the Les Boyd Elbow comment and wrongly assumed you were having a go at others. Back to my book club.
Shane
Guest
- I was simply informing a roarer who goes by the name Les Boyds Elbow that he is an embarrassment. His comment (which has since been deleted by the moderator) was totally out of line and embarrassing. Nothing to do with you J. Go pick a fight elsewhere- may I suggest your local literature or book club where you might find other people who care more about grammar and spelling on a sports forum than I do. I'll leave my care factor for official documents and so forth.... have a nice day?
Shane
Guest
J- I was comentingg on a racist comment made by a roarer which has since been moderated. A diferent opinion is fine but racist comments are not. And goood luck gettting under my skin with comments about speeling...
Sports Prophet
Roar Pro
Clearly an inferior opponent with nothing to play for. Exhibition fixtures don't usually get me going and I lost interest in this one swiftly as well. I think a post season Indigenous Australia v Maori or Pacific All stars would invoke more passion at a less consequential time of the season.
Sports Prophet
Roar Pro
Can't agree more. Way too long!
J
Roar Rookie
Who is an embarrassment pal? Is it not OK to have a different opinion to you? Play the point, not the man. Oh, and if you're going to call someone an embarrassment, you might find it embarrassing to realise your spelling was incorrect?
steve
Guest
The embrace was good, the actual war dance was quite boring and too long.
Agent11
Guest
Was great to see, no one offended in the crowd, no booing or bananas thrown.. no fluff articles in the media either about how the NRL has put indigenous culture on show to all of the country for the first time.
Shane
Guest
Your an embarrassment pal
Paranoid
Guest
Let's be very honest here the World All Stars had very little star quality in their line up and the game was always going to end up the way it did. A contrived win if there ever was one imo. Would have been a very different game if they picked a Real All Stars Team like. 1- James Tedesco 2-Corey Oats 3-Michael Jennings 4-Dylan Walker 5-Valentine Holmes 6-James Maloney 7-Cooper Cronk 8-Sam Burgess 9-Cameron Smith 10-James Graham 11-Matt Gillett 12-Boyd Cordner 13-Jason Taumalolo 14-Peachey 15-James Tamou 16- Bryce Cartwright 17- Mitchell Moses
chump
Guest
you guess they don't have much else to feel good about?
Bib
Guest
The way the boys embraced after the war dance is true respect. the AIGs could take note.
Kevin Malone
Guest
Harlem globe trotters versus the Washington generals Only one team has something to play for I guess it makes them feel good