That’s it from me for tonight. Two quality games to kick off the long awaited tournament. They were both one-sided but showcased just how dangerous some of the heavy hitters will be over the next few weeks.
Australia are favourites for a reason. They barely got out of third gear against Fiji and cantered to an easy win. Immense on defence and clinical, for the most part, in the red zone. A few kinks ti iron out, but they’ll surely get that sorted.
I hope you enjoyed the coverage today. Til next time.
Here’s the Aussie coach, Mal Meninga:
I’m happy with that. We got through it pretty well. Really happy with the defence. A few things to fix up with the ball, but overall, very happy.
The effort around our defence was spot on. All the things we asked of our players [they did really well].
We’ve got some competition in the team. We’ll rest a few guys next week and play some others who can put their foot forward.
We talked about how it would be clunky from our point of view. We’ve only been here for a week. We’ll improve as the tournament goes on.
