USA v Australia | Match Highlights | Test Match, 2004
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- The United States of America host the Kangaroos in Philadelphia during 2004 Kangaroos Tour.
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This is one of the rare occasions the US are the underdog and its a feel good story they led, even though I'm Australian.. it's absolutely hilarious that they didn't even bother changing the college gridiron set up or even their badging, this is a fascinating tiny passage in the history of rugby league
Would be funny if this is the pitch set up for the Vegas games.
I hope it is that’ll be great
Vegas stadium is roofed, and was opened last year.
Expected this to be 120-0 for aus, what an effort by the US
62-0 when they played in the 2013 World Cup quarter finals. The yanks did pretty well in that tournament.
The Aussies clearly weren't playing at 100% lets be honest 😂
Willie Mason even said on one the podcast they were told to take it easy on them😅
@@prussianpolydactyl836Especially for them to make the quarterfinals
I remember seeing this as a five year old in Raleigh, NC on Fox SportsNet. That USA team between '00-06 was awesome stuff.
Are they still playing footy over there.
@@spider-man910 Yup! 26th Grand Final played in September. USA plays in Jamaica next month, women’s national team finished 2nd at the Tri Nations
@@spider-man910there are about 50 teams in USA
and who would you consider USA's best current player
Stars and Stripes gave the Aussies a bit of a scare. Takes me back to the funny old days and ways.
Those usa kits are top tier
Willie Mason revealed on his podcast that the Aussies in the first half were taking it easy hence the blowout score at halftime then copped a halftime spray which led to the change in performance in the second half.
I remember him saying years ago he didn’t like playing on the Astro turf. I think he even injured himself on it.
I remember this match. Aussies didn’t really show up for the first half but some good skills by the USA. Second half is what you expect from the World Champs.
Because they got told not to pump them and they were all fkd from drinking 2 days in a row😂
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They didnt show up at all... if they did it would have been 80 - 0
the AUSSIES made them look pretty in the 1st half then in the 2nd half embarrassed
them whats with the Patriotic ball ffs.
The aussies were sweating out all their alcohol in the first half
I remember this game. The commentators were really complimentary of the American coaching staff tactically exploiting the unlimited interchange. I think there was also like 8 or so players on the bench for each team?
Well isnt this a unique match up rugby league on an NFL field..what a crossover
Well i got news for you
@@mr.rimmeris that right
@@PongLenis1yep but am i gonna tell you? idk
@@mr.rimmer idk either
@@PongLenis1 wait if you don't know and I don't know... Then who knows!
Let it be known that on December 1, 2004, the United States went toe-to-toe with one of the, if not the, most decorated rugby league national teams in history for about an hour.
They had to go easy😂😂
💰💰💰
The 2013 world cup QF was a different story..62-0 to Australia 😂😂😂
@@seankiely975I mean yeah, as expected, but it’s moments like this in ‘04, Tonga and Lebanon’s 2017 World Cup runs, and Samoa’s in 2022 that really grow the game internationally
@@CommissionerManu the the defence of USA in 2013..the kangaroos only conceded 2 points in their final 5 games, and that was a penalty goal in the final
Matty Bowen what a legend 🔥🔥
Bowen in his prime = unstoppable ❤❤
@@captainspalding69er
Absolutely!!
100% was such a dam good footy player
Even when he went to the superleague, the media over there was calling him fatty Bowen, and the best part, he still carved them up, 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️
That year 2005 made and played for Qld came on the last 10mins in the no. 17 off the bench an intercepted brett kimmorley try and one the game , had to be one of his best moments 🔥🔥
Love that USA jersey
20 years later and I still can’t believe this match happened. And how close we were to seeing an upset of gargantuan proportions.
I cant imagine how off putting and awkward this field was for the aussies to play on. I feel weird just watching it.
How good was Bowen though proud 🖤💛❤️
The 💛💚Australian💚💛 team did well considering the yard vs meter field measurement. Bowen always a champion
Yeah thanks to a proud indigenous man carrying Australia through that shocking start 🖤💛❤️
I'm thoroughly impressed by this video! - "Dare to dream big, and learn from every setback..."
Wow!! I never knew about this match!!
what happened to this Tomahawks team??
they were so good!!
unfortunately, USA and Canada aren't what they used to be, both in League and Union.....
All USA best athletes go to other sports. Too much competition, NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, never mind wrestling, athletics etc
Even soccer is above rugby and league. They did well considering all this
The administrations are what have hurt the game in both codes in both countries, everything has become so political, the athletes are there, we need our governing bodies to get their **** together...
@@clockworkman8210
yes, true, unfortunately.
there's not much support for Rugby.
it's good they have MLR now.
maybe there'll be MRL some day soon.....
First try was from aWest Aussie. His mum was American.
this was the game where the australians were all hungover from the night before
Yeah😂😂😂they were told to take it easy people on here really think the aussies were playing hard😂
@@bladeakl196 ahaha yeah look at try at 3:17 they dont even try to stop him
Watched this live remember it like it was yesterday funny how much footy has changed since then great to see USA getting stuck in seems it still grown there
Hopefully gets better and better in America
Woah I didn't know they played on a gridiron field
This game takes me back
Love the USA team name, tomahawks.. ❤❤
Did not see that scoreline. Imagine if USA won. 😅
Matrix would have a glitch
Gg usa. I hope rugby league gets bigger over there
Too many sports in the USA already like Gridiron, Basketball, Baseball, Ice Hockey & Lacrosse which are all more popular than let’s say Soccer. Rugby League has to compete with Rugby Union as well all while Rugby in general has to compete with Gridiron. Union seems to have the upper hand in the US while League seems more popular in Canada and were attracting up to 18k while in the League 1 & Championship until Covid ruined everything for Toronto the year they qualified. Who knows where North American RL would be today but Rugby in general will always behind Soccer in North America and doesn’t stand a chance against Gridiron. It’s pretty much the equivalent of trying to make a popular Gridiron League on Australia. It doesn’t stand a chance against Rugby & Australian Football.
Never gonna happen. Lol league isn’t even popular throughout Australia.
Christ how do I remember watching this
Now show the 2013 RLWC qualifying final.
Lucky win...
Why is this the first time ive ever heard of this match?
First try huge shepard.....
Australia were told to put on a good show to grow interest in the USA.
Yeah, THAT's what happened... get real, you're just saying that because you're australian. I am too but I don't need to say that nonsense to cope with what happened in that game.
Came to watch after hearing ol Masons story haha
Good to see the administration/groundskeepers spent so much time and effort converting the ground to an actual rugby league field. If this is a real test, surely there are certain standards expected from the international rugby league governing body?? No proper corner posts, goals behind the in-goal lol
It wasn't an official test, more a friendly or exhibition match. If it had been a test, they would've had only 4 each on the bench, and limited interchanges.
Imagine tryna ay without the goalposts in the middle ofnthe tryline hahahah
Do you mean a goal-line drop-out?
So who’s Australia playing in this game?
Aussies we're still hungover from the four nations victory
How was this a thing?
Not too often teams score 24 points vs kangaroos
28 seconds
They should play the US in the USA again soon.
What a wasted of the last half a minute. There should have been one more set.
I didn't know that America could play good rugby 😂🎉
Of all the strange things about this game, Australia getting a full set of six from their opposition's 10 m (yard?) line due to being held up is the most absurd. What a silly rule that was that seemed to never be exploited.
That rule was in place for the first 100 years of the game. Bringing it back for a play the ball with no restart was a smart tweak to the rules.
It sure was.@@tpac83
Business propsal: USA gets an NRL team. Income would vastly exceed travel costs.
Better even: Give them an East Coast, West Coast and a Southern team. The games between them will attract a lot of attention and it will make worth the trip for any team coming over from Australia/NZ.
Im glad Greg Inglis wasn't there....hed have a NFL contract and that would have been that.
Why are they on an nfl ground
American's played well
up AUSTRALIA
Nrl team against high school team, yeah rightio mate
Which ones are the Americans?
the ones in the grandstand.....
TF what happened to USA???
who saw willie masons podcast
Did they have an enquiry into how USA got 24 points ?
Bennett: "Go easy on the yanks, will ya?"
After 24-0 to USA
Bennett: "I said go easy, not go to sleep."
Who’s here from Willies podcast yarn 🤣
Just finished listening to it and then this pops up on the tube, great timing
@@damoo7
Scary innit
@@coasteyscoasteys4150 The iPhones always listening buddy
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This is the same US team in the 2008 Rugby league World Cup game lol
Matt Peterson Clint newton and Brandon costin
No USA in 2008 World cup, you're thinking 2013.
No Newton in this game, either. Peterson was in both this and 2013 WC, though.
No not the actual World Cup in 08
Rugby league 2 World Cup edition PlayStation game has America in it
It was created In 2007 when they thought the 2008 rugby league World Cup was originally suppose to be 12 teams not ten
What a national embarrassment to be down that much, and only to win by 12. Surely there were some dodgy bets going in for 1st scorers, halftime scores etc. Theres no way this can be real.
Na bro on a podcast it was revealed it was a exhibition match trying to grow the game in the USA 😂 aus was legit hungover from the night before and was told to take it easy 😂
americans are not good at rugby but there good at nfl
they we're up 24-0 at one point....
If they focused on it, they'd be outstanding
Ye but Australians are just better at it. Rugby is really big sport in australia
NFL is basically the boring version of rugby, just with shoulder pads, forward passes ,stop and start plays, too many rules blah blah blah… boooorrriiinnggg
King nate you speak very true words. rugby is just better
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Aussie rules is a bigger sport in the US than rugby league by both number of players and number of clubs.
This USA obsession of the NRL is so embarrassing.
That is one of the worst performances of all time. A weak Australian team.
One of the Aussie boys has said the team were blind drink the night before this game.
They gave us a relly good 1st half, back then, this American side was a gun side, respect to the Americans, close score but no cigar!