Cannot wait for this game. Shame that Tonga can only play for pride (would have loved seeing them hitting up against NZ) but at the same time that would have meant Scotland would have been out and after how well they have played that would be a shame.

Doesn't matter though cos I think Tonga will give it their all and Italy will be as good as they have been so it should be the cracker I think it is going to be.

Come on!!!

This game should be one of the highlights of the pool phase, and one of the greatest games ever seen at Halifax.

Steady on JC, won't be a match for next season's Fax v Sheffield.

Greatest game for me was fax vs Melbourne storm. Was only a warm up for them but to see fax score first was superb.

That and smashing Toulouse every time they turned up.

At the end it just got boring watching Toulouse get hammered by 30+ points every time.
FAX v Melbourne was a great game to say it was only a warm up

Can't wait to see the Shay packed! Hopefully won't be too long before we see Fax back at the top dragging in the fans again.

It's all a cycle and it's nearly time! Fax on fire!

10,000 Italy flags been handed out at the game so I think Fax have nailed their colours to the mast! Come on Italy!!!!

Halifaxia it is then!!!

The Shay's looking good! its amazing how much better these grounds look with good crowds in. I hope RL (at all levels not just SL) can keep these fans coming back.

looks like someone forgot to mark the pitch for the last several weeks..

Its not a sell out. What's happened there?

The accountants at Halifax cannot count.

Remind me which club the accountant Nigel Wood used to run....oh hang on!

Daniel Foster lives in a Foster home.

I just noticed that - the pic @rlwc2013 just posted of the teams lining up for the anthems looked no where near full, despite their previous tweet saying it was a sell out.

I keep mixing up Jorge Taufua and Mahe Fonua.

The Ciraldo-Mantellato combo is quite potent. But Daniel Tupou is a powerful counterweight.

I think it's sold out the the current ground safety certificate which is around 10300

wasn't one of the stands not on general sale? maybe this one isn't full to capacity

Bloody good game. I think the group games have had only a couple of blowout scores (France v NZ yesterday's game reffed by Bentham). Even then as long as the losing team keeps going it is encouraging.

This is brutal and the try saving to deny the Italians was superb but without the cameras the ref would have probably given it. Thank the lord we have the video ref.

scots hopes raised by manu

What a rib cruncher!!!!

I cannot believe Thaler didn't red card Minichello for what he has just done. Bottled it. Amatuer refs will get that sort of crap now.

the QF door is opening a bit wider for the scots now - italy have to score 3 times

scotland advance to the QFs

This is a little hard to stomach.

I wanted a gelato
with Josh Mantellato.

showed his colours and whinged like a true blue fair dinkum Aussie there.