Looks a great crowd again!

I'll take wales, think home advantage will be crucial but usa have great experience in the team.

these games are the ones i look forward to the most.

Joseph Paulo looks a decent player. I hope there's a Saints scout in the crowd.

Sorry to be negative but Wales should be a lot better than this.

Loyd white having a mare

The whole welsh team having a mare. They're terrible. Offering nothing more than one man charges. The USA are going to win this, and deservedly so.

Oh dear, Wales are very poor! Big win for USA.

Given the level if commitment and skill on show by the welsh, you'd have to suggest that Harris won't be coach after the next game.

Have wales actually got a half-back ? I've seen their no 6 but he's rubbish. Is there a no 7 ? The taffs are clueless.

Worryingly lack of progress in 13 years for Wales

USA are the surprise package of the World Cup so far, I bet the organisers aren't thrilled at the prospect of an Aus-USA quarter final at Wrexham tho, good job many have already bought tickets for the quarter final on the 'buy one get one half price' offer.

so disheartening to see a team with at least some home grown players knocked off by a team almost excusivley of australians.

It just does nothing for the game when the teams that go on 'good runs' are the heritage australian teams.

Not really suprising when you consider they are a heritage australian team.

I think Iestyn Harris was getting at this before kick off saying we know 23 of the 24 are Australians. However, Wales wouldn't have beaten a championship team today.

Bottom line is that Wales fielded a team largely made up of sl players, including more than a few from top clubs. But they were rubbish. I don't care where the players come from - they still have to compete if they want to advance. All this heritage stuff is irrelevant. Wales were beaten by a better side on the day, despite being stronger on paper.

Wales have been poor, which is a shame because they could have fone better. But they've been knocked off by 2 pointless heritage australian teams.

I agree that the number of Aussies is a disappointment, but their performance is still a surprise given they were changing coaches every 5mins before the tournament and have barely played together.

I noticed that too. I thought it was shocking coaching. He seemed defeated before they even took the pitch. So it's hardly surprising his team offered so little.

A few of the USA team plays in the domestic comp, and more than a few Wales players are in super league. They looked completely clueless, despite having plenty of possession on the USA line.

Harris must be sacked now?

One final thought : the organisers designed the tournament to get wakes to the quarters. All their games at home. The weakest south sea island team and two heritage teams widely assumed to be weak as fixtures. A quarter planned for home turf. Plenty of time between games (unlike the USA). They had every advantage. It's important we don't make excuses about heritage Aussies. This exit us down to a couple if very poor performances by professional players, and a failure to walk the red carpet laid out for them.

It's not the USA or Italian players Harris should be commenting on; it's his own players and coaching.

Theres only one 'actual american' in the usa team - Michael Garvey. Even he plays in australia, for ipswich.

You mention wales players in super league, but a few are at least welsh born and even have a welsh accent.

Clint Newton is American.

the only good thing to come out of today for Wales is that the crowd was a very solid 8k, great to think RL is drawing crowds like that in Wrexham a town that barely knew what RL was 3/4 years ago.

According to wikipedia there's quite a few Americans in the squad, I think it's great to see USA doing well. They've got a domestic competition, regular internationals (including 8000 attending vs Canada). It's a shame for Wales, but, go USA!

Taylor Welch is American and I know this because he was sat next to me a couple of years ago at one of Warrington's Annual Quiz nights. Think he is from Texas.