New Zealand v Tonga - 22 June - MATCH THREAD

[Abicus]

Tonga = England

NZ = Australia

 

Change my mind

[Farmduck]

45min: hattrick to Shaun Johnson?  Good work by Brandon Smith, bounces off post, not grounded by Tatola, SJ grounded it, Or did RTS get his hand on it first?   TRY!!

[Futtocks]

Johnson hat-trick, after Smith cut through the Tonga defence and chipped the ball off the post pad..

[Farmduck]

Marsters converted. NZ  22 - 4

[Oxford]

1 hour ago, Number 16 said:

It was listed on my WatchNRL, so I've got up early to view, but disappointingly it's showing a rerun of Origin 1 for the UK. Does this indicate a broadcaster has the rights to the game?

Erm! Yeah got up early too. I suppose TGG is God's way of telling any optimism is misplaced and Parky is the Messiah!

[Futtocks]

Tonga keep trying to hammer straight through the Kiwi defence, but it ain't working.

Johnson try re-allocated to RTS.

[Farmduck]

60min: Jahrome Hughes try for Kiwis

[Farmduck]

Esan Marsters  converts.  NZ  28 - 4

[Farmduck]

67min: Joseph Manu try. Too easy

[Abicus]

Tonga bubble burst. Was fun while it lasted. 

[Farmduck]

Marsters kicks it.  34 - 4

[Farmduck]

73min: Taukeiaho try for the Reds.

[Farmduck]

Converts his own try. Tonga 10  -  34

[Futtocks]

Tonga bashes against the Kiwi line for a while, then the latter go up the field and score - that's the pattern. The singing's great, at least, as is the general atmosphere.

[Farmduck]

76min: Did Tupou score? or knock on?   TRY!!!! says bunker

[Farmduck]

Taukeiaho misses the conversion/   Tonga  14  - 34

[Futtocks]

Didn't think I'd see Benji in the black & white ever again.

[Farmduck]

FT:  NZ  34   Tonga  14

[Futtocks]

34:14 in the end. Tonga need to unearth some more halfbacks.

[Futtocks]

Fiji v Lebanon up next.

[Farmduck]

1 minute ago, Futtocks said:

Fiji v Lebanon up next.

Match Thread here: 

 

[deluded pom?]

22 hours ago, Abicus said:

Tonga bubble burst. Was fun while it lasted. 

You’re obviously a dyed in the wool leaguie with your five minute wonder comment. Perseverance needs to be shown.

[fighting irish]

On ‎22‎/‎06‎/‎2019 at 06:44, Farmduck said:

If you've got a VPN, set your location to AUS and watch it here:  https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/06/22/live-stream---nz-v-tonga/

 

what does VPN mean? 

[Farmduck]

2 minutes ago, fighting irish said:

what does VPN mean? 

Virtual Private Network. If a site or video is "Not Available In Your Country," you can use a VPN to give you an internet address in another country to get access to the site.