welshmagpie Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 (edited) Australia all over them, too big too strong and too tactically wise. Zac Lomax, if he was to start for Australia come World Cup (don’t watch enough NRL to know who may be better option than him) is the weak link, prone to multiple brain explosions and terrible at reading a 3-man rush in attack. Ben Hunt and DCE are very good! Edited September 25 by welshmagpie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyRoosters Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Pretty close game so far PNG could upset I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Feel for the PNG team here. Australia have a number of players who will be in the World Cup squad and team and yet the best of PNG (Olam, Mead, Johnstone, Lam etc) not playing. It's a he'll of a job for this group. "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyRoosters Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 5 minutes ago, Dunbar said: Feel for the PNG team here. Australia have a number of players who will be in the World Cup squad and team and yet the best of PNG (Olam, Mead, Johnstone, Lam etc) not playing. It's a he'll of a job for this group. I feel australia have gone a bit over the top with the team selection. They usually choose a weaker team, but it may be to do with the fact this will be there only warm up match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTK Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 18 minutes ago, welshmagpie said: Australia all over them, too big too strong and too tactically wise. Zac Lomax, if he was to start for Australia come World Cup (don’t watch enough NRL to know who may be better option than him) is the weak link, prone to multiple brain explosions and terrible at reading a 3-man rush in attack. Ben Hunt and DCE are very good! I think Cobbo has removed himself from possible Australian selection as well - keeps getting dominated while running the ball, couple of errors and then a terrible tackle attempt at the end there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulga Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 18 minutes ago, Dunbar said: Feel for the PNG team here. Australia have a number of players who will be in the World Cup squad and team and yet the best of PNG (Olam, Mead, Johnstone, Lam etc) not playing. It's a he'll of a job for this group. Mead has retired from the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 1 minute ago, Pulga said: Mead has retired from the game. Yes, fair enough. I was just comparing this PNG 13 to the one that defeated Fiji. I don't want anyone to look at this and think PNG can't be competitive this Autumn. 3 "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 PNG playing some entertaining stuff here pulled it back to 38-14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 13 minutes ago, Dunbar said: Yes, fair enough. I was just comparing this PNG 13 to the one that defeated Fiji. I don't want anyone to look at this and think PNG can't be competitive this Autumn. Don't forget Ipape and McDonald. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim from Oz Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 I absolutely love watching PNG play RL ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim from Oz Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 PNG are making a nice game of it now, and the commentators are actually making lots of mentions of the RLWC ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 any links to watch it other than sky? see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 3 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said: any links to watch it other than sky? It is on Watchnrl.com as well. "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulga Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 8 minutes ago, Jim from Oz said: I absolutely love watching PNG play RL ! See if you can catch some Digicel Cup. The standard is amazing. I'd probably watch it over the NRL if it was easy to access and the broadcast was a good standard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_57 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 51 minutes ago, Pulga said: See if you can catch some Digicel Cup. The standard is amazing. I'd probably watch it over the NRL if it was easy to access and the broadcast was a good standard. I’d love to see a few Digicel Cup teams included in this proposed second tier knockout comp if it ever happens. As for the result of this game, not unexpected. Fair chance here are more of the Australian side that make the World Cup than PNG. Throw in their NRL & English based players and other NSW/QLD Cup players who missed out like Alick, Simbiken, Derby & Biondi-Odo and they’re looking alright for the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandOffHalf Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Solid hit-out for both squads. A depleted PNG side made a good go of things either side of HT. PM XIII charged out of the gates and ended strong but their opponents had some nice moments in the middle. Lomax didn't hurt his chances. I think Cobbo has a very good chance of making the boat, in light of the Suaalii defection to Toa Samoa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 1 hour ago, Pulga said: See if you can catch some Digicel Cup. The standard is amazing. I'd probably watch it over the NRL if it was easy to access and the broadcast was a good standard. Is it available to view outside of PNG other than brief highlights on YT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulga Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 25 minutes ago, Gomersall said: Is it available to view outside of PNG other than brief highlights on YT? I don't think so unfortunately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RugbyLeagueGeek Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Why not just play it as Australia vs Papua New Guinea? Why does our sport seem to hate full internationals so much??!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 51 minutes ago, Pulga said: I don't think so unfortunately. I haven’t seen any highlights from 2022. There used to be extended highlights that were three or four minutes long but then for no reason they reduced them to just the basic scoring moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dave T Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Why was this one in Brisbane? Are there covid issues in PNG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 11 minutes ago, Dave T said: Why was this one in Brisbane? Are there covid issues in PNG? A month or so back in the QLD cup one of the Aussie teams didn’t want to play against the Hunters in their first game back in PNG until a high up Australian politician intervened. It might even have been PM Albanese. I think the issue was security worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 4 hours ago, RugbyLeagueGeek said: A seat counter classic. Wasn’t the attendance something like 8,500 rattling around a 50,000+ seater stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 4 hours ago, RugbyLeagueGeek said: Why not just play it as Australia vs Papua New Guinea? Why does our sport seem to hate full internationals so much??!! Because it’s not the full Australian team maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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