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Tue 18 Oct: RLWC: Tonga v Papua New Guinea KO 7.30pm


Who will win?  

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  1. 1. Who will win?

    • Tonga by 13 points or more
      14
    • Tonga by 7 to 12 points
      23
    • Tonga by 1 to 6 points
      8
    • Papua New Guinea by 1 to 6 points
      11
    • Papua New Guinea by 7 to 12 points
      5
    • Papua New Guinea by 13 points or more
      1

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Posted

Great game, but PNG got stiffed there.

"Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart."

Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959

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Just now, Wellsy4HullFC said:

Were PNG better than expected or Tonga not all that?

Pretty confident England will beat both of these based on that.

I think ... both.

PNG played more like a complete unit (rather than just some guys channelling national pride like they can come across at times) than I think they are usually - and Tonga looked well short of recent showings.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

Posted
Just now, Hopping Mad said:

"A cheap takeaway meal on the left then five star dining on the right." Classic Vossy. 🙂

Great wasn’t it?

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By and large the game was very well officiated by the Ref and the linesmen but that VR decision was bloody awful!

Not only was it a try but the shoulder charge was the only thing that stopped it being an easy put down. It’s either an 8 point Try due to a foul in the act of scoring  or a penalty try and probably a yellow card for the shoulder charge.

Great game though and superb from the PNG team who had 3 try’s disallowed and conceded two wonder try’s 

Posted
34 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

And then the video ref didn't have conclusive proof it didn't touch the line.

IMO he did.

Anyway, absolutely cracking match and what the tournament needed. 

Plus I'm happier England meeting PNG  rather than Tonga in the quarters.

Posted
2 minutes ago, Jughead said:

Completely unlike a team in white with a red V to pull off a late, late win. 

Was waiting for a post about a red v team getting dubious ref decisions too 🤔 

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3 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

PNG played more like a complete unit (rather than just some guys channelling national pride like they can come across at times) than I think they are usually - and Tonga looked well short of recent showings.

The Kumuls really should have won.

Amazed the video ref ruled out PNG's second half 'try' in the corner.

Posted
4 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

Were PNG better than expected or Tonga not all that?

Pretty confident England will beat both of these based on that.

I think PNG were way better than expected. It was easily the best I've ever seen them play.

Posted
3 minutes ago, MattSantos said:

PNG then Tonga is easier than Tonga then Samoa 

Don't want to play Samoa again as that's boring as well

0% samoa would beat PNG. 

The kumuls would win by at least 20 points, it’s just changing the order from Tonga then PNG to PNG then Tonga.

Posted

Spare a thought for that guy who was offering 4 free tickets for the match tonight because he couldn’t make it at the last minute!!!

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Just now, north yorks trinity said:

IMO he did.

Anyway, absolutely cracking match and what the tournament needed. 

Plus I'm happier England meeting PNG  rather than Tonga in the quarters.

I thought on the last angle he looked at, the ball looked like it had touched the line.

As I say though, it wasn't conclusive and if it had been sent up as a try it would probably have been given.

My point is that it was not an easy one for the officials.  I certainly thought he was out on the live call and so I would have sent it up no try and then there just wasn't conclusive evidence to overturn it.

"The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby.

"If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris

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