Tuesday 25 October: PNG vs Cook Islands KO 19:30 BST

[Just Browny]

Match thread for PNG v Cook Islands, which I am very excited to be attending.

PNG by 7.

[Chrispmartha]

Will the Cook Islands manage to all wear the same shirt tonight?

[JonM]

17 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

Will the Cook Islands manage to all wear the same shirt tonight?

It'd need to be a pretty big one if they did.

[Chrispmartha]

6 minutes ago, JonM said:

It'd need to be a pretty big one if they did.

[Gerrumonside ref]

Looking forward to this game.

Its been a cracking group so far.

[meast]

Should be a more competitive game for my friends from Kent to enjoy.

Despite enjoying the event on Sunday, the game soon became uneventful to them and they resorted to listening to music on headphones.

Mind you the youngster did say it was to try and drown the band out more

[Cumbrian Fanatic]

Could be the game of the group stages this one 

[Tosh]

My adopted side(PNG) by 10.

[nadera78]

PNG for the win. Always.

[Dave T]

Looking forward to this. Hoping PNG can get the win....

[Snowys Backside]

Cook Islands 16 start. Not sure if this is generous or not, because with their size, couldn’t break through a paper bag v Wales. 
 

If the passes stick for PNG, it could be a long night but the Cookies are a big unit. 
 

I’ll go PNG by 20. 

Edited October 25, 2022 by Snowys Backside

[Dave T]

26 minutes ago, Snowys Backside said:

Cook Islands 16 start. Not sure if this is generous or not, because with their size, couldn’t break through a paper bag v Wales. 
 

If the passes stick for PNG, it could be a long night but the Cookies are a big unit. 
 

I’ll go PNG by 20. 

Cooks looked sluggish, I don't know if they were jet lagged, but as we saw last night, Wales are no mugs, so I'd like to think that Cook Islands will be better and put up a close fight. 

Therefore, expect 64 v 0.

[DavidM]

3 hours ago, JonM said:

It'd need to be a pretty big one if they did.

Outstanding , I’m very jealous !

[JonM]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

Outstanding , I’m very jealous !

Thing is, I actually spent about 10 minutes thinking about how it would work before posting. Like what happens when there is a high kick? Do they all have separate armholes? 

[UBranger]

Looking forward to this, hoping for a good game. 

[JimBronco]

Looking forward to this one. I've got PNG by 16+. 

[Wellsy4HullFC]

PNG by 6. 

Well, I'd like that just to make the last round extra interesting!

[ivans82]

Cook Islands have 15.5 points start with Coral......PNG by about 24 for me .

[JimBronco]

It'd be great if this goes down to the wire. Think we deserve it after seeing so many one-sided thrashings during round 2 of group games. 

[JonM]

The RLWC email says that Tonga have qualified for the quarter-finals, but I assume that if PNG win this one and then beat Wales, and the Cooks beat Tonga, we'd have three teams on four points and presumably points difference comes into play?

[JimBronco]

8 minutes ago, JonM said:

The RLWC email says that Tonga have qualified for the quarter-finals, but I assume that if PNG win this one and then beat Wales, and the Cooks beat Tonga, we'd have three teams on four points and presumably points difference comes into play?

Head-to-head then points difference? I've not had a look on how it works when teams are level on points. 

[MattSantos]

I've gone PNG -16 points.

 

[Black Country Wire]

Cooks secure a quarter final place with a win so may give them an extra incentive.

But I'm tipping PNG to win this one.

[Dunbar]

I think PNG will gave too much quality here.  Hoping for an entertaining game but expecting a Kumuls win.

[DavidM]

If the Cooks can find the right mix they may have the recipe for success .