Sun 30 Oct: RLWC: Tonga v Cook Islands KO 14:30

[Northern Eel]

2 minutes ago, JimBronco said:

All Hakas and war dances are brilliant but for me the Cook Islands' one is P4P the best.

It's a good job they did that one to intimidate the opposition, or they might have been 4 points down within a minute. 

[Harry Stottle]

Oh no not another blow out please.

[JimBronco]

Tonga mean business 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Already talking on commentary like Tonga have won this game. 

[Big Picture]

Is that Matt Newsum doing the commentary, or someone else?

[JimBronco]

They claiming a knock on?

[Gerrumonside ref]

Great opportunistic try! Or not.

Not.

Edited October 30, 2022 by Gerrumonside ref

[JimBronco]

I think he just loses it 

[DavidM]

Geez , rough that 

[Northern Eel]

No, I'm not having that. The ball is stolen backwards, the Tonga regather and that goes backwards too and that should be play on in my book. 

[Damien]

That's a try, the Cook Islands player does not knock that forward at all.

[YCKonstantine]

Shocking call imo

[bratman]

That's a try

[The Hallucinating Goose]

I'd have said that was a loose carry myself but I'm not a ref. 

[DavidM]

He went from he’s making a tackle straight to he’s ripped it out . He’s just tackling him 

[Bearman]

Loose carry

[Damien]

Bs call yet again goes Tongas way.

[sweaty craiq]

Awful decision by Hicks again

[distantdog]

Just now, Northern Eel said:

No, I'm not having that. The ball is stolen backwards, the Tonga regather and that goes backwards too and that should be play on in my book. 

Exactly how I saw it. The CI player does touch it, but it definitely goes backward.

[bratman]

There's been some poor decisions in this tournament 

[YCKonstantine]

Hicks is having a shocking WC

[Damien]

The Cook Islands clearly pulls the ball back and it then comes off the Tonga player in the direction it went.

[Gomersall]

1 minute ago, Bearman said:

Loose carry

That’s how I saw it too.

[Northern Eel]

1 minute ago, distantdog said:

Exactly how I saw it. The CI player does touch it, but it definitely goes backward.

Although, if there were 2 in the tackle, that's a penalty? That's why I am not a professional ref!

[Dunbar]

Another poor loose carry getting a lucky strip call.  You to at least try and keep hold of the ball.

And why was it a penalty anyway, even if it was a strip it is one on one.

Edited October 30, 2022 by Dunbar