Mon 31 Oct: RLWC: Papua New Guinea v Wales KO 19:30

[John Drake]

Discuss Papua New Guinea v Wales here.

[RayCee]

They have met twice before, one win each. PNG will obviously double their tally but Wales have a gutsy squad. 

[StandOffHalf]

Huge credit to Wales for how they've played. Anthony Walker, Bailey Antrobus and Kyle Evans are surely putting themselves in the shop window.

I can't see PNG slipping up though.

30-12 to the Kumuls

[SydneyRoosters]

Going to be a fantastic game, The kumuls should rest a large chunk of the squad so the game will most likely be very competitive. Wales have been phenomenal and they could definitely win if every goes right.

Backing PNG 26:9

(Cheeky halftime field goal from Ollie olds)

[Midlands hobo]

I got tickets. PNG will win comfortably but it the effort is anything like last week I'll be happy. I thought Wales would ship 200points in their games and have massively out performed my expectations. They can walk of heads held high regardless of results.

[JimBronco]

I don't think Wales will give up easily at any point during this game so I think they can make this a pretty close game. I'll be taking them at +22 @ 5/4. 

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

PNG by 20.

[GeordieSaint]

I have a feeling this will be a game too far for the Welsh… PNG by 24.

[gogledd]

Wales by exactly 23 points....and a place in the Quarter finals!

 

[Gomersall]

7 hours ago, SydneyRoosters said:

Going to be a fantastic game, The kumuls should rest a large chunk of the squad so the game will most likely be very competitive. Wales have been phenomenal and they could definitely win if every goes right.

Backing PNG 26:9

(Cheeky halftime field goal from Ollie olds)

Can the Kumuls afford to rest a large chunk of their squad? They still need to beat Wales to have a chance of reaching the quarterfinals unless they want to rely on the Kukis losing to Tonga or going through on points difference.

[Rene_Artois]

Got tickets for tonight. Special night for Boas representing his country at his home ground.

[The Partisan]

On 28/10/2022 at 01:04, gogledd said:

Wales by exactly 23 points....and a place in the Quarter finals!

 

Well it will be like the finish to the Cook Islands game if they lead by 20 with a minute to go ! 

[Just Browny]

On 27/10/2022 at 16:04, gogledd said:

Wales by exactly 23 points....and a place in the Quarter finals!

 

I'm not saying it's a likely scenario but if, Wales can hang in the game and make life difficult for the Kumuls, there are such things as brain explosions and red cards which can make unlikely outcomes possible. Wales have certainly shown they have some guts in their last two games and PNG's discipline can be dicey.

[Davo5]

Not sure how much Wales have left in the tank after 2 gutsy efforts,PNG to run out comfortable winners 42-8

[Rene_Artois]

7 hours ago, Rene_Artois said:

Got tickets for tonight. Special night for Boas representing his country at his home ground.

Not picked. Gutted for him.

[Rene_Artois]

Why is that funny?

[GUBRATS]

On 27/10/2022 at 00:57, RayCee said:

They have met twice before, one win each. PNG will obviously double their tally but Wales have a gutsy squad. 

I remember a cold wet night at Widnes back in 2000 , the Welsh running out winners against an Adrian Lam led Kumul's , good game 

[Just Browny]

8 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

I remember a cold wet night at Widnes back in 2000 , the Welsh running out winners against an Adrian Lam led Kumul's , good game 

I was at that one, soggy.

If PNG had peak Adrian Lam now they would be a real force, it's a halfback of that quality they lack.

Edited October 31, 2022 by Just Browny

[Midlands hobo]

Rain coming down in Donny 

[Futtocks]

Some great shots of people in PNG watching the action.

[GUBRATS]

38 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

I was at that one, soggy.

If PNG had peak Adrian Lam now they would be a real force, it's a halfback of that quality they lack.

Where they are strong is in having several players from one team , which makes them more like a club team than most of the other WC teams 

[JimBronco]

I've enjoyed watching Wales throughout this world cup. Hoping they can cause an upset tonight. What's the target? To win by 22 points? You never know! 

Edited October 31, 2022 by JimBronco

[JimBronco]

That pitch looks perfect. And a bit of rain. Lovely jubbly. 

Edited October 31, 2022 by JimBronco

[ATLANTISMAN]

Crowd looks massive not its embarrassing as its on BBC 2 LIVE 

The players have delivered in this tournament  thank god and will no doubt do again tonight

 

Edited October 31, 2022 by ATLANTISMAN

[Futtocks]

Okay, let's see how quickly we fill up the negativity bingo card tonight.