2017 RLWC - QF3 - TON 24-22 LBN @ Christchurch

[veggiepatch1959]

Tongan Sam would be pleased,

 

[mxlegend99]

Fittler for NSW. Definitely.

He can get a team fired up. That Lebanon side had no right to be in that and only lost by 2.

 

[2 weeks]

World Cup organising committee breathe a collective sigh of relief.

 

[wibble]

What a great game.

With no disrespect intended, I'm not convinced the Tigers, Titans or Knights would have performed as well as the Cedars. Which shows the potential some of those players have.

Tonga just did enough, definitely need better finishes to their sets. Their kicking was pretty poor.
They look good with offloads and quick play the balls.

Lebanon tackled their hearts out, and scored some of the best tries of the tournament. A few more experienced players and they'd have made the semis.

 

[Burns]

World Cup organising committee breathe a collective sigh of relief.

Phhhhheeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

World Cup organising committee breathe a collective sigh of relief.

Leba who?

Don't worry,,,,,it was a Non event anyway,

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Brilliant game. Lebanon had no right to get that close and in the end they were very unlucky not to get the win.

Tonga need to think about their tactics, especially the spine. England may be limited in some areas but Graham, Burgess, Whitehead etc will have no fears if Tonga just want to attempt bash and barge for 80 minutes.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

I've never seen Tim Mannah play that good ever in his career and probably one of the best 79 minutes of rugby league Mitchell Moses has ever played.

 

[TheFrog]

The better side lost.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Moses not mincing words post match. Not happy with some calls.

 

[sharkie23]

That Lebanon team has more heart than 1/2 the players in the NRL

 

[Rabbits20]

Moses and Farah combine to lose the game for Lebanon, what a bunch of peanuts.

They were both great playing mainly with park footballers....

 

[Rabbits20]

Doueihi is a very good young player......

He will do big things......

My tip is Cody Walker to go for more money elsewhere and Souths to keep Doueihi...

 

[Jim from Oz]

Fantastic match, could barely watch at the end, great effort by Lebanon, they were the better side!! Loving this amazing RLWC !!!

 

[some11]

Moses not mincing words post match. Not happy with some calls.

Colour me surprised, did the same thing after going to water against the Cowboys.

 

[Raiderdave]

Tonga thinking about Auckland & England next week id say
they were a level or 2 below last week
Full credit to Lebanon , the surprise packet of the tournament along side Ireland

 

[Vee]

Excellent tactics from Fittler and Lebanon, constantly switching play to test Tonga’s lateral movement in defence.

 

[ed-grimley]

Moses and Farah combine to lose the game for Lebanon, what a bunch of peanuts.

To be fair they got Lebanon into a position where they could have actually won - considering this game was meant to be another blowout.

 

[Pedge1971]

Absolute classic. Rediscovering my love for the game in this WC

 

[The Partisan]

Great effort by Lebanon who I do think got some tough calls ....but also made a few bad decisions themselves in the last few minutes. Do truly hope that they leverage from this campaign and get the game to a suitable level back in Lebanon so come 2037 we are watching boys from the Beirut based competition playing for their country.