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AUS v TONGA @ Mt Smart Stadium // Saturday 20 October - 5:45PM (AEDT) 7:45PM (NZDT)

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Vee

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One of my biggest problems with the bunker, show it in real time. He couldn't have avoided that IMO.
 
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That call by the ref saying katoa was offside when the aussie lost ball forward was shocking! And Tonga are letting the aussie take over easy... They needed a warm up game
 
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Clarkent said:
That call by the ref saying katoa was offside when the aussie lost ball forward was shocking! And Tonga are letting the aussie take over easy... They needed a warm up game
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A warm up game wouldn’t fix this. They’ve been absolutely hopeless.
 
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Arucard said:
A warm up game wouldn’t fix this. They’ve been absolutely hopeless.
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Most of those Tongan players haven't played for over a month... Not saying that's an excuse but the kangaroos playing last week against the kiwis helped them get there combinations right...
 
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miguel de cervantes said:
why? he was clearly offside...
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Katoa wasn't even involved in the tackle that resulted in the knock on... Why penalise a player that wasn't even involved in the tackle... If your gonna do that, penalise every team that does it cause most players are in front of the kicker anyways
 
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kiwileaguefan said:
50+ coming up....worst thing is Australia have given them so many opportunity but Tonga have been patethtic....
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They’ve basically been thrown in the deep end. They’ve had no warm up games and a whole bunch of their players haven’t played in weeks if not months. Was always going to be a struggle to front up against Australia even in perfect circumstances let alone with that going against them.
 
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Billythekid said:
They’ve basically been thrown in the deep end. They’ve had no warm up games and a whole bunch of their players haven’t played in weeks if not months. Was always going to be a struggle to front up against Australia even in perfect circumstances let alone with that going against them.
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Got themselves to blame, they asked for this game....who were they kidding turning up after nearly a month of no footy and there players (JT and Hurrel etc) posting photos on social media of them on holiday...

Haven't they learnt from NZ or England when they played Aussie after SOO....shame they didn't play NZ Maori last week...would have helped.
 
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kiwileaguefan said:
Got themselves to blame, they asked for this game....who were they kidding turning up after nearly a month of no footy and there players (JT and Hurrel etc) posting photos on social media of them on holiday...

Haven't they learnt from NZ or England when they played Aussie after SOO....shame they didn't play NZ Maori last week...would have helped.
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I don’t disagree that it’s partly their fault but I can’t blame them for trying to get more games. Maybe they wouldn’t have to squabble to play any game they can if we had an actual international calendar set up which gave teams like Tonga more of a chance.
 
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