Kiwis v Tonga

[Philip_Smith007]

DWZ knocks on a terrible pass from NAS with 20sec to go.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Well done Tonga.
Had a few lucky calls, but dominated second half.

 

[Iafeta]

Last second text message turncoat cowards get the win. I wouldn't want those blokes anywhere near the Kiwis again. Win lose or draw.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Great game of Footy, unfortunate for us with a few calls but they did enough to win

At the risk of getting hammered here, did anyone spot SJ when the going got tough ? Has always been my major thing with him and it showed again today

 

[ozbash]

Nikorima or Martin ???

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Great game of Footy, unfortunate for us with a few calls but they did enough to win

At the risk of getting hammered here, did anyone spot SJ when the going got tough ? Has always been my major thing with him and it showed again today

We didn't have the ball, 75% ball second half.
Tonga used their bench better.
We got complacent.
Made errors, Kapows offload loss seemed to cascade our downhill run.
Packers pass.
Nikorima run over (Mannering knocked over when coming to help).
Calls not going our way, NAS play ball, SJ hand on ball.
But no question he wasn't leading, but plenty of others out there, Forwards looked gassed early, running with the wind.

 

[Iafeta]

That pass out the back that was fumbled from SJ, he just had to back himself, there was a good opportunity in front of him to either create a break or get a quick ptb. It was weird.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Nikorima or Martin ???

Hmmmm I think Martin would have been run over in same fashion.

 

[AuckMel]

Had them on toast with I thought was a perfect 1st half and then let them back into it.

No issue with Tonga winning and reckon they deserved it in the end. Absolute shit call on Solomona at the PTB I thought really got them going. If you want to blow a PTB penalty arsehole, blow them all.

 

[Iron Lion]

Had them on toast with I thought was a perfect 1st half and then let them back into it.

No issue with Tonga winning and reckon they deserved it in the end. Absolute shit call on Solomona at the PTB I thought really got them going. If you want to blow a PTB penalty arsehole, blow them all.

Mannering - Check
SJ- Check

Team loses yet again - Check

 

[Iafeta]

Had them on toast with I thought was a perfect 1st half and then let them back into it.

No issue with Tonga winning and reckon they deserved it in the end. Absolute shit call on Solomona at the PTB I thought really got them going. If you want to blow a PTB penalty arsehole, blow them all.

He followed it up with a make believe penalty on Johnson. He had a shocker but I've always thought he is an incompetent referee. I've seen him come up with a load of awful calls in his time.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Should feel more gutted from the loss, but have this good for international league feeling. Pity they couldn't have beaten Aussie for that feeling.

 

[AuckMel]

He followed it up with a make believe penalty on Johnson. He had a shocker but I've always thought he is an incompetent referee. I've seen him come up with a load of awful calls in his time.

Agreed.

The amount of times players just roll the ball between their legs has become an epidemic.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

We didn't have the ball, 75% ball second half.
Tonga used their bench better.
We got complacent.
Made errors, Kapows offload loss seemed to cascade our downhill run.
Packers pass.
Nikorima run over (Mannering knocked over when coming to help).
Calls not going our way, NAS play ball, SJ hand on ball.
But no question he wasn't leading, but plenty of others out there, Forwards looked gassed early, running with the wind.

Fair calls on the possession, was mainly the kicking game that concerned me, it is at that sort of point that you need nice kicks into the corner to build something, our 5th tackles options were pretty mediocre today

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Agreed.

The amount of times players just roll the ball between their legs has become an epidemic.

He warned NAS 2-3 times before pinging him which was really weird considering how many players on both sides were doing it constantly.

 

[AuckMel]

He warned NAS 2-3 times before pinging him which was really weird considering how many players on both sides were doing it constantly.

Yep. These blokes, NRL refs, just have no consistency. Give me an English one any day of the week.

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

awesum test match footy
congrads to the tongan ream who played the game of their lives. we gave them the game in the 2nd half but it is what it is
we will just have to win the cup the hard way now

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

we all know fus is awesum in the air so why did we keep bombing to him???

 

[AuckMel]

awesum test match footy
congrads to the tongan ream who played the game of their lives. we gave them the game in the 2nd half but it is what it is
we will just have to win the cup the hard way now

Yea at the end of the day still got to beat the Aussies at some stage. Hopefully do it a week earlier.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Fair calls on the possession, was mainly the kicking game that concerned me, it is at that sort of point that you need nice kicks into the corner to build something, our 5th tackles options were pretty mediocre today

Agree, especially since we had the wind in the second half.
The look in the sheds at half time looked a bit relaxed and smiling.
DWZ didn’t have a good second half. He wasn’t the only one.