New Zealand vs. Papua New Guinea

[The 18th Man]

The PNG back three are dismal. Of the 114 points they've conceded I reckon those three would be directly responsible for at least half of them.

The young fullback I think is being dealt a harshd hand there. He is on a hiding to nothing behind this defensive line. He is going to come up short more often than not in this team. Cronulla see enough in him to have signed him.

 

[Meth]

Sika Manu is in

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Cronulla see enough in him to have signed him.

Nuff sed

 

[The 18th Man]

Nuff sed

K.

 

[The 18th Man]

I won't excuse the wingers, but the fullback has potential. He showed as much vs Australia.

 

[Meth]

Ft

76-12

 

[The 18th Man]

Ft

76-12

Another easy double up at the expense at PNG.

NZ won't be happy with the tries conceeded though they will damn appreciate the effort. We saw the try of the series thus far by the PNG boys.

 

[Big Pete]

Tongia is more of a winger than a fullback from what I've seen of him in the 20's.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

He's never seen a football from what I've seen of him in the 4N.

 

[The 18th Man]

Tongia is more of a winger than a fullback from what I've seen of him in the 20's.

Agree Pete, he scored 18 tries too.

He's never seen a football from what I've seen of him in the 4N.

You learn something every day then pal. Did you see him vs Australia or just today? Tongia has potential.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Yeah I saw him against Australia. That tip back inside for the easiest try in the history of RL was a master stroke.

 

[The 18th Man]

Cronulla just release Tongia based on East Coast Tiger's opinion.

In a badly beaten team, no fullback is going to star nor come out of a game unscathed. With that said, Tongia has shown to have potential in both his young Toyota Cup career and against the two leading Nation's in the International arena.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

That's right it's an opinion, so get over it, tosser.

 

[innsaneink]

Any word on the crowd?
Looked about 4 or 5k

 

[The 18th Man]

Any word on the crowd?
Looked about 4 or 5k

If that, 6k tops.

 

[Panther_Daz]

Just checked the stats. Looks like McKendry had a good debut.

 

[slammingsam]

Just checked the stats. Looks like McKendry had a good debut.

He was absolutely enormous. He along with JWH and Issac Luke were the pick of the forwards for mine. McKendry took the first hitup of the game and it set the tone for the game..he smashed through them and had about 4 lying on the ground and allowed them to roll on from there.

 

[The 18th Man]

Just checked the stats. Looks like McKendry had a good debut.

As you would expect against PNG. Promising player for both NZ and Penrith. Not surprised to see him realising his potential when he has Petero at the club.

 

[Panther_Daz]

He was absolutely enormous. He along with JWH and Issac Luke were the pick of the forwards for mine. McKendry took the first hitup of the game and it set the tone for the game..he smashed through them and had about 4 lying on the ground and allowed them to roll on from there.

Hahaha what a champ!

I know from speaking to him personally how much that Kiwi jersey meant to him. He was always going to give it all no matter who the opponent was today in his debut.

Even if he misses out next week and the Final the week after i am sure he will be around Kiwi squads for a long time.

 

[Mullins_y2k]

I thought the crowd was like 8k or more hmm maybe not