PNG Kumuls v PMXIII

[Burns]

Aus in again, 12-0 after 13min.

This will be a flogging

 

[Burns]

And again, 18-0 after 16min

 

[Burns]

There is a pitch invasion

Game has been stopped

Australia had just scored their 4th try

Farce

 

[jim_57]

What's up with PNG? Their side didn't look too bad, certainly not 60points+ worse than Aus which is the way it's heading.

 

[Burns]

Now 24-0 just before half time.

PNG have had one single set in Australia 20m area, and have looked disorganised in attack. Thousand errors as well.

Well backwards from the Pacific Test against Fiji, and the World Cup last year.

 

[Burns]

PNG score hahaha

 

[isaiah]

Should still be a competitive game. It is up to PNG now to beat this team then the Aussies might start to take this game a little more serious.

Gulf between best of the nrl and players around the fringe of some clubs

 

[isaiah]

WTF is Corey Allan?

Although I do like the inclusion of the young superstar Gehamat Shibasaki.

Isn't Allan going to the rabbits?

 

[siv]

Second Half

 

[Burns]

Score now Aus 30 - PNG 18 with 12min remaining

 

[Burns]

Crowd: 14,007

 

[siv]

Final score 34-18

 

[siv]

And to think the ARLC Chairman ran a live feed of the womens match and mens pmxiii matches all from his seat in the grandstand. When NRL Media and Fox couldnt get a broadcast organised.

Outstanding

 

[Timmah]

Beattie has 11k+ followers and the stream he did from his phone averaged 200-300 throughout the afternoon.

If that's indicative of the interest in such a game I can understand why it wasn't worth broadcasting.

 

[jim_57]

Beattie has 11k+ followers and the stream he did from his phone averaged 200-300 throughout the afternoon.

If that's indicative of the interest in such a game I can understand why it wasn't worth broadcasting.

Yeh, because everyone's first thought would be to check Peter Beattie's Twitter to watch the game. With no prior announcement and a quality phone from the grandstand broadcast to put the cherry on top.

 

[Burns]

Beattie has 11k+ followers and the stream he did from his phone averaged 200-300 throughout the afternoon.

If that's indicative of the interest in such a game I can understand why it wasn't worth broadcasting.

That is lousy conclusion. Did you see the quality? Who besides the most hardcore of fans would watch potatoe quality footage on a Twitter account?

 

[Timmah]

That is lousy conclusion. Did you see the quality? Who besides the most hardcore of fans would watch potatoe quality footage on a Twitter account?

It's not a lousy conclusion - for several reasons.

1. The quality was actually fine for the whole first half and the first 15 of the second. It only deteriorated later in the match.

2. Re-frame your question - who besides the most hardcore of fans would watch this match in Australia? Bearing in mind that only a fraction of the population have Foxtel, and not all of them are interested in rugby league.

I'm not saying I don't think it should've been broadcast but I can see the metrics on this from a business standpoint and I can see it'd be fairly pointless to spend the money required to broadcast this match properly from Fox's perspective (or Nine's for that matter). The viewer base wouldn't be significant at all.

 

[miguel de cervantes]

Not surprised re: quality. Correct me if I'm wrong, but PNG mobile broadband probably isn't what it might be in big city Australia.

 

[jim_57]

It's not a lousy conclusion - for several reasons.

1. The quality was actually fine for the whole first half and the first 15 of the second. It only deteriorated later in the match.

2. Re-frame your question - who besides the most hardcore of fans would watch this match in Australia? Bearing in mind that only a fraction of the population have Foxtel, and not all of them are interested in rugby league.

I'm not saying I don't think it should've been broadcast but I can see the metrics on this from a business standpoint and I can see it'd be fairly pointless to spend the money required to broadcast this match properly from Fox's perspective (or Nine's for that matter). The viewer base wouldn't be significant at all.

It's a ridiculous conclusion to jump to based off what you quoted.

Sure it may not be financially viable for Fox but nobody can assume that because Peter Beattie's last minute twitter stream only got 200 viewers, it was lucky to get that many for what it was in my opinion.

 

[latingringo101]

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/10/06...rd-earned-win-over-papua-new-guinea-pms-xiii/

Match highlights