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Post by beez on Oct 12, 2009 9:10:48 GMT 10
KIWIS v TONGA
ROTORUA INTERNATIONAL STADIUM, ROTORUA
7.30PM, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009
NEW ZEALAND KIWIS
1 LANCE HOHAIA (Warriors)
2 BRYSON GOODWIN (Bulldogs)
3 STEVE MATAI (Manly)
4 JUNIOR SAU (Newcastle)
5 SAM PERRETT (Sydney Roosters)
6 BENJI MARSHALL (c) (Wests Tigers)
7 NATHAN FIEN (St George Illawarra)
8 JEFF LIMA (Melbourne)
9 ISSAC LUKE (South Sydney)
10 FRANK-PAUL NUUAUSALA (Sydney Roosters)
11 BRONSON HARRISON (Canberra)
12 FRANK PRITCHARD (Penrith)
13 GREG EASTWOOD (Bulldogs)
Interchange:
14 THOMAS LEULUAI (Wigan)
15 JARED WAEREA-HARGREAVES (Manly)
16 IOSIA SOLIOLA (Sydney Roosters)
17 ADAM BLAIR (Melbourne)
COACH: STEPHEN KEARNEY
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Post by beez on Oct 12, 2009 9:15:43 GMT 10
Apparently less than 2000 tickets have been sold so far. I think it was a poor choice to have a test played in a smaller city, NZ don't get too many home games, & although it is a nice gesture to spread the game around, they need to get as many fans as possible to home games. One-off tests need to be played in either Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch.
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Post by supersteve on Oct 12, 2009 9:20:05 GMT 10
How many would the stadium hold?
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Post by sportsmad on Oct 12, 2009 9:24:41 GMT 10
whats is take for kevin locke to get a run. he is ten times the quality player that bryson goodwin is.
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Post by jim on Oct 14, 2009 22:08:48 GMT 10
NZ 40-24 Tonga
Very, very, very good result for Tonga and International Rugby League in general. It was 24 all with about 10 to go I believe.
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Post by jim on Oct 14, 2009 22:09:11 GMT 10
NZ 40-24 Tonga
Very, very, very good result for Tonga and International Rugby League in general. It was 24 all with about 10 to go I believe.
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Post by beez on Oct 15, 2009 15:54:24 GMT 10
NZ looked the goods in the first half, although they let in a couple of soft-ish tries & the video ref robbed the Tongans of another. Tonga then dominated for the first 15 minutes of the second half, running in three tries while NZ hardly touched the ball. It was 24 all with 23 minutes remaining before NZ took over again. Lauaki, Mateo, & Uaisele were the pick of the Tongans. Ended up being a crowd of 8000. & just noticed on the news that Moimoi joined the Tongan huddle at the end of the game  This guys heart surely belongs with the Tongans. |
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Post by sportsmad on Oct 15, 2009 16:39:55 GMT 10
8000 isnt a bad crowd. rotorua international stadium holds 35,000 with 12,000 seats. unfortunately i wasnt able to see the game. was the atmosphere good beez?
wow , that does say something of where moimoi's allegences lie.
look , im not going to question the guys integrety or anything like that because he clearly ahs a hell of a lot. i can understand the reasons why. its better for his career to represent NZ, he gets to go to England and France, play against quality opposition in high profile games that will probably bring him fame in England (perhaps somewhat becaseu of his name)
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Post by beez on Oct 16, 2009 11:57:23 GMT 10
8000 isnt a bad crowd. rotorua international stadium holds 35,000 with 12,000 seats. unfortunately i wasnt able to see the game. was the atmosphere good beez? I didn't actually go to the game & don't know too much about the ground in Rotorua but on tv the main stand looked pretty full, it was raining quite steadily so I'm guessing the uncovered parts at the ends of the ground were empty. I was criticising having the game played outside one of the main centres but I guess it went well. I think they got a bigger crowd for Wednesday's match in the rain than they got last year on a sunny Saturday in Auckland. |
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Post by beez on Oct 16, 2009 12:45:14 GMT 10
Here are the highlights:
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Post by sportsmad on Oct 16, 2009 15:20:29 GMT 10
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Post by beez on Oct 16, 2009 17:26:20 GMT 10
They certainly haven't capitalised on the Kiwis world cup win. I didn't return to NZ after the world cup until July so I'm not too sure on the interest it generated over here but surely there hasn't been a better time in NZ for league to attract fans.
The All Blacks failed, yet again, at the RWC in 2007, the Kiwis won the RLWC08, the Warriors struggled this year but the NRL produced a lot of excitement & while union fans faced the uncertainty of where the union NPC was headed in 2010.
But all New Zealand gets is one home game, & it's a warm-up game. Looks like they've missed out because all the attention is going to be on the RWC2011 in New Zealand by the time the Kiwis next play at home.
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Post by Marv on Oct 16, 2009 19:06:12 GMT 10
Thanks for the footage Beez, your a legend mate.
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Post by Marv on Oct 16, 2009 19:19:19 GMT 10
Tonga went well, but there are so many reasons in that VT showing why Tonga will not beat one of the big 3 anytime soon.
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Post by beez on Oct 17, 2009 8:19:43 GMT 10
The highlights are not my doing, I just found them on Youtube (Haka's are my niche).
It was great for international league but I do feel Tonga could not play much better whereas NZ have a lot of improvement in them. Still, good game to watch & it will be very interesting to see how the Pacific Cup winner goes in three consecutive matches against the big three.
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This guys heart surely belongs with the Tongans.
