Tonga vs nzBro

[manlyfan76]

The singing from the crowd gets me every year.

 

[madmax]

Great for the game.

Plus PETA Hiku so 7 current & ex Manly players involved.
AFB, Paseka, Olakau’atu, Hiku, Lehi, Koula, Suli……

 

[madmax]

Not many NZ teams have not had a single MANLY player?

PETA Hiku….ex Manly!

 

[manlyfan76]

PETA Hiku….ex Manly!

He did ok I thought.

 

[Wombat Junior]

Was an absolute beauty of a game, but couldn’t control my pessimistic mind after seeing Lehi ending up on one leg thinking about Tommy getting injured next game and then Tonga playing koula at fullback next game and him getting injured. Should I even be putting that thought out into the universe? No… but am I going to post this?.. Yes

 

[wombatgc]

Great game. Thoroughly enjoyed that.
Also the first time I’ve heard Luke Keary in commentary. I liked him as well.

 

[master blaster]

Well that wiped the smile off SJs face

Well it worked against us but not this time, poor Shaun, the new milkman lol

 

[master blaster]

The singing from the crowd gets me every year.

How about the Haka, JFH his eye,s rolled back into his eye sockets, I thought he ws going to explode lol

 

[BOZO]

It is not what you have but what you do with it
and Kristian Woolf has done a Terrific job with the Talented Tonga boys
The THREE STRAIGHT Super League Grand final Winner primed up his Tonga team for the big occasion and they thrived under pressure and delivered

It is not what you have but what you do with it
Stacy Jones who has a Great History of being a Great Player but a Rookie standard coach as far as coaching experience goes Failed to Fire up the favoured 2023 Pacific Winning team and get them focussed on their home soil to get the job done

"Very tough [to take]. They ran harder, tackled harder and forced us into errors. We just lost focus on jobs at times... gave up a couple of soft tries by doing defensive stuff that's not part of our principles." – New Zealand coach Stacey Jones.

The difference was the Three straight super league Grand final Victor
Kristian Woolf

 

[SeaEagleSI1]

 

[Eagle 1]

just caught the end of the game and they mentioned that Lehi was busted, what happened to him, how bad is he injured?

At the end of the game Lehi was standing up off the bench, clapping. And thought I noticed him starting to make his way onto the field for the handshakes and hugs. So, hopefully it wasn't to serious.