PNG vs France

[jamesgould]

First blood to France through Bosc! That was a bit too easy ...

 

[danielyou56]

wow early try from france once again looked soft

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so far in this world cup seems like my great grandma could of scored

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horrible pass from PNG intercepted and then france get a penalty, france are looking better already

 

[jamesgould]

Bit of an arm wrestle developing here. PNG blow a try there.

 

[danielyou56]

knock on wasn't it

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no i think it's the head should be a try here

 

[jamesgould]

Wait a sec ... off the head! Try!!!

 

[jamesgould]

Well spotted by Cummins, I thought that was just an obvious knock on at first look.

6-4 to France after 18!

 

[danielyou56]

better match than i thought it'd be, less of a one sided match than i thought and nice back and forth play so far

 

[cowboyman]

meant as in thought kade broke his face didn't know he was superman at recovery

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can't believe greenshields is playing winger looked amazing at fb for cowboys

Ray suffered his broken jaw around 9 or so weeks ago that's plenty of time for a recovery.

Was a nice show and go then flick pass that set up the try by him. Seems to of gotten plenty of confidence in his running game thanks to playing hooker for half the year.

Greenshields was shocking at fullback this year, his only one solid game was his first game against the Broncos. He got severely pushed down the order when 2 kids debuted ahead of him on the wing that's how bad he performed.

Btw the kid playing fullback ahead of him for France is a absolute gun, could potentially play NRL if he came out here imo.

 

[jamesgould]

That was a bit of a Brian Carney moment, already in touch when he caught the ball.

 

[danielyou56]

it looks like a try for france

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nup no try double movement

 

[jamesgould]

The audio of the video refs is just excellent!!!

 

[danielyou56]

it's funny listening to the vid ref telling the video guys no the other angle wouldn't mind having that in NRL get to hear the madness

 

[cowboyman]

Looked a no try, double movement live. Good to see there's been no major video ref stuff ups as yet this World Cup. I can handle the onfield refs stuffing up from time to time but there are literally no excuses for video refs.

 

[danielyou56]

listening to it and watching the things they watch you kind of wonder how the hell do the vid refs in NRL get it so wrong

 

[jamesgould]

You do wonder what you'd hear the NRL video refs saying at times.

Enjoying this game. Tough conditions, so there's been a few errors, but it's been good. With the wind behind them in the second half, France might just have this. PNG won't be enjoying or used to this weather.

 

[danielyou56]

France looking a lot better than i though it'll come down to tiredness in the second half imo whoever starts slowing down will let the game get away from then and watching so far that could be anyone at this point.

 

[jamesgould]

Ouch that tackle would have hurt!!!

 

[cowboyman]

Very good start for PNG, need to convert it into points now.

 

[danielyou56]

good try looks like PNG are starting to get the hang of this game

 

[cowboyman]

Thought that final pass was dubious but they got rewarded for running on the last play and was a good set play.