International England vs Tonga Tour 2023

[sup42]

Gonna listen to the game on the Wireless, BBC Radio Merseyside is advertising the game.

Been years since I stayed up to listen to the ESL on the wireless. Totally retro.

 

[mt.wellington]

SKY TV NZ won't be playing the game ...

 

[Zaggo]

Trying to grow the international game by running a tour that 99% of Tongan fans won't be able to watch. Typical big brain thinking from the rugba leeg overlords.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Is there really no "legit" way to watch it? There's about 10 channels of sport on Sky, how have they not got it!

BBC have free to air rights for England RL matches. BBC online should be freely accessible in Commonwealth countries imho

 

[ndp26]

It's on Fox / Kayo in Aus, so it seems strange that Sky wouldn't have paid for access to the series.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Good game this. Going to be a close series

 

[ndp26]

Tonga getting a few dud calls, but going toe to toe with England. Great game this far! That pass from Welsby was

 

[The Warrior Waka]

England getting away with murder. Late flops, Burgess never onside

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Staford Toa is terrible.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

What former commentator Eddie Waring used to call a grandstand finish

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Good game

 

[The Warrior Waka]

Not bad. Close game. Tonga's lack of fitness was a let down for them. They'll be better for the run.

 

[Playdaball]

22-18, England over Tonga

 

[Damo]

How good is our man AFB

 

[Noitall]

How good is our man AFB

70 minutes
186m
4 tackle breaks
28 tackles-1 miss
Best prop in the game.

 

[Noitall]

England vs Tonga: Kristian Woolf, Addin Fonua-Blake lament narrow defeat in series opener

Tonga coach Kristian Woolf has admitted his side struggled to adapt to the English conditions, with a narrow 22-18 loss in the series opener on Monday morning (AEDT).

www.sportingnews.com

With Tohu playing a follow me type leader, I think AFB is becoming that sort of player and should be captain when Tohu retires.

 

[SBW1]

A quality test match and shapes as a good test series.

 

[Matiunz]

Tonga getting a few dud calls, but going toe to toe with England. Great game this far! That pass from Welsby was

Tonga got their fair share of beneficial calls. Their first try would have been ruled out in the NRL

 

[Matiunz]

Good game in the end England looked the fitter and better organised team that mostly controlled things. Tonga had a few spurts where they gained ascendancy but the better team won on the day

 

[Matiunz]

It's on Fox / Kayo in Aus, so it seems strange that Sky wouldn't have paid for access to the series.

In reality Tonga is a competitor for players- wonder if it was intentional to not give free promotion to the competitor to the Kiwis?