International Pacific Championship

[Tookey 2.0]

I know Ponga spoke about his māori culture recently, but has he stated he's interested in playing for the Kiwis at all?

I love what Kini does, but if Ponga put his hand up I'd love to see what he could do behind such a dominant pack like the Kiwis.

I think a forward pack like we have with Brown, Hughes and Ponga would have so much direction and play making options.

Now that RW is going beast mode for Aus and Qld I wonder if that makes Ponga any more likely for us?

 

[Makasene]

Geezz i don't remeber SJ being so keen to rub salt into a losing side like this. For context: "playonsportsshow" is a podcast SJ & co have ran for a while now, and online a lof of samoans were calling NZ the samoan B team because of how many kiwi players had some amount of samoan blood in them.

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This is awesome, there is so much passion and emotion in these games

 

[Beastmode]

This is awesome, there is so much passion and emotion in these games

good harmless banter.

 

[Beastmode]

Congrats to Kieran Foran

Really happy for him. Retires on a winning note.

Thats the way all careers should end. On a high.

 

[BabylonPink]

Anyone see how Marata went at all?

 

[SBW1]

Foz likely to be part of the future coaching setup, by the sounds of it. Still hoping we get Madge to help prep for the World Cup next year.

 

[Makasene]

What was up with the cooked bench usage from Samoa?

Yes injuries didn't help but I thought the Kiwis got on top from about the 30th minute. May not seen until the 60th minute