International Pacific Championship

[Noitall]

Cook Islands Aitu v Rhinos

Cook Islands versus South Africa match centre includes live scores and updates. Includes official live player and team stats. Run metres, fantasy points scoring.

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Comfortable win for Cook Islands against South Africa. Niukore with a 70 minute effort and a couple of tries

 

[sup42]

Agree, in my fifties when diagnosed with a weak heart (type 2 diabetes related issues) on top of that had a stroke, pretty much mucked me up, took 2 months off work, went back to work, but then had to resign due to cognitive difficulties, now given everything away, poor missus has to look after my dumbass - bedridden at the moment, last 3 years taken toll, miss been able to work or do anything physical, listened to Goran and Blairy saying sky sport production team should have alerted Tongan coaching staff and shown them footage of the collusion, medical staff surely would have stood him down, footage looked pretty sickening - gotta feel for the young fella, hopefully he'll make a full recovery and live a normal life, I think my stroke caused by too many head knocks playing league in my younger days, worry about him when he gets into his 50s & 60s, kia kaha! Eliesa.

Thanks for sharing your story bro, true Warrior.

We will perhaps know the truth soon enough with the Storm threatening legal action over and above the NRL investigation.

As for whether TV crews report stuff to the medicos, I am deeply sceptical that the incident was not witnessed by a trainer, certainly no one can claim they never saw him lying on the ground surely?

Hopefully the Storms law suit if it goes ahead does not sink the Tongan Rugby league organization, you would expect the NRL would be the default bail out option in that scenario.

Tongan rugby league do not have the funds to pay out the Storm. The Tongan team is worth money to the NRL....and so it goes that the Storm are by default suing the NRL....which is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Noitall]

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?

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Surely talking about Kiwis or Warriors here?

 

[Falcon]

This pacific series has been nothing short of fantastic.
To all the Samoan and Tongan fans out there who attended the games in person - take a bow. You have shown what it’s like to be passionate, how to create a magical atmosphere supporting your teams that makes you want to attend live games.
The panning camera shots of the flags in the stands and singing and cheering have made the spectacle on the pitch magical by what you make it off the pitch.
To the superstars who chose to represent their respective country through of birth, family ties or otherwise, you have immediately legitimised international rugby league. Jason Taumalolo and Andrew Fifita forged the path choosing to bypass NZ and Australia to play for Tonga and as a result the groundswell of interest and the influence on others to choose this path will always be immense. You have all set the stage for next years World Cup in Australia and PNG.
On the back of Australia touring the UK as well,
I hope the game can nail down an international window and build on this momentum because on the back of a great NRL season, it has been nothing short of entertaining - both on and off the pitch!