Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sat Nov 16, 2019 6:47 am  

The GB team for today has Williams into the 17 with Clark and Jones omitted. Starting team has Hill and Burgess as props with Thompson on the bench. Backs 1-7 same as last week.

Record of GB against PNG is 7 out of 8 wins and I am going for a comfortable win No 8.

In a bit of trivia Wayne Bennett's brother Bob coached PNG for 10 years back in the mid-90's and was the first to get them to a World Cup quarter final in 2000. PNG were at this stage again in 2017 when well beaten by England.

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sat Nov 16, 2019 7:33 am  

Laughable Daz Clark has been left out.

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sat Nov 16, 2019 7:35 am  

Nasty knock for FGB, all about taking the sting out of the Kumuls, easier said than done though!

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sat Nov 16, 2019 7:42 am  

Ruddy flipping Hell
As a Rovers fan I'm contractually obliged to be a Hodgson fan but dying like that on the last when it's crying out for a dab through the line is horrible.

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:16 am  

Just what GB deserve after hasting negatively drilling the ball into touch.

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:18 am  

Walmsley fell asleep at that play the ball allowing PNG to race away and score.

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:19 am  

Yeah, why do that. Even if the team is gassed and you're trying to play out the half, give it some air because that will keep the clock running.

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:23 am  

Poor refereeing. Austin’s no try should have gone to video ref.

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:31 am  

Also he called no try that denied PNG a possible try. No definitive camera angle to prove on the line.

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:40 am  

GB just haven't come out of the changing room, one thing that's imperative when playing the Kumuls is to match their physicality.