2017 World Cup Week 3: Teams and Game Day

[The Greenhouse]

14800 is the crowd at Port Moresby. Three sell out crowds in PNG.

[The Greenhouse]

61st min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to Watson Boas, but it was Stargroth Amean who did all the damage, with a great run. Rhyse Martin converts again.

Papua New Guinea 46-0

[The Greenhouse]

We have a drinks break... and are the people in the crowd having a good time?!

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63rd min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to Nene Macdonald. Set in motion by Kurt Baptiste and Lachlan Lam. Lam has had a great game. That's the half century. Rhyse Martin converts from out wide.

Papua New Guinea 52-0

[The Greenhouse]

66th min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to Justin Olam. Great passing from Baptiste and Boas in the lead up. Rhyse Martin converts from out wide... again! Great kick.

Papua New Guinea 58-0

[The Greenhouse]

74th min Corey Makelim seemed certain to go over for the USA, but David Mead holds him up!

[The Greenhouse]

75th min TRY PAPUA NEW GUINEA to Justin Olam, his hat trick! It's an intercept and he goes the length of the field. You have to feel sorry for the USA. Rhyse Martin gets the goal from close to the posts.

Papua New Guinea 64-0

FULL TIME

Kurt Baptiste 55 mins Four runs for 28 metres, 24 tackles, two missed tackles.
Kato Ottio 58 mins Eight runs for 84 metres, 17 tackles, two missed tackles, one line break.

[The Greenhouse]

Next up we have Wales and Ireland in Perth. Here are the final line ups:

Wales
1 Elliot Kear
5 Regan Grace
3 Michael Channing
17 Dalton Grant
2 Rhys Williams
6 Courtney Davies
23 Josh Ralph
8 Craig Kopczak (c)
14 Matty Fozard
16 Ben Evans
13 Morgan Knowles
9 Matty Fozard
10 Philip Joseph

11 Rhodri Lloyd
12 Joe Burke
15 Matthew Barron
18 Josh Ralph

Ireland
1 Scott Grix
2 Shannon McDonnell
3 Ed Chamberlain
4 Api Pewhairangi
5 Liam Kay
6 Joe Keyes
7 Liam Finn (c)
8 Anthony Mullaly
9 Michael McIllorum
10 Kyle Amor
11 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
12 Will Hope
13 Brad Singleton

14 George King
15 Matty Hadden
16 Joe Philbin
17 Oliver Roberts

[The Greenhouse]

Here comes the Ireland team, and now Wales. The anthems are beautiful... we have kick off. A seriously poor crowd in Perth.

[greeneyed]

Rugby League World Cup boss Andrew Hill hoped for bigger Canberra crowds

World Cup boss Andrew Hill put the onus on Canberra rugby league officials to take advantage of a wave of new customers that attended international games in the capital.

Hill admits he hoped for bigger crowds at each game played at Canberra Stadium with a total of 24,455 fans coming through the gates across three fixtures.

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-l ... zjjto.html

And I'll tell Mr Andrew Hill something. They would have got bigger crowds if the RLWC2017 had not mishandled the ticketing, ticket prices and promotion. It was a debacle how they treated the local rugby league fans, promoted the events and priced them. The lack of open training sessions and signing opportunities in the lead up to games was also disgraceful.

[Neeeegz]

All nrl games are overpriced to attend, would average it out at 2-300 for a good day out for the family

[The Greenhouse]

9th min TRY IRELAND to Api Pewhairangi, set up by a break from hooker Michael McIllorum. Converted.

Ireland 6-0

[-TW-]

No-one knew it was on, and the ones that did basically said **** that, not paying those prices

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[Victor05]

We went to the game on Friday just to see Campo play, but the prices for tickets were insane, for the non-Australian games it should have been a gold coin donation just to get a crowd and an atmosphere.

[The Greenhouse]

24th min Wales winger Regan Grace nearly goes over in the corner, but his foot is on the touch line.

Ireland 6-0

[The Greenhouse]

31st min TRY IRELAND to Oliver Roberts off the bench. Liam Finn converts.

Ireland 12-0

[-GD-]

**** of Andrew Hill

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34th min TRY IRELAND to another benchie, Joe Philbin under the posts, determined running. Liam Finn converts.

Ireland 18-0

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39th min TRY IRELAND to captain Liam Finn. They are going to video and it is instantly clear it is a try. TRY awarded. Liam Finn misses the conversion of his own try, it hits the post.

Ireland 22-0

HALF TIME

[The Greenhouse]

We are back underway in the second half.

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58th min TRY WALES and they're finally over! Ben Morris is the scorer. Converted.

Ireland 22-6

Now an Ireland try is denied, not grounded.

[The Greenhouse]

68th min TRY IRELAND to Oliver Roberts, his second of the match, and Liam Finn converts.

Ireland 28-6

[The Greenhouse]

Here are the final team line ups for England V France:

England
1 Gareth Widdop
2 Stefan Ratchford
3 Mark Percival
4 John Bateman
5 Jermaine McGillvary
6 Kevin Brown
7 Luke Gale
8 Chris Hill
9 James Roby
10 James Graham
11 Ben Currie
12 Mike McMeeken
13 Sean O’Loughlin c

14 Alex Walmsley
15 Thomas Burgess
16 Scott Taylor
17 George Williams

France
1 Mark Kheirallah
2 Fouad Yaha
3 Bastien Ader
12 Benjamin Jullien
5 Ilias Bergal
6 Theo Fages (c)
7 Lucas Albert
8 Antoni Maria
9 John Boudebza
16 Maxime Herold
11 Benjamin Garcia
10 Julian Bousquet
13 Jason Baitieri

14 Romain Navarrete
15 Thibault Margalet
19 Mickael Rouch
20 Nabil Djalout

[The Greenhouse]

75th min TRY IRELAND to winger Liam Kay out wide. Liam Finn on the sideline... and he gets the goal!

Ireland 34-6

FULL TIME

[The Greenhouse]

Teams are coming out now for England V France... welcomed as is now customary by the didgeridoo. France first, followed by England, as, remarkably, this ground does not allow the teams to walk out side by side.

It is not the best crowd, but we're told it is between 16-17,000!

[Johno]

Bet that kid in front of McGilvray was nervous

[The Greenhouse]

Now the national anthems. God save the Queen. She's our Queen too so why are they claiming her! Maybe because she lives in London. Now La Marseillaise! Stirring stuff! To arms, citizens! Let’s march!

And here we go!

[The Greenhouse]

I have to say, the pre game presentations are flawless for this World Cup. They are brilliant, the music outstanding, and builds the atmosphere. France to kick off. We are underway!

[The Greenhouse]

1st min Jason Baiteri goes off for an HIA after his head clashes with a shoulder, while he goes in for a tackle.

[The Greenhouse]

3rd min TRY ENGLAND to Gareth Widdop, he opens them up with great running and goes over. Bad signs for France. Widdop converts his own try from out wide.

England 6-0

[Brewdle]

First game I’ve been in a position to watch live n no Hodghead dammit

[The Greenhouse]

Have to say, it is tough for Ireland, eliminated after two wins, while Samoa goes through without winning a match. Flawed.

[The Greenhouse]

6th min TRY ENGLAND to Stefan Ratchford, the live call is try... and the video referee says it is... but it looks like he dropped it on replay. Widdop converts from the sideline. Very lucky call.

England 12-0

[Brewdle]

Have to say, it is tough for Ireland, eliminated after two wins, while Samoa goes through without winning a match. Flawed.

thats far beyond rough

[The Greenhouse]

9th min TRY ENGLAND to James Graham. England has all the momentum and France is on the back foot. Bad start for Les Bleus. Horrible start. Widdop converts this one as well.

England 18-0