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I live about 3km (straight line distance) away from the stadium and I can hear the crowd from outside my house.

Has been a great game. The Tonga v Samoa matches have been pretty entertaining the past few years

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FULL TIME

Tonga 38
Samoa 22

Tonga overpowers Samoa in Pacific Test blockbuster

Mate Ma'a Tonga have held off a fast-finishing Samoan outfit to earn a 38-22 victory in front of a packed Campbelltown Stadium on Saturday night.

With the second-tier nation desperate to take on the Kangaroos in a Test match at season's end, the result will only help their cause with a dominant six tries in the opening 24 minutes setting up the win.

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/06/23/ton ... ockbuster/

Papua New Guinea starts fast to stun Fiji in Pacific Test: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/06/23/pap ... ific-test/
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If they do this again next year, I might just go up for it. As a chaotic neutral who will cheer for anything cool.
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raiderskater wrote: June 23, 2018, 9:21 pm If they do this again next year, I might just go up for it. As a chaotic neutral who will cheer for anything cool.
No issues with the refs tonight?
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Tonga, NZ and Samoa to play a game Against each other before each origin game has to be a thing.
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Billy Walker wrote: June 23, 2018, 9:24 pm
raiderskater wrote: June 23, 2018, 9:21 pm If they do this again next year, I might just go up for it. As a chaotic neutral who will cheer for anything cool.
No issues with the refs tonight?
Honestly, I didn't notice. Maybe because I'm not as invested. But I also didn't see the whole game - I came in halfway through the second half.
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Billy Walker wrote: June 23, 2018, 9:17 pm
Sid wrote: June 23, 2018, 9:13 pm My 3 points goes to the crowd for the atmosphere. Sounds and looks amazing through the tv alone
So how do you capitalise and build on this? Some sort of mini series between Tonga, Samoa, PNG, Fiji to coincide with state of origin with the winner joining Aust and NZ in an end of season tri-series?
New Pacific Championship to give nations regular Tests: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/06/23/new ... ulartests/
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Gotta grow this. The attraction of the soccer World Cup is having any number of teams a genuine chance. Rugby League should be doing everything possible to encourage and grow this
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raiderskater wrote: June 23, 2018, 9:34 pm
Billy Walker wrote: June 23, 2018, 9:24 pm
raiderskater wrote: June 23, 2018, 9:21 pm If they do this again next year, I might just go up for it. As a chaotic neutral who will cheer for anything cool.
No issues with the refs tonight?
Honestly, I didn't notice. Maybe because I'm not as invested. But I also didn't see the whole game - I came in halfway through the second half.
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Billy Walker wrote:
raiderskater wrote: June 23, 2018, 9:21 pm If they do this again next year, I might just go up for it. As a chaotic neutral who will cheer for anything cool.
No issues with the refs tonight?
Generally 1 ref games are better refereed
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CJ42 wrote:Tonga, NZ and Samoa to play a game Against each other before each origin game has to be a thing.
Why before an origin? It gets great crowds in its own right
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reptar wrote: June 23, 2018, 10:00 pm
CJ42 wrote:Tonga, NZ and Samoa to play a game Against each other before each origin game has to be a thing.
Why before an origin? It gets great crowds in its own right
Test matches deserve their own stage. Playing them before an Origin would devalue and disrespect them.
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reptar wrote: June 23, 2018, 10:00 pm
CJ42 wrote:Tonga, NZ and Samoa to play a game Against each other before each origin game has to be a thing.
Why before an origin? It gets great crowds in its own right
Yep shouldn't be a side show needs to be built to a main event. The day the Kangaroos are an even money chance against 3 or 4 international teams is the day you'll get big interest in international league
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Billy Walker wrote: June 23, 2018, 10:05 pm
reptar wrote: June 23, 2018, 10:00 pm
CJ42 wrote:Tonga, NZ and Samoa to play a game Against each other before each origin game has to be a thing.
Why before an origin? It gets great crowds in its own right
Yep shouldn't be a side show needs to be built to a main event. The day the Kangaroos are an even money chance against 3 or 4 international teams is the day you'll get big interest in international league
just to coincide with bye rounds, give them more games etc. not necesarily at the same ground and same day, day before or something maybe. i dont know. there needs to be more!
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Have the 3 origins as stand alone weekends, 3 origin W games on the Friday nights and have a Pacific 4 or even 6 nations (with England and NZ) league where they all play each other
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-TW- wrote: June 23, 2018, 11:42 pm Have the 3 origins as stand alone weekends, 3 origin W games on the Friday nights and have a Pacific 4 or even 6 nations (with England and NZ) league where they all play each other
That's not a bad option. Would it be terrible to tinker with origin and make it a try series that includes the winner of an early season pacific/NZ series?
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Billy Walker wrote:
-TW- wrote: June 23, 2018, 11:42 pm Have the 3 origins as stand alone weekends, 3 origin W games on the Friday nights and have a Pacific 4 or even 6 nations (with England and NZ) league where they all play each other
That's not a bad option. Would it be terrible to tinker with origin and make it a try series that includes the winner of an early season pacific/NZ series?
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I've got to say that this Representative weekend has been fantastic. I've enjoyed it more than a standard NRL Round. I'd be happy to see them trial all three Origins on Sunday nights next year and expand the concept.
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Dr Zaius wrote: June 24, 2018, 11:10 am I've got to say that this Representative weekend has been fantastic. I've enjoyed it more than a standard NRL Round. I'd be happy to see them trial all three Origins on Sunday nights next year and expand the concept.
I think they could easily overdo it though. Tonga games are great but they might lose their appeal if they were on 3 times in the middle of the year.
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3 x Women’s Origin on Friday nights under 18’s women’s club school girls and Qld residents v NSW residents before hand.

Pacific nations challenge rotate who you play between Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and PNG double headers on Saturday nights.
MNorthern Hemisphere challenge rotate who you play between Ireland, France, Wales, Scotland double header.

Men’s Origin on Sunday night.
18’s schoolboys, club and opens residents game before hand.

If you time the Northern Hemisphere games right you could televise all 4 games one after each other.
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Dr Zaius wrote: June 24, 2018, 11:10 am I've got to say that this Representative weekend has been fantastic. I've enjoyed it more than a standard NRL Round. I'd be happy to see them trial all three Origins on Sunday nights next year and expand the concept.
I think they could easily overdo it though. Tonga games are great but they might lose their appeal if they were on 3 times in the middle of the year.
You'd definitely have to be careful. As RTW suggested, you could have the woman's as a 3 match series. You could rotate the Pacific tests around, even introduce NZ and England into that equation, provided that they still played each other in the states. The Pacific Island games would probably draw a good crowd in Melbourne and Auckland, and 1 or 2 could be taken to the islands or Port Moresby.
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I quite like Wayne Bennett idea of a month of representative games with no club games. We could then have a Pacific test series, SOO and a nines contest


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LastRaider wrote:I quite like Wayne Bennett idea of a month of representative games with no club games. We could then have a Pacific test series, SOO and a nines contest


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