The Greenhouse

Fiji kicks off to start the second half in their clash with Lebanon at Leichhardt.

43rd min TRY FIJI to Maika Sivo, his second of the night, and Wakeham converts again.

Fiji 40-4

55th min TRY LEBANON to Abbas Miski, follows the Robbie Farah grubber and regathers. Converted by Maarbani.

Fiji 40
Lebanon 10

65th min TRY LEBANON to Abbas Miski in the corner, he bags a double. Robbie Farah sets it in motion. Reece Robinson fails to convert from the sideline.

Fiji 40
Lebanon 14

69th min TRY FIJI to hooker Joe Lovodua. Looked like he was wrapped up at dummy half, close to the line, but he shrugs off the tackler and makes a short run to score. Wakeham converts. Wakeham looks to be a good young player.

Fiji 46
Lebanon 14

75th min TRY FIJI to Jayson Bukuya, gets a great short ball from Korbin Sims and he goes straight through. Brandon Wakeham.

Fiji 52
Lebanon 14

80th min TRY FIJI to Jayson Bukuya, and he gets a double. Fiji just running rampant, good break from Ravalawa in the lead up. Junior Roqica converts.

FULL TIME

Fiji 58
Lebanon 14

Sivo and Suli fire as Fijians outclass Cedars



Parramatta Eels winger Maika Sivo scored an entertaining double as Fiji Bati cruised to a 58-14 thrashing of Lebanon at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday night.

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/06/22/siv ... ss-cedars/

Robbie Farah Converts

Next up at Leichhardt we have Samoa V Papau New Guinea. We have a number of former Raiders in both teams, with Junior Paulo, Anthony Milford and Michael Chee Kam playing for Samoa and Luke Page and Kurt Baptiste playing for Papua New Guinea. Kick off is at 7:55pm.

Teams are on the field, it's a poor crowd compared to previous seasons at Campbelltown. No doubt Tonga brings in a lot of fans, but you have to wonder if Leichhardt is the best ground for the Pacific Nation communities in Sydney. Now the national anthems and cultural ceremonies.

That's because Campbelltown sucks.*



* Hoping my rellies that live in Campbelltown read this.

I went to Campbelltown Stadium for the first time this year for NSW Cup and Jersey Flegg. It is a pretty poor quality stadium, no doubt.

Really hope PNG put on a good show here. Seriously outmatched on paper.

Samoa kicks off to start the Test.

Northern Raider wrote: ↑June 22, 2019, 8:00 pm Really hope PNG put on a good show here. Seriously outmatched on paper.

PNG probably should have played Lebanon, but you have to mix it up too.

5th min TRY SAMOA to Jarome Luai, great stepping and it gets him through the PNG defensive line, easily. Jamayne Isaako converts from virtually in front.

Samoa 6-0

Not the best read there by Luke PAGE.

21st min TRY SAMOA to Josh Aloiai, good line running in the middle of the park and he gets it down right beside an upright. Converted Isaako from virtually in front.

Samoa 12-0

30th min TRY KUMULS to winger Terry Wapi, he just runs from dummy half and Anthony Milford can't stop him on the goal line. Wapi scores on his debut for Papua New Guinea. Rhyse Martin converts.

Samoa 12
Papua New Guinea 6

HALF TIME

Samoa 12
Papua New Guinea Kumuls 6

Samoa should really be a lot further in front, given the players they have available.

Papua New Guinea kick off to start the second half of their clash with Samoa.

Stanton Albert knocks on over the line! PNG miss their chance to level!

The Kumuls playing very good footy... unlucky they're not level. Baptiste has been in the sheds for an HIA, now again for a knee injury, went with not a player touching him.

PNG playing well. Samoa obviously didn't take their opponents seriously enough.

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66th min TRY SAMOA to Junior Paulo. He just bullocks his way to the try line. It is sad for the Kumuls as they've been courageous. Isaako converts from almost in front of the posts.

Samoa 18
Papua New Guinea 6

A scrum penalty to the Kumuls! Scrum penalties should happen more often!

greeneyed wrote:A scrum penalty to the Kumuls! Scrum penalties should happen more often!

Was it against the Samoan's for striking at the ball?

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76th min TRY SAMOA to Chanel Harris Tavita. He attempts a field goal, glances the post, falls into the in goal and he follows the ball and grounds it! The Samoan crowd finally singing, as it has been a very tough and close game. The Kumuls have been right in this for most of the match. Isaako converts.

Samoa 24-6

FULL TIME

That's all we have for today! It has been something like six games and nine hours of footy this afternoon and tonight! Thanks for following!

Big guns fire as Samoa outlast brave Kumuls



Toa Samoa have held their nerve late to secure their first international win in three years with a 24-6 win over Papua New Guinea in front of 8408 at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday night.

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/06/22/big ... ve-kumuls/

That is a pretty disappointing crowd, given the number of people at the Women's Origin last night and the numbers at the same fixture in previous years. The venue clearly was an issue, it needed to be further west. Western Sydney Stadium should have seen an opportunity and staged the event... at much cheaper than their usual prices.

gergreg wrote: ↑June 22, 2019, 9:35 pm

greeneyed wrote:A scrum penalty to the Kumuls! Scrum penalties should happen more often!

Was it against the Samoan's for striking at the ball?

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Premature striking, putting their leg across the tunnel.

greeneyed wrote: ↑June 22, 2019, 9:54 pm That is a pretty disappointing crowd, given the number of people at the Women's Origin last night and the numbers at the same fixture in previous years. The venue clearly was an issue, it needed to be further west. Western Sydney Stadium should have seen an opportunity and staged the event... at much cheaper than their usual prices.

I think Campbelltown or Penrith would be better venues. Huge islander populations in those areas, and I doubt they'd drop the prices at Bankwest becasue it probably costs more to open the stadium there than it does one of the suburban grounds.

Baptiste confirmed ACL injury. Out for at least 6 months.