PNG KUMULS V COOK IS – LIVE

PNG KUMULS V COOK IS – LIVE
06/05/2017 Campbelltown Stadium, NSW AUSTRALIA
The players have taken their places for the playing of the National Anthems.

Cook Islanders doing their cultural version of the Haka.

PNG v Cook Is Test Match kicks off!

PNG concede a penalty 10 metres out from their own line after pushing the Cook Islands into touch after the referee called held.

PNG were lucky to survive the pressure from the Cook Islands after that penalty.after a Cook Is try was disallowed for being offside.

PNG scored a penalty for a Cook Is dangerous throw and kicked for touch.

Woohoo! TRY TIME for PNG with Adex Wera scoring first blood for PNG! #PNGKumuls #PNGHunters #pacifictest

PNG 6 v Cook Is 0

Cook Islands hit back immediately but get held up over the line.

Cook Islands try again but drop the ball over the line.

PNG in again! Wartovo Puara try and Ase Boas kicks the Extras!

PNG 12 v Cook Is 0

Stargroth Amean pulls off a try saving tackle on one wing only for the Cook Islanders to cross on the other wing.

PNG 12 v Cook Is 6

12mins to half time

PNG Coach, Marum won’t be happy with lazy defence seeing the Cook Isanders cross just 4 mins before half time tying up the scores.

PNG 12 v Cook Is 12

Richard T Pandia’s hard head has corked Alex Glenn’s thigh with 95 seconds to half time. Richie is fine. Alex not so much!

HALF TIME SCORE PNG 12 v COOK IS 12

Half Time comment:
Conceding too many metres in defence and not enough line speed is putting the Kumuls under unnecessary pressure

SECOND HALF:

Ase Boas kicked the ball trhough with two PNG chasers but unfortunately the ball  ran deep.

Stargroth Amean TRY! Magic pass from Watson Boas. Ase Boas adds 2.

PNG 18 v CI 12

A fumbled ball from a Cook Is kick on PNG’s own line sees Cook Island’s Jack Daniela score. They failed to convert.

PNG 18 v CI 16

Adex Wera held up over the line and had the ball stripped from him and in a set play from dummy half Stargroth Amean does what Wera came close to doing.

ffin leading from the front with a magic offload. Followed up by a brilliant passing game has them 10m out on the last tackle.

A dummy half run from Butterfield who offloaded to Nixon Put who goes over for another PNG TRY! Ase Boas makes it another 2.

PNG 30 v CI16 17 mins to fulltime.

10 minutes to fulltime.

Henry Wan will be talking about the one that got away who failed to ground the ball. So close!

5 mins to fulltime. Cook Is in possession 5 metres out.

Cook Is score with score with 2 minutes to go.
#PNGKumuls 30 v CI 22

Full time siren sounded  PNG 30 v Cook Is 22 with a penalty kick to come from Ase Boas

e Magic Boot doesn’t miss! PNG WIN the Pacific Test!
FULLTIME SCORE: #PNGHunters 32 v CI 22

Congratulations to the Pacific Test Man of the Match: Stargroth Amean.

FULL TIME COMMENT:

The #PNGKumuls win turned on the back of the leadership of former Kokomo and Kumul Captain, Rod Griffin, who got the defensive line happening when it mattered most. #PacificTest