PNG KUMULS VS GREAT BRITAIN

#kumuls #png #rugbyleague
Spotlight intensifies on Bennett as Kumuls put Lions to the sword
Wayne Bennett will face increased scrutiny over his position after the Great Britain Lions lost to Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby to cap off a winless tour of the South Pacific.
The Kumuls sparked scenes of widespread jubilation by overturning an early 10-0 deficit to score 28 unanswered points to win their one-off Test.
After losing to Tonga then going down in back-to-back Tests to New Zealand, this was the Lions' last chance for redemption on tour but they were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the home side.
Veteran forward James Graham copped a head knock early and did not return.
The Lions drew first blood when former Canberra five-eighth Blake Austin, selected again on the wing despite a horrendous debut out of position on the flank the previous week against the Kiwis, scored an unconverted try in the corner.
They made it 10-0 when hooker Josh Hodgson burrowed over before PNG struck back when Edwin Ipape made a spectacular 60-metre run to the line just before half-time.
PNG went ahead in the 47th minute via a Watson Boas try and then led 22-10 midway through the second half after successive tries to Storm centre Justin Olam and Rabbitohs fullback Alex Johnston.
When Nixon Putt extended the advantage to 28-10 with 13 minutes to go, the home fans started believing they were on the brink of victory.
"They played pretty good, Papua New Guinea," Bennett said.
"It was a wonderful game of football here tonight, everyone was thoroughly entertained.
"I'm disappointed that we under-achieved but didn't have a great tour.
"My contract's up now so we'll wait and see and have some discussions. But tonight's not a good night to make decisions when you're emotional and not in a good place."
Bennett said he still had the appetite to coach at the international level but "it's not my decision now" whether he would be retained by the RFL.

[@wendymacdonell3539]

PNG Kumuls, much respect from Australia. You play a great style of footy, tough, whole hearted, skilful, humble, congratulations people of PNG, your passion and play is outstanding. The Kangaroos could learn lot from watching your passion and humbleness..

[@darylkanofski9327]

Yes I would rather watch P.N.G or any island nation as their games is way more exciting to watch

[@ryandemeneses5762]

Laybutt is the one to look upon as the PNG KUMULS upcoming five - Eight to run every show of kumuls. I saw him with a great potential to lead kumuls. His kicks are of most likely to be like Copper Cronk used to do. Appreciate your efforts. 🇵🇬 🙏 💪 😊

[@johnforrest9062]

Laybutt's cool head, insight, play organising and kicking game is what we have been lacking for a long time. Watson compliments Laybutt so well. Watson impromptu play, speed, quick thinking and ability to create opportunities works so well with Laybutt. I also thought Dan Russell was absolutely outstanding. He made all his tackles, reading the opposition attack and shut down all attack down his way. Carried well and all round played a solid game. We have a lot of x factor players with speed and agility. We have a lot of heart in every game we play. Having players that can lead the team around the park playing smart positional and Territorial game as well as creating opportunities is what we have been in search for. We just need to keep this bunch of players together and make sure we continue to develop more pathways.

[@08303106gaka]

Dropped a tear that day. Both the men & womens teams did the nation proud. #kumulsorcids

[@justinkome3704]

score margin given in this match was incredible when compering to the score margin pertaining the game before lions meet Kumuls. this shows good team in all footy played by every one in kumuls side. Great effort!. Just want to comment that may this game set-up be a basis to the rest of the games coming up. love to see something identical or more than this game in the future. once again, great efforts PNG FLAG Bearers.

[@arvjaythen286]

The next NRL team from PNG. Great performance. Proud to them

[@shadowson8118]

Kumuls yahhh!!! Big improvement 🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬

[@ferdinardkombul5584]

Laybutt 💪 PNG Version of Darren Lockyer. Kumuls future looks promising.

[@arthurboiiimona103]

GB's first try should have gone up to the video ref for review. Austin's arm looked like it touched the line the same time he had the ball grounded. That by rule is not a try. Ref seem to be reviewing too much of PNG's tries. Probably didn't cross his mind that PNG could be this good. Well, there you have it. A Kumul's team with absolute class and creativity. Long gone are the days of having every set a crash set. Today, we're unpredictable. Teams will now have to watch two or three Kumul's matches to try to better analyze before playing them. That's the level Tonga and PNG are now at.

[@kevinyowait2463]

Watson Boas' try was similar to the PNG Hunters win over falcons scored by Will Minoga in the Grand final QCup.

[@joshuatupa9196]

I hope the Broncos snatch Lybutt.

[@carolynkeanga9108]

Yeah....Kumuls.. Kumuls... Kumuls

[@timonwena5007]

Long gone are the days when png were easy preys for the British. The tables have turned. England and Great Britain's dominance over png is no more. They can now swallow their pride. Our players are much much better than theirs now.

[@chrisantohoot6937]

Go kumuls your the best!

[@batafree9834]

No set play try, it was just luck that made us win the game but overall great performance..

[@Pepsi_675]

Luck? Bro there's many aspects of the game that will win you games. Aspects such as turning up for each other, defense, kicking game, set moves... etc. Dont know what game you were watching

[@batafree9834]

@@Pepsi_675 Bata my point is Australian pundits will see the highlights as not convincing win cause we were not in the game for most of period (first half), we could have lost the game if it weren't for the subs Ipape and lo so from a Australian perspective its fluke win. Analytic kumul fans want to see set play try cause it's more convincing in terms of showing other countries how a team has come.

[@Pepsi_675]

@@batafree9834 and that's rugby for you.... Duh. No team will always dominate from start to end. Even Tonga beating them was no fluke or luck. Its messy and a win is a win. That's basically rugby for you

[@batafree9834]

@@Pepsi_675 What's your point ? i don't understand this statement

[@Pepsi_675]

@@batafree9834 my whole point if you dont understand is basically this win has nothing to do with luck as you say it has. Em chol brother.