Game Tweet report (courtesy
@cdeegan):
Been raining since 12:30 so it will be a greasy ball but the field is in good nick
The brave crowd is very sparse. Full of parents, relatives, officials or tragics from the washed out cricket.
Tonga to kick off!
5-0 Gallagher goes over in the corner from a Robbo bust up the middle and a great cut from Horwitz.
7-0 Horwitz converts from the sideline with light rain falling.
12-0 Harry Jones in the corner from a scrum in centre field. Horwitz misses the conversion.
Nasty clash of heads for two Tongan boys. Both are coming off.
19-0 Gallagher goes over again near the corner after Pulver runs blind from the scrum. Horwitz converts.
Tongans on the blues line looking to open their score.
Big bopper knocks on and gives the ball back. Dempsey down injured (knee?). Sam Croke goes on to replace him
Abrahams makes a great bust off the line to the 22m line. Robbo tags along too!
26-0 great work from the forwards and Pulver sniping then sees another great cut from Horwitz to Clunnies-Ross to cut through and score.
26-3 Tonga decide to take the shot from a penalty in front.
Skelton shakes the place with a big run and is just pulled down. Hanigan on for Phillip. Blues camped in Tonga's quarter.
Sin bin for repeated infringements at the breakdown for Tonga.
Blues take the scrum and get penalised! Six minutes to oranges.
Tonga finally break out of their half with a penalty. Blues should have taken points.
Blues back in Tonga's 22 with penalty.
Blues pushing it too hard and knock on!
26-3 Half time and coach will have words about patience. Excellent crisp start not continued - need to be a little more methodical.
Current temperature "feels like" 10 degrees!!!!
Rain is now getting heavier. Pulver off for Natoli. Vea on for Fanigaa.
Jack Johnson getting through a ton of work!
Turning into a bit of a grind here with Blues infringing a bit - at least in terms of the refs view.
Handling errors creeping in. Jones is freezing out in the wing!
Extended phases but ruined by dropped ball. Conditions are not helping. Still camped in Tongan 22. Credit must go to their defence.
Big changes, all reserves now going on.
33-3 Pushover try, Deegan converts
Kellaway just misses intercept.
Another fumble with the line open!
Sandell cleans up another messy play
40-3 Jones cuts them to pieces up the middle from 50 meters out to feed Kellaway on the outside for a lovely try. Deegan converts.
40-8 full time - Tonga go over to score in the corner - missed the kick.
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Twitterati snout reports they will not be at Wednesdays game).