Quote ="Psychedelic Casual"They played the whole 80 minutes uninterrupted at 11:30 this morning'"
By which time we'd seen a league table immediately prior to Samoa-Scotland showing Tonga had won and then heard countless references to the result throughout the commentary...and if you missed it on the commentary for the Australia-Lebanon game.
This game was as good as anything I've ever seen in four decades watching this sport despite knowing who'd won beforehand. But Premier Sports' incompetence spoiled what what was always going to be the best day of the tournament thus far.
The players rarely fail us - check out Simon Mannering's dignified reaction - and if only we had administrators as good....
Today restored my faith in the greatest game. As someone said 'just when you get a deflated by the game...you get a spectacle like this'
Thank you Tonga and particular thanks to the awesome Jason Taumalolo whose decision to represent Tonga gave them the required self-belief and brought the fans out in tens of thousands. What an atmosphere and what a wonderful day for the game !
