Teams: Tonga vs England
Venue: Mount Smart Stadium Auckland, New Zealand
Date: Saturday November 25th 2017
TV Kick-off time: 6pm NZDT (Local Time)
TV Kick-off time Brisbane: (Australia – Queensland) Friday, 24 November 2017 at 7:00:00 pm AEST
TV Kick-off time Sydney: (Australia – New South Wales) Saturday, 25 November 2017 at 4:00:00 pm AEDT
TV Kick-off time Perth: (Australia – Western Australia) Saturday, 25 November 2017 at 1:00:00 pm AWST
TV Kick-off time Nukualofa: (Tonga) Saturday, 25 November 2017 at 6:00:00 pm TOT
TV Kick-off time London: (United Kingdom – England) Saturday, 25 November 2017 at 5:00:00 am GMT
TV Kick-off time Port Moresby: (Papua New Guinea) Saturday, 25 November 2017 at 3:00:00 pm PGT
2017 RLWC TV viewing information: Channel 7 will broadcast all RLWC games in Australia on Free to Air TV and the 7mate App. BBC Will broadcast RLWC games across the UK. Sky Sports will Broadcast all RLWC matches in New Zealand. Fiji TV will Broadcast all matches RLWC matches across the Pacific Islands. EM TV will broadcast all RLWC matches across PNG. Astro will broadcast all RLWC matches across Malaysia. PCCW will broadcast all RLWC matches across Hong Kong. DAZN will broadcast all RLWC matches across Japan. OSN Sports will broadcast all matches across the Middle East. Fox Sports will broadcast all matches across the United States.
Overview: Mate Ma’a Tonga are locked in for the 2nd semi final to take place in Auckland on Saturday evening.
Tonga are the first team to book a place in the Rugby League World Cup final after narrowly scraping home against Lebanon 24 – 22. Tonga have been outstanding during the World Cup tournament. After defeating New Zealand they really increased their chances of going all the way to the World Cup final. The quarter final match against Lebanon has brought Mata Ma’a Tonga back to earth. Tonga will need to get back to their best to have any chance of making history and booking a place in the World Cup final.
England are a step away from the World Cup Final but a little Island in the Pacific called Tonga stands in their way. England secured a semi final place after knocking out PNG 36 – 6 in Melbourne over the weekend. The English still seem to have plenty of room for improvement and they will need to take it up a notch when they travel to Auckland. If they can get past the Tongan passion and win they will secure their place in the World Cup final for the first time since 1995.
Tonga vs England or PNG teams 2017 RLWC Semi Final
Tonga 2017 RLWC Squad:
1 William HOPOATE
2 Daniel TUPOU
3 Michael JENNINGS
4 Konrad HURRELL
5 David FUSITUA
6 Tuimoala LOLOHEA
7 Mafoa’aeata HINGANO
8 Andrew FIFITA
9 Siliva HAVILI
10 Sio Siua TAUKEIAHO
11 Manu MA’U
12 Sika MANU (c)
13 Jason TAUMALOLO
14 Sione KATOA
15 Peni TEREPO
16 Tevita Pangai JUNIOR
17 Ben MURDOCH-MASILA
18 Sam MOA
19 Manu VATUVEI
20 Joe OFAHENGAUE
21 Samisoni LANGI
England or PNG 2017 RLWC Squad:
1 Gareth WIDDOP
2 Jermaine MCGILLVARY
3 Kallum WATKINS
4 John BATEMAN
5 Ryan HALL
6 Kevin BROWN
7 Luke GALE
8 Chris HILL
9 Josh HODGSON
10 James GRAHAM
11 Samuel BURGESS
12 Elliott WHITEHEAD
13 Sean O’LOUGHLIN (c)
14 Alex WALMSLEY
15 Thomas BURGESS
16 Ben CURRIE
17 James ROBY
18 Jonny LOMAX
19 Chris HEIGHINGTON
20 Mark PERCIVAL
21 Scott TAYLOR
