It was a full house at the Oil Search National Stadium in Port Moresby for game two of the 2017 World Cup as John Kear’s Wales had the toughest of openers against Papua New Guinea.
The warm and humid conditions were perfect for Michael Marum’s Kumuls but a long way removed from the conditions that the Welsh boys are used to. Both sides had a number of players familiar to Super League fans, but many unknown quantities.
Playing on their home soil PNG were massive favourites with the bookies with few commentators giving Wales any chance of taking the points.
It was a full house at the Oil Search National Stadium in Port Moresby for game two of the 2017 World Cup as John Kear’s Wales had the toughest of openers against Papua New Guinea.
The warm and humid conditions were perfect for Michael Marum’s Kumuls but a long way removed from the conditions that the Welsh boys are used to. Both sides had a number of players familiar to Super League fans, but many unknown quantities.
Playing on their home soil PNG were massive favourites with the bookies with few commentators giving Wales any chance of taking the points.
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