The Kiwis are welcomed to Doncaster... [youtube0qYD8_EziV4[/youtube r82photography.photoshelter.com/ ... bNWdRi7TF4

The Kiwis are welcomed to Doncaster... [youtube0qYD8_EziV4[/youtube r82photography.photoshelter.com/ ... bNWdRi7TF4

There is a real buzz about this game. Fantastic media coverage and hopefully a good crowd. I've got a feeling there will be a great atmosphere on Sunday.

Enjoy the Game you lucky people , down here in NZ Rugby league circles the Video of the Doncaster school Kids doing the Haka to the Kiwis has been received with absolute delight !

Mighty Haka those Kids threw down the challenge in the way it should be done......

Big respect for the Kiwis to respond with a full Haka , NZ school kids don't get to experience that first hand.

The Cook Islands have some very good players , Look out for Up and coming fire cracker Dylan Napa , he'll relish ripping into the Kiwis , Zeb Taiai is another Cook player ( Penrin Island that family) who distinguished himself in his test for the Kiwis a few years back.

Should be a fast game , I don't see the Cook Islands going with the speed the Kiwis will want to play at in the later stages of the game.

This mornings Kiwi training session - r82photography.photoshelter.com/ ... bNWdRi7TF4

This mornings Kiwi training session - r82photography.photoshelter.com/ ... bNWdRi7TF4

Just got my ticket.
It should be entertaining if not much of a contest.

just been told that we will be able to get to the Keepmoat after all for the Kiwi game.That said i have never bothered about tickets.Can we buy them from the office as usual like for a normal league game?.Thanks

Yes you can.

thanks for that Donny

Photos of them in training on the Keepmoat pitch this morning. r82photography.photoshelter.com/ ... bNWdRi7TF4

Photos of them in training on the Keepmoat pitch this morning. r82photography.photoshelter.com/ ... bNWdRi7TF4

Tommy Leuluai out (Hamstring strain ) Kieran Foran the Number one New Zealand half to pair with likely halves partner in the test Shaun Johnson.

I left with 15 mins to go ... need I say more?
And guess what, I wasn't alone?
A boring miss-match.
Was it that serious that the Cook Islands got their try disallowed and NZ got a penalty try?
Bentham ....WTF??

Oh Stand-offish come on. It was a friendly. The game was about the spectacle and the prestige og hosting the World Champions. It is a game I will long remember, not just for the match but what the two teams have done in Doncaster over the past week.