@Stargazer He's always run very upright though, whether the service today has been poor for him or not, rugby league style. As @Steven-Harris said, he'll always give 100%, but it's not just today that he's been caught running high.

@Stargazer Fair enough. I just feel he's made crucial mistakes and been caught running too high at times.

Taufua's been poor in this half.

Tasman scrum getting eaten alive.

@Duluth Hahaha gold!

So Auckland fans, Tusitala or Ruru going forward? Currenty I'd start Ruru but look at injecting Tusitala at around the 45-50 minute mark but that's just me. Either way I wouldn't be too fussed if Tusitala took over the starting role permanently.

Man that 1st half was a horrible watch with mistakes galore and awful discipline from both sides /the ref having no control of things out there. Can't believe we managed to get 5 points out of that game as we were all over the place for most of it.

@Bones A sensitive wee soul

@Duluth Exactly. The amount of traffic Blues gameday threads get especially after we lose to let us know about it is a lot which there's nothing wrong with of course. It'nothing to sulk about though.

@Stargazer Yeah and? When you support a team that hasn't made the finals for 8 years, supporters of that team are going to criticise under performing players on a sports forum that's usually how it works.

@Bones And so are you

@Bones Really? Blues players and signings get criticised all the time on here which people are well within their rights to do yet 1 player you guys sign gets criticised and you have a big sulk about it. As I said earlier, if he does well, good on him, if not, then so what? He's probably only a depth signing anyway as I would assume that McKay/Hunt will be preferred ahead of him.

This Manawatu hooker can't throw for shit!