@Chris-B said in Tasman vs North Harbour:

@KiwiMurph said in Tasman vs North Harbour:

So the Harbour guy gets binned for a penalty try but Tasman don't get a player carded when they concede a penalty try.

Even though Tasman is my team - in principle I don't really mind that.

If you're getting done over at the scrum, you don't really have a choice about standing up/collapsing/folding in. You're not necessarily cheating intentionally - you're just getting dominated.

That's not necessarily true - it's certainly possible you are cheating intentionally to avoid a pushover try.

The optics aren't great when right before that scrum the ref had warned the Tasman captain about how further penalties would result in a Tasman player going to the bin.

@Stargazer yeah Blackadder looks very very good. I reckon he's going to end up a far better player than his old man.

Roots also very impressive.

Tasman got far better when Blackadder came on for the ineffectual Squire. Another example of Squire going missing when coming up against a team who actually fronts up.

@Stargazer Christie is gonna fit right in at the Blues.

So the Harbour guy gets binned for a penalty try but Tasman don't get a player carded when they concede a penalty try.

@Stargazer too many errors by Harbour this half.

@Stargazer and Lomax

Anyone seen Squire today? Roots has outplayed him so far.

Yeah I was wrong - Auckland had enough ticker to win and get the bonus point.

Going to need to up their game several notches though.

@Kirwan said in Counties vs Auckland:

@KiwiMurph said in Counties vs Auckland:

Auckland are in serious contention to be relegated. They are rubbish.

Whatever dude. Have a beer.

Need more than 1 to watch this game.