North Harbour vs Otago

[Higgins]

I am enjoying seeing the North Harbour tighthead - he has the good old type prop's physique.

Still bucketing down as it gets almost to half time with a try under the posts to Harour making the score currently North Harbour 16 - 00

[Stargazer]

Very, very small crowd. The weather is not helping, off course. Hope it will get better over the next few weeks. It will be interesting to see the crowd numbers at other games this weekend.

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer I hate the Thursday games, not at all conducive to getting fans along for a 1930 kick off, 1800 kick off would make it more appealing.

[JK]

Hardly any hype around this Comp. I don't even think there was a preview for tonight's game in the herald today

Harbour looking pretty well drilled so far tonight.
Tevita Li and Duffie causing a few problems for Otago too

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Yes, I agree. The kick-off times on weekdays are clearly picked with tv viewers in mind.

[taniwharugby]

@JK was one on the Mitre10 Cup website...I not been on Herald or Stuff today for fear of being bombarded with another story.

[hydro11]

You can see why people don't care so much. This game has not been great quality with Otago particularly poor.

[kev]

@taniwharugby great competition, but with way too much rugby, poor promotion, busy family lives, game attendances are not great

[JK]

@taniwharugby said in North Harbour vs Otago:

@JK was one on the Mitre10 Cup website...I not been on Herald or Stuff today for fear of being bombarded with another story.

That story is there. Avoid it

But yeah I always read the actual paper when having one of my many meal breaks at work. Not a mention of this game in there

Otago scored. Harbour at real risk of letting them back in

[Stargazer]

@kev said in North Harbour vs Otago:

@taniwharugby great competition, but with way too much rugby, poor promotion, busy family lives, game attendances are not great

Way too much rugby? Maybe in the main centres, but most smaller provinces haven't had any rugby games to go to other than club or school rugby since October last year.

[kev]

@hydro11 that line gets pulled out every year. Don't agree. A lot of S15 rugby ( whole seasons on the Blues ) is very average. There is just too much rugby.

[JK]

Yep there it is

[kev]

@Stargazer just wish the NZRFU would do more to promote it....

[Higgins]

Otago in again with Jonathon Ruru scoring his second, Stargazer will be going orgasmic!

[JK]

Thank Fuk for that

[Higgins]

No they are not, the TMO picks up a knock on.

[Higgins]

Mitchell Scott does not take long to bring the score back to what it would have been but for the TMO. A young fresh faced kid converts from the right hand sideline

North Harbour 19 - 17 Otago after 68 minutes

[hydro11]

@kev said in North Harbour vs Otago:

@hydro11 that line gets pulled out every year. Don't agree. A lot of S15 rugby ( whole seasons on the Blues ) is very average. There is just too much rugby.

There isn't that much rugby though. The Super Rugby teams only play 15 regular season games and the Mitre Ten Cup is only 10 games. You really can't have less rugby.

[Stargazer]

@kev Yeah, I've seen regular ads on Sky for the last month or so, and they have only just started posting little - what I call - prank videos on FB (for ex, video "Waikato fans" wrapping Yarrow Stadium in a Waikato flag with a post saying "look what Waikato fans did to our stadium"; it's a matter of taste, but I don't find them very good). Some provinces have been more actively promoting their first home game on social media than others. I have seen some bill boards in town. I guess it's harder for teams in the main centres where their home games have to compete with many other events (not just rugby, or other sports).

[Tim]

Stevenson ... Come on ...