Auckland vs. Northland

[taniwharugby]

First penalty on the maul was shit, second fair enough

[KiwiMurph]

@taniwharugby He's done some super rugby stuff, especially as an assistant. But yes he's missed plenty.

[Tim]

Would like to see TJ Faiane take the ball at 1st receiver.

[Chris B.]

Come on Northland - get into it!!!!

[African Monkey]

Ummm.....relegation for us?

[taniwharugby]

Very messy but I guess it's pretty greasy out there

[KiwiMurph]

@African-Monkey said in Auckland vs. Northland:

Ummm.....relegation for us?

Yep. This Auckland is very hard to watch. A lot of garbage out there.

[KiwiMurph]

Haha Aso that is atrocious. First he gets bumped off for a try then that.

[African Monkey]

@KiwiMurph Aso and Trainor can go after todays effort.

[taniwharugby]

Been pretty tough for both teams with some interesting calls by ref

[Stockcar86]

Seems to be lots of random or missed decisions by the ref going both ways

[KiwiMurph]

Ranger doing his best to give Auckland the win.

[taniwharugby]

26 phases to get the win....not sure what to think,we didn't offer much but we're still in it at the nd ...

[Dice]

Kaifa is much better than Dominikovich-Murray. Unsure why Dominikovich-Murray moved ahead of him in the pecking order.

[Tim]

Jeez that was an awful half of rugby. Auckland are in danger of getting relegated.

[Tim]

Need some changes. Hopefully Nanai is back next week.

9. Fukofuka
10. Does is have to be Bowden?
11. Clarke
12. Faiane
13. Moala/Fekitoa
14. Not Aso
15. Nanai

[African Monkey]

Well Northland nearly pulled it off as I predicted earlier without playing very well themselves. Auckland continue to get worse and we'll do well to stay in the division if things don't improve.

[African Monkey]

@Tim Moala should shift to the wing in place of Aso.

[Tim]

We have no pattern or effective plan on attack. There is no focus. Without the Ioane brothers we really aren't creating anything.

[KiwiMurph]

A lot is made of Auckland 10s but cripes their 9s have been garbage for a long time. How the hell did they let Enari get away.

Give that youngster Mausia some more time at 10 I say.