v Wellington
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Head/neck to Aumuas shoulder.
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Our locking issues go from bad to worse.
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Could have been the losing of the game that lineout
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Lineout gone to shit losing 2 locks
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Errors at crucial times is the story of this season for us.
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@taniwharugby Ta. In London so seldom see games.
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That would be carried back wouldn't it?
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Gah we've dropped our bundle.
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It is ok to go to the deck with the ball
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Been a couple of shoulder charges from Fifita tonight, not bad but Def penalties
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Small glimmer of hope...
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Another average 2nd spell, unfortunately punctuated by the serious looking injury to Bond and the injury to Douglas 😓
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So much to be happy about from this season but like the Northland boys I expect they will be extremely disappointed with how that ended and being unable to make the top 4 I know we are still a chance but can't see it)
What could have been....
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@taniwharugby I think the tactics for this game were poor. You don't beat Wellington by kicking penalties. We wanted 1 point from this game from 4 tries. We should have looked to play the line right from the start or even take the scrums where we had a clear advantage. Instead we took penalties. Really poor.
The loss of two locks hurt us but should use front of the line out as an option more. Also we used the game plan we have used all season which has been based around forwards rolling over advantage line. Wellington out muscled us and with no go forward we had no room for backs. Some variation was needed.
On the backs, neither Breem or Hawkins has a decent punt so Nock should always clear from base with protection. Someone with a decent punt should take the penalties. Passing back to 1st five guarantees a poor exit. I would like our plays from ruck phases to be quicker. Often Nock is waiting - for players to organise, for ....? Then a couple of times his passes didn't find the target.
Disappointed that we didn't start the game with an attacking 4 try mindset. Scrum was one phase where we had dominance, we should have scrummed the life our of them...
But still think Waikato will save us with a victory over BOP and Auckland will be championship fodder next year.
If we get the chance we can learn from tonight esp. if play Wellington again....
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Up the Mooloos, up the Stags, and up the Magpies!! Three last chances for us.
Gutted we didn't capitalise on that opportunity. Wellington weren't exactly on fire tonight, but they took all their chances with two hands.
Structurally we kind of lost our way in the second 40, that obviously wasnt helped when Bond and Douglas went off.
Thought Matich, Jack G, and Dan Pryor were our best. Hyland wasn't too bad either.
On a side note, the Wellington fans were so bloody quiet the whole match. Hell, there was only 20-30 of us and we out did them hands down! What is it with these big city teams? No one turns up! It was like being at a club match..
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@j77 Now we wait.
Like TR says so much to be happy with this season. We have a team that can win games, great scrum, attacking options across the field. Improved game management in last 20 minutes to close games out, get bonus points, stop others getting bonus points would be an area of improvement but if we largely keep the squad together we should expect that will come.😀
