Highlanders v French Barbarians

[ARHS]

@stargazer

Tomkinson, Lienert-Brown and Tuiloma not used either. But, they can only select 23. All the players previously listed as injured are playing. Just not aware of any new injuries. Nabura suspended still I imagine.

[KiwiMurph]

Young pivot, Josh Ioane, will also get one more opportunity to be the apprentice to the Sorcerer Lima Sopoaga 

What?

[SouthernMann]

@bones said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

Interesting to see Dickson at blindside. Never struck me as the kind of player who would be anything other than lanky lock.

Well when you have you four of your blindside options in the All Backs you have to scratch around a bit.

[Bones]

@southernmann said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

@bones said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

Interesting to see Dickson at blindside. Never struck me as the kind of player who would be anything other than lanky lock.

Well when you have you four of your blindside options in the All Backs you have to scratch around a bit.

Reckon Rob Thomas or the Barracuda would've aced it.

[Nepia]

@southernmann said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

@bones said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

Interesting to see Dickson at blindside. Never struck me as the kind of player who would be anything other than lanky lock.

Well when you have you four of your blindside options in the All Backs you have to scratch around a bit.

They could have just played Dixon at 6 and Mikaele-Tu'u at 8 if they wanted proper loosies - so looks like they're wanting to give him a try there.

[Stargazer]

The French really love their line-out mauls. Not working yet.

[Stargazer]

Ha, line-out maul from the Landers has more success. Try Lentjes.

[Stargazer]

Not converted by Sopoaga. 5 - 3 Highlanders

[Stargazer]

Now there you could clearly see that E Dixon isn't a no. 8.

[Stargazer]

Buckman's bogan levels are on another level tonight! That mop on his head!

[Stargazer]

Pretty average game thus far.

[Rapido]

@kiwimurph said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

Young pivot, Josh Ioane, will also get one more opportunity to be the apprentice to the Sorcerer Lima Sopoaga 

What?

Must ba an autocorrect from "piker".

[Stargazer]

Half time: Highlanders 5 - 3 French Barbarians

Boring first half.

[Stargazer]

Great try from Josh McKay, one of the few players I would give a pass mark thus far. Good pass from E Dixon.

[Stargazer]

Try Sopoaga. Good to see him score in his last game in Invercargill. The French had it coming ... The Landers have been camping in their 22 for most of the second half.

17 - 3 Highlanders

[Stargazer]

Try Greg Pleasants-Tate after a driving maul.

22 - 3 Landers

[Stockcar86]

I'd like to see how many rucks Buckman hit tonight as opposed to Elliot Dixon

[Stargazer]

Try Thompson, courtesy of Buckman, who's had a great game.

29 -3 Landers. Time's almost up.

[Stargazer]

Consolation try for Bonneval after a great break from Penaud.

Full time: Highlanders 29 - 10 French Barbarians.

Second half was reasonably good to watch. The score flatters the Landers a bit, because McKay's try was scored after a forward pass that wasn't spotted by the officials.

[cgrant]

Parkinson was the stand out player IMO. Safe target in the lineout, probably solid at scrum time (the Highlanders' scrum had the upper hand), effective driving and great workrate. It is quite odd that it was his first start of the season. How such a player could have been ignored by Hammett ?