Southland vs Northland

[nzzp]

@Stargazer said in vs Southland:

YC coming soon ..

Dunno what the ref was on saying 'only 2'. They copped 2 offside penalties, followed by 2 straight scrum penalties. Frustrating.

Still, Northland look to have plenty here - should take this one with fitness

[Stargazer]

Typical first game of the season. Lots of handling errors, all looking very rusty. And that's including the ref.

[Machpants]

@African-Monkey said in vs Southland:

@Machpants Ken Laban is a beautiful commentator.

He may well be beautiful, but he's bloody annoying

[Stargazer]

Geez, that was good from Southland. Totally against the run of play, though. First try of the season.

[African Monkey]

@Machpants His pronunciation of Maori/Pacific names is a thing of beauty.

[Machpants]

@African-Monkey true, that's it tho

[Stargazer]

@African-Monkey Are you serious? He so often gets it wrong.

[African Monkey]

@Stargazer Yes I am serious. He's the only commentator who knows how to say the Maori/Pacific Island names properly.

[Machpants]

It's all turning to crap

[ACT Crusader]

@African-Monkey said in vs Southland:

@Stargazer Yes I am serious. He's the only commentator who knows how to say the Maori/Pacific Island names properly.

I’m not a huge fan, but I find him less annoying than others and I agree about the names as well. He seems to take time to learn them.

[Duluth]

Isi should have stopped that try

[Gunner]

After dominating the opening 25 odd minutes we should have had a healthy lead, but somehow conspired to find ourselves 10-6 down.

Really, WTF?

Get the ball to Hyland more, he’s carving up.

[Machpants]

Jack D passing has been appalling

[ACT Crusader]

Better from the Taniwha.

[Machpants]

But still 9 and 10 passing like tits. Still Southland should have a yellow there, even with the try

[ACT Crusader]

Jack D nails the conversion. Taniwha lead 13-10

[Gunner]

I wouldn’t mind seeing our backs send it wide, just once....

We keep fucking around in midfield going nowhere.

Hyland, a well deserved try.

[ACT Crusader]

Got what you wanted @Gunner 😎

It was a good run after a very messy lineout for the Stags.

[Duluth]

Haha, terrible positioning from the ref.. Matich makes sure he knows

[ACT Crusader]

The first up tackling from the Stags is pretty passive. A decent breakdown penalty won though.

Now Stags cough up the ball with their 1st 5 standing way too far away from that ruck.

Taniwha in a good attacking position with scrum just outside the 10m line in the middle of the park.