Counties vs Auckland

[Steven Harris]

@Tim series of penalties in the red zone..

[Tim]

Player losses:

Trainor
Nanai
Umaga
Fukofuka
Papalii
Seu
Olmsted
Scrafton
Fatialofa
Lemalu

That's a lot at NPC level.

[Tim]

Has it been raining? Scrappy game.

[Steven Harris]

@Tim still 50 minutes to go , bit early to pull the injury and unavailable list don’t you think...still think Auckland will win this game...Counties Manukau from what I believe have several unavailable including Sam Henwood the skipper who is massive loss for CM.
Very scrappy niggly game..!

[Duluth]

@Tim said in Counties vs Auckland:

Has it been raining? Scrappy game.

It was raining. Think it stopped around kickoff

[Tim]

@Steven-Harris Just pointing out that there are some reasons for worse performances than last year.

[Steven Harris]

@Tim ok, my apologies..

[Kirwan]

Ref is struggling to maintain control out there. Seems unsure of himself, so the players (from both sides) are trying everything.

With the conditions and that has made for a messy game.

Auckland defence has been excellent.

[Kirwan]

Interesting to hear the ref ask the teams to stop shouting at the lineout, and use the term from the commentary.

Did Goldie have a word? Not sure that’s cool.

[Kirwan]

Nice try, Auckland hold the ball for a few mins and split them open.

[Kirwan]

Blues are going to miss Caleb Clarke next year.

[Duluth]

More good play in 4mins of this half than the previous 40

Good to see a quality kick from TJ in the lead up to that try. Kicking from hand was a feature of last season, it’s been poor so far this year

[Kirwan]

Ffs, another yellow.

[Tim]

Dumb ass play.

[Kirwan]

@Tim yeah, why even do that?

[KiwiMurph]

Auckland culture this year seems all over the shop.

Mouthy, dumb offloads, foul play

[Duluth]

Silly from Manu

This is where I think judging on the outcome is wrong. If the player hadn’t put his arm out it would have been a red.
That’s not a good incentive.

[Kirwan]

Comedy hour from Counties there. Bombed a certain try

[KiwiMurph]

Faiane held by the jersey.

[Kirwan]

Perfect game for Ruru.