The Bay v Manawatu
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@Stargazer every team has injuries, try being a Taniwha supporter, you could roll out a whole team..,we are basically using half of our Dev squad..,I know chatting to the Magpies coaches last week..they were saying they had been fortunate this year ,but had also been hampered by not having several players available at the start of season...
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@Steven-Harris I wasn't talking about the number of injuries teams have. I was talking about some individual players (regardless of which team they play for) who just keep getting injured, some seriously and long-term.
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@Stargazer My apologies,it was more around the the supporters that lament 1 or 2 key injuries and then take the underdog status.
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@Steven-Harris said in The Bay v Manawatu:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback and I am living rent free your in head..long may it continue ..!
Are you? If everyone who I think is a moron lived in my head that would explain my big head
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback I will give that one, nice come back
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That was a deserving win which was summed up nicely by the Turbos Captain after the game saying "They were too good."
We seem to be performing well across the park with few positions letting the team down. I would like to see our forwards getting more praise however as they are "laying the platform" for our flashy backs to perform.
The biggest concern is injuries with probably over a third of the team out for the season or under an injury cloud. I hear Trask has a broken jaw in two places. I'm not sure what the story is with Fuatai's suspension or what the hell happened to Archie White from England.
The location of the Semi (Rotorua or Tauranga) will be interesting. Its a no brainer for me as a packed out Tauranga is way, way better than the sparce crowds at Rotorua. I understand the final (if we make it and top the table) will be under lights at Rotorua.
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@Snollygoster That's why I said it felt comfortable. Our forwards were so dominant it just seemed a matter of time before the tries would come. We even blew a few tries ...
Average Bay score this season is 35-16.
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Another good game lead by a dominant forward pack without probably our most consistent player in karpik. I do need to have a bit of a vent against the union re the info we as fans receive regarding the team and injury updates if they want us to turn up and spend our money at the gate they need to connect with us a bit more. There is also very little in the bay times to promote the team or provide us with more info. Seems the union has got a hell of a lot of things right this season but I don't fell connecting with fans through the media is one of them. lets hope for a good result against Southland and a strong game from Ta$man to get us into top spot.
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@bop78 Local sports cvoerage in a number of newspapers is virtually nil. For example in Wellington we do not get anything about senior club rugby be it draws, results or even match reports (same also applies to club softball, cricket, netball, basketball, league, soccer etc). No longer subscribe to the Dominion Post as a result but think coverage of the Lions is not all that it could be either. Maybe the same situation applies in both the Tauranga and Rotorua newspapers?
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@Higgins I don't think media coverage is the main problem. It's the fact that some unions chose to communicate predominantly with the media; the media chose what they publish from what the union tells them, and the fans don't get enough information. If the unions communicated with the fans directly (not via the media), they could control which info reaches the fans and not be dependent on the media publishing just bits and pieces. Some unions are really good at it: they use their social media and their website very well. Some other unions are terrible.
Wellington Rugby uses its website and social media quite well for the Lions and representative rugby. Club rugby and school rugby is reasnably well covered by third party websites and social media. I find info about rugby in Wellington quite accessible compared to, for example, Hawke's Bay.
I completely agree with @bop78 that unions should inform their fans properly and engage with them better, if they want fans to turn up at games.
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I get BOP press releases emailed to me, I will try and post them more.
