Tasman v Southland

[Yeetyaah]

Man those Ta$man jerseys are nice.

[Dice]

Ta$man have had all the possession and territory, but are only up 7 - 3 at halftime.

[taniwharugby]

lucky they didnt score off that, massive forward pass

[ARHS]

Don't forward passes count?

[taniwharugby]

@ARHS which one?

Saw 3 in the past couple of minutes where the pass back inside has been forward

[ARHS]

Ones that get let go and create tries

[taniwharugby]

@ARHS yeah I was more pointing there had been several starting with the pass that lead to that big run

[Yeetyaah]

Kinda wanna buy one of those Ta$man jerseys even thought I'm in no way, shape or form a Ta$man fan. They just look super nice.

[Dice]

Some hungus guys in this game.

[ARHS]

Not convinced by tmo call there. Oh well not cut and dried

[ARHS]

Faingaanuku looking very good

[taniwharugby]

@ARHS if not a big hungus

[Duluth]

[Chris B.]

Someone once said something about a game of two halves (and then they said it again..).

This was that.

First half, Ta$man seemed a mix of casual, butter-fingered, overly-anxious hunguses determined to keep Southland in the game.

Second half they came out much more focused, accurate and playing for each-other and eventually broke the Southland shackles.

Not sure whether playing with the wind was responsible for some pretty dire catching and passing. Tbh Southland played the first half like there was a heavy mid-afternoon dew , as well.

Anyway, ended up pretty comfortable.

Much better from just about everyone compared to last week's debacle - at least in the 2nd half. David Havili back to being a talisman. Fox-Matamua went well at 8. Ross improved the lineout. Renton probably had his best game of the season.

Once we stopped dropping the ball Big Leicester and Fetu Paea started to look good. Fonotia was decent and Mark Talea had his moments.

Nice cameo from Segner with one blockbusting run and a little catch and pass to set up a try. Worth another run next week, IMO.

Biggest problem was Isaac Salmon at tighthead - we went from having a dominant scrum with Matenga, to getting beaten up. That suggest that Matenga might be worth a look from a Super team.

Pleasing effort in the loose from Sam Moli. I'm not sure whether he threw to the linout, but I'd stick with him for next week as well.