Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau (RS)

[Stockcar86]

@Higgins said in Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau (RS):

Twenty minutes later and it is now marginally below 8 degrees. Wrap up warm @Stockcar86 @Number-10 @Billsy111 if you are going to slum it like me out on the bank where you get a real good read of the way the game is going! Just kidding it will be too dewy and my shoes will get wet so will be up in the Rodney Green Centennial Stand if I can get in there otherwise my season ticket is somewhere in the Graham Lowe Stand.

Edit: A recheck of the temperature gauge out on the back porch ten minutes later and it is now a noticeably chillier 6.5 degrees - Brrrrrrrr Thank goodness I am expert in smuggling in my hip flask.

I've got covid symptoms, so my seat in Harris stand is empty tonight. Cheering on from my sickbed

[Yeetyaah]

Lessshgo Counties

[Grooter]

Lincoln!

[Nepia]

McClutchie in after some sustained pressure from the Pies.

[Duluth]

Counties making plenty of tackles. They’ll gas badly in the 2nd half if this keeps up

..and there’s the first HB try

[Nepia]

TJ is going to be hard work this match, it's 10 mins in and I've had to double check that we're not playing Ta$man.

Hopefully Smithy and Pod can balance out his fluffing of Tasm Counties.

[Yeetyaah]

Waste of a good run from MMT

[Nepia]

@Yeetyaah said in Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau (RS):

Waste of a good run from MMT

Yep, bad habits learnt at the Highlanders.

O'Keefe "advantage over", Counties player goes out, "ah scratch that, penalty back halfway down the field". Grrr.

[nzzp]

that head high penalty against Counties on the HB tryline looked a bit soft.

[Nepia]

@nzzp said in Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau (RS):

that head high penalty against Counties on the HB tryline looked a bit soft.

The 3rd guy in was straight around the neck.

[Nepia]

Magpies playing like they're the challengers at the moment.

[taniwharugby]

@Nepia THE HB guy was almost sitting down.

[antipodean]

Tiatia decision making coming to the fore again.

[Nepia]

@taniwharugby said in Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau (RS):

@Nepia THE HB guy was almost sitting down.

That makes it worse, he was a midget to start with. In fact he could have stayed out of the tackle and they would have got the 5m scrum.

[Nepia]

@antipodean said in Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau (RS):

Tiatia decision making coming to the fore again.

Yep, we have two other players I'd rather have back there. It's like Kurt Baker all over again.

[Steven Harris]

Good contest thus far

[Nepia]

Counties kick a penalty, 6-7 Magpies.

Counties playing the better and smarter rugby at the moment.

[taniwharugby]

HB looking better with ball in hand, making metres with their runners moving before theybtake the ball, many of the CM players are standing still when get it, although CM do look good wide.

[antipodean]

Counties trying to lose this.

[Nepia]

Magpies in for a maul try from a lineout.