Auckland vs. Northland

Tim

Harbour should beat Auckland this year. Hall and Gatland are a much better combination.

Dice

Aso with that matador defense.

Tua ran in front of Macilai to block Fekitoa to attempt a tackle though.

KiwiMurph

This Auckland side is so fucking shit. Trainor's decision making from the back is atrocious.

taniwharugby

@Dice ref missing a fair bit of simple stuff...is he the 7s guy?

taniwharugby

First penalty on the maul was shit, second fair enough

KiwiMurph

@taniwharugby He's done some super rugby stuff, especially as an assistant. But yes he's missed plenty.

Tim

Would like to see TJ Faiane take the ball at 1st receiver.

Chris B.

Come on Northland - get into it!!!!

African Monkey

Ummm.....relegation for us?

taniwharugby

Very messy but I guess it's pretty greasy out there

KiwiMurph

Ummm.....relegation for us?

Yep. This Auckland is very hard to watch. A lot of garbage out there.

KiwiMurph

Haha Aso that is atrocious. First he gets bumped off for a try then that.

African Monkey

@KiwiMurph Aso and Trainor can go after todays effort.

taniwharugby

Been pretty tough for both teams with some interesting calls by ref

Stockcar86

Seems to be lots of random or missed decisions by the ref going both ways

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KiwiMurph

Ranger doing his best to give Auckland the win.

taniwharugby

26 phases to get the win....not sure what to think,we didn't offer much but we're still in it at the nd ...

Dice

Kaifa is much better than Dominikovich-Murray. Unsure why Dominikovich-Murray moved ahead of him in the pecking order.

Tim

Jeez that was an awful half of rugby. Auckland are in danger of getting relegated.

Tim

Need some changes. Hopefully Nanai is back next week.

The Silver Fern