Steamers v Waikato
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- Aidan Ross (21)
- Liam Polwart (11)
- Jeff Thwaites (18)
- Keepa Mewett (32) – Captain
- Culum Retallick (109)
- Tom Franklin (9)
- Hugh Blake (17)
- Jesse Parete (17)
- Richard Judd (8)
- Mike Delany (69) – Vice Captain
- Joe Webber (23)
- Terrence Hepetema (16)
- Lalakai Foketi (26)
- Monty Ioane (27)
- Chase Tiatia (23)
Reserves:
16. Nathan Harris (28)
17. Jordan Lay (6)
18. James Lay (7)
19. Tyler Ardron (4)/Troy Callander (20)
20. Mitchell Karpik (3)
21. Ajay Mua (1)
22. Luke Campbell (13)
23. Elijah Nicholas (1)Great looking team....fine day....TAB has us as favorites....A chance to relegate DSW. Can't wait.
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Good line up for the Bay, no excuses - bring it on!
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And today it won’t just be us watching the Bay with blood pressure pills and defibrillators at the ready - Auckland fans get to experience the roller coaster ride too
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Early days yet with just five minutes gone but Waikato have looked rather ordinary to say the least so far.
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Zac Guildford off already, a hamstring injury and not a failed random breath test!
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Doesn't appear to be a lot of traffic here today, all the BoP guys must be at the game. It looks a great sight at the Tauranga Domain in the lovely sunshine up there. Anyway after seventeen minutes both teams have crossed the line for unconverted tries, BoP first followed by DSW just a few minutes ago. The DSW are looking a bit better after a slow start but overall it still looks like BoP have the slight upper hand, albeit not by much at this stage.
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A lovely break and run by Monty Ioane puts the BoP left winger over in the corner for a converted try after about 22 minutes and his team lead twelve five. Daytime rugby in sunshine has a touch of magic to it.
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Waikato make another mistake trying to run it out of their own twenty two and turn the ball over. Ioane makes another powerful bust that results in another BoP try, this time in the right hand corner. Delaney converts and BoP 19 - 05 Waikato after thirty five minutes.
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That was not a deliberate knock on referee. Why do refs rule all attempted intercepts close to the goal line as deliberate (and a yellow card) even when, in this case anyway, it did not look like one? As it turns out Waikato scored a converted try from the penalty to close the gap to BoP 17 - 12 Waikato at halftime
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@higgins Waikato had penalty advantage regardless. I thought it was deliberate in real time he wasn't close to catching it and Waikato was open with one more pass
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Ok, I'll go with your opinion but why then did the referee not then award a penalty try if it was that obvious?
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Waikato come out of the sheds all fired up after halftime and have already dotted down under the posts and all but score again a few minutes later in the right hand corner so Auckland followers must be clenching their butt cheeks together a bit harder now.
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Waikato almost in again but win a penalty right in front ten metres out and Pita Aki's successful kick now makes it BoP 19 - 22 Waikato after forty nine minutes
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I hate it when players use their boots that way to get the ball. Too much risk that they injure their own and opposition players. Judd has a bad temper that could cost them.
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Agree with Turner, they should have looked at the knock-on by BOP and then that deliberate knock-down by Ahki wouldn't have happened.
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Another intercept sin bining to Pita Aki after a series of powerful BoP attacks on the Waikato goal line. Shouldn't have come to that as there looked to be a BoP knock on earlier in the play missed by the officials.
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It's a disgrace that bad officiating might lead to a team's possible relegation.
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BoP in under the posts (Foketi) after continuing their attack and a string of penalties BoP 26 - 22 Waikato after sixty two minutes
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A penalty and another try in the last few minutes and things are looking more comfortable for Auckland (but not for Northland) with the score now BoP 36 - 22 Waikato after sixty nine minutes
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Lose is a bit dumb.
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Things tighten up a bit with Waikato in in the left hand corner bringing the score to BoP 36 - 27 Waikato after seventy three minutes after the conversion misses
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Come on ref, that attempted intercept/knock on was just as deliberate as the two you have yellow carded already.
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Wow, great try from Uhila.
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DSW in but the kick misses four points the margin and now into injury time
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BoP win and Waikato go down to the Championship.
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Thanks guys
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Good win by the Bay - geez Waikato had some injuries! I thought Judd looked flat again - now r weeks in a row. Maybe the only change for the semi.
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The ref did the best he could to help Waikato.
Stupidest call of the day was when Waikato knock on, ball goes forward 5 metres to Delany who kicks out on the full and Waikato get the lineout throw. Zero advantage. And then they go downfield BOP get a yellow and DSW get a try.
Fuck.right. off
And those complaining about the Waikato yellow can cry a river. immediately before that DSW conceded 3 penalties in the red zone and didnt get a card.
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Can’t believe people think Waikato were hard done to by the ref. By the 55 minute mark I wanted to check to see if he had a Mooloo engraved gold watch on...
Great game of rugby.
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@donsteppa Nobody said Waikato were hard done by in general. Comments were only about that yellow card. As a neutral, I couldn't care less about either Waikato or BoP. It was just a bad call, and yes, there were more. Either way.
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@stargazer said in Steamers v Waikato:
@donsteppa Nobody said Waikato were hard done by in general. Comments were only about that yellow card. As a neutral, I couldn't care less about either Waikato or BoP. It was just a bad call, and yes, there were more. Either way.
No the vast majority went DSW way. You got any other example of a call that went BOPs way ? The penalty count was 10-1 at one stage....
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@baron-silas-greenback Sorry, I couldn't be bothered to take notes.
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@stargazer said in Steamers v Waikato:
@baron-silas-greenback Sorry, I couldn't be bothered to take notes.
But you could be bothered speaking nonsense clearly.
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@baron-silas-greenback I wasn't speaking nonsense about that one yellow card. And, again as a neutral, I was watching the game with both my eyes open.
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Well done ya cnuts!
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Thanks BOP, time to flush the dunny on that season. Jesus.
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@stargazer said in Steamers v Waikato:
@baron-silas-greenback I wasn't speaking nonsense about that one yellow card. And, again as a neutral, I was watching the game with both my eyes open.
You said that there were more that went either way. Yet you didn't have any other examples. You were talking shite.
That aside you were clearly implying that both sides suffered more than one injustice. But then threw out the pithy comment about not taking notes. Both your eyes may have have been open... maybe you needed more. -
@baron-silas-greenback You can't handle it very well when people disagree with you, can you? I don't have to give examples; this is not a scientific forum or a court. I can have an opinion on things I've seen without writing it all down, with evidence at all. Let it go mate, your team won, bonus point and all.
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It's sad when people let their antipathy for Auckland cloud their judgement so. Then again, there's not a lot else happening for Hawkes Bay fans.
Great win BOP boys.
