Manawatu vs Northland

[Kirwan]

Try saver! Great tackle

[Stargazer]

Great try saver from Gregory.

[Stargazer]

Excellent touch finder. Line-out on the 5m line.

[Kirwan]

Ahh not straight

[Higgins]

Damn, lineout not straight, The 'Poo could now scramble out of it.

[Kirwan]

Yes! Penalty!

[Stargazer]

Northland scrum has been really good. Another chance.

[Kirwan]

Come on Northland, steal the game.

[Stargazer]

What?

[Higgins]

Bugger penalty to the 'Poo, jammy pricks!

[Kirwan]

Good finish, fun game for a neutral (ish).

[J77]

Hometown at it again. Demolished their scrum twice. One penalty to us and one to them. What the actual?

[kev]

@J77 that lineout call of not straight was rubbish. The two tries ( player out, and forward pass ) that shouldn’t have been awarded. Pissed off with that.

That said our backs are rubbish. Johnson adds nothing and Leilua has no hands.

[Stargazer]

@J77 Yeah, I expected that last call to go Northland's way. Don't know what the ref thought he saw ... ?

[Stargazer]

Duane Monkley medal points:
Andre Taylor - 3
Otere Black - 2
Jack Debreczeni - 1

[kev]

@taniwharugby said in v Manawatu:

@Higgins but the forwards keep giving the ball to the backs....

Our forwards look good, but our backs ....

[J77]

@Stargazer said in v Manawatu:

@J77 Yeah, I expected that last call to go Northland's way. Don't know what the ref thought he saw ... ?

Scrum penalties are basically rewarding dominance, unless you do something outrageously silly. Nothing silly there, it was a carbon copy of the scrum before.

[taniwharugby]

@kev could narrow further...our mid field

[kev]

@taniwharugby disappointing on so many levels

[Steven Harris]

Never happy with a loss , the forwards will be definitely pissed off.
Temo Mayanavanua when he came on I thought he was outstanding, he’s such good such ball skills and power on the leg drive I believe he’s already on a couple of super rugby franchise radars ..
6’6 120 kgs...played for the Blues Dev squad this year only 21.

Sam McNamara is getting better, only 21 , I’m predicting he will go on and play 100 games for Northland,,future captain..

Sam Nock when he backs himself looks a much better player
Scott Gregory has some ability but is being wasted at fullback in my opinion ..