Hawkes Bay vs Northland (RS)
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@J77 I guess itβs frustrating because when your the master of your own errors , you make life that much easier for the opposing team ..straight drops under no pressure and not finding touch are inexcusable in the modern game .
Problem is we been doing this all season , we got away with it against Southland .
On saying that we have got Temo Mayanavanua for one more game before he joins Fijian team as they head to the Northern Hemisphere.
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@Billsy111 said in Shield Snorters vs Northland (RS):
@taniwharugby I thought Northland played bloody well, gave the Bay a real physical game and never gave up. I don't know what other people think but Stacey Ili is playing himself in Super Rugby contention.
Ili has good quick feet and a great offload. Occasionally tries it too much, still needs to work on when to put it away a little bit, but great skills - reminds me of NMS.
Not a big man though, which will work against him at the higher level. -
@taniwharugby Rene was excellent. He plays on the edge so you are going to get risky play, but Northland needed it.
@Billsy111 I thought Northland played well also, just lacked that finishing class.
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@Steven-Harris yea we are creating opportunities but ruining them with silly errors, then letting opposition punish us, whereas we aren't able to take advantage of their errors.
Last night I think we created enough opportunities to be ahead at the break, and probably win too, but ultimately we were not upto it.
Can only imagine how we would look if we still had J-Deb and Goodhue, given our 10/12 axis has struggled all season so far.
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@Nepia said in Shield Snorters vs Northland (RS):
I'm assuming all the other Shield Snorters posters are at the park, I felt like I was in a Northland love in during this thread.
Don't have an internet connect at the flat so can't comment whilst watching games from there!