The Bay v Hawkes
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Just getting in early with the correct thread title
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@Duluth Don't forget the apostrophe.
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And a reasonable chance that it will likely stay that way too with my guys bound to treat them with the respect they deserve and field a large number of squad fillers given the need to have a fully fresh Top XV lineup available for the Shield Defence against Wellington the game after! The big flop against North Harbour does not inspire much confidence of tipping over BoP if things are repeated to the same extent they were in that fixture.
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@Bovidae said in The Bay v Hawke's:
@Duluth Don't forget the apostrophe.
I tried, the software freaks out when I had an apostrophe in the title
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Well I am not confident, I am glad we are playing at home, that's about it. Should get confidence out of last match but we are hardly consistent ourselves. Did see some good things last week and hope that continues.
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Have to agree with @Higgins .
There is a real possibility that the Magpies will not field their top XV, particularly in the forwards.
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The Bay have named their side:
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No arguments with that starting lineup. All combos are in form. Enhanced bench this week too. I assume Carroll and Mewett injured to have Curry as lock cover.
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good bench, have a feeling its Joe Tupe's last game for the Bay too
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As expected, some first-choice players rested and some on the bench.
MAGPIES
15 Kurt Baker
14 Lolagi Visinia
13 Stacey Ili
12 Neria Fomai
11 Jonah Lowe
10 Caleb Makene
9 Folau Fakatava
8 Devan Flanders
7 Gareth Evans
6 Marino Mikaele-Tu'u
5 Bryn Evans
4 Isaia Walker-Leawere
3 Namatahi Waa
2 Ash Dixon
1 Pouri Rakete-Stones16 Kianu Kereu-Symes
17 Sona Taumalolo
18 Joel Hintz
19 Tom Parsons
20 Solomone Funaki
21 Connor McLeod
22 Lincoln McClutchie
23 Danny Toala -
@Number-10 Why is Toala rested? He hasn't played many minutes.
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@Number-10 who? Parsons and McClutchie? Looks closer to top lineup than I was expecting in managing Shield planning
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Regular starters Joe Apikotoa, Geoff Cridge, Brendon O'Connor and regular sub Jason Long not in the 23.
Regular starters Tom Parsons and Lincoln McClutchie on the bench, and you can add Danny Toala to those two as well
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@Number-10 OK thanks. Gareth and Bryn Evans not bad subs to have. Should be a cracker game
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Visinia with the first try. Hawkes made that a lot harder than it should’ve been
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Poor effort from the 13 to let Trask go
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tackling is optional Today ..
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A very silly yellow card from Jordan Lay costs us on the scoreboard
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Did Dixon get that??
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The Steamers are having a nice afternoon stroll in the sun at this stage...
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Nope. Great run though
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Bugger..Hawkes Bay should have kept going direct ..
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Nice - as easy a length of the field intercept as Narawa will ever get 😊
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The Magpies have brought all the energy, but thankfully we're somehow still in this. Our back three are low energy off the ball.
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Strong crosswind is having a big impact. I thought Webber has been bop best with great chasing and involvement. Am hoping bop uses crosswind to better advantage this half. Visinia looks threatening for hb and their big forwards making lots of metres. Hot day too so fitness may tell
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We're lucky so far today. Have to be better to take this game .....
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How dumb was that from Visinia if he had let the ball roll into the in goal , it’s back to halfway for a scrum ..🤦♂️
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Hawkes Bay could regret all these chances ..credit to the steamers D
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Clayton needs to empty the bench
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We're so slow to the breakdown
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Yellow all day ..here’s the momentum shift
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@Steven-Harris said in The Bay v Hawkes:
Yellow all day ..here’s the momentum shift
Unfortunately we're still pedestrian...
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Good call to sub Narawa.
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@Donsteppa both these teams doing their best not to win this game ..🤦♂️
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Trask looks good as a fullback.
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@Steven-Harris said in The Bay v Hawkes:
@Donsteppa both these teams doing their best not to win this game ..🤦♂️
Agreed! We finally took an opportunity there, but we'd been doing our best not to for a while 😊
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Narawa looked disinterested. His team needs urgency to hold the lead. Maybe the hard knock from Lowe tackle impacted.
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@ARHS said in The Bay v Hawkes:
Narawa looked disinterested. His team needs urgency to hold the lead
Yep, he barely got above a jog for much of the time
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Joe Webber is inspirational today
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