Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland
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@Stargazer What was your honest opinion on the final result? I honestly (admittedly I am looking through just the one eye) thought we looked to be about 25 to 30 points better than Northland. Having those tries rules out did not allow that superiority to be reflected on the scoreboard.
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@Higgins you guys def left points out there, but I reckon we left plenty out there too, some simple errors in your 22 that lead to massive territory gains for you and ultimately tries (ref made a wrong call that lead direct to a try for you guys)
I never expected to win it, and you were the better team, but I think we left plenty behind as well.
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@Higgins I think the first half score was more the result of the Shield Snorters making lots of handling errors (nerves?) than Northland playing that well. They were feeding off our mistakes (looking at you Kurt Baker with your stupid quick line-out throw!!) and good on them. That's what teams should do, but they didn't really create many opportunities themselves (that great try from Robinson being an exception). Also, later in the second half, the Shield Snorters were taking the foot of the throat again and let Northland score tries off mistakes again. Typical example was when Ili let Tua steal that ball from him. So yeah, I agree with you. We should have won with a higher points differential. But full credit to Northland for trying to stay in the fight until the end.
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@KiwiMurph said in Championship Final - Hawke's v Northland:
@Stargazer it's not clear from the camera angle whether Mclutchie was expecting it or not - he could well have called for it.
I'm certainly a fan of Mclutchie though - can't believe Canes signed Hickey instead.
You could have just said the Jordie defence.
I can 100% believe the Hurricanes signed Hickey. Just look at the history of the Canes.
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@KiwiMurph McClutchie has some brilliant skills this season, often resulting in tries. One example was that awesome try from Fomai, which resulted from a nice little chip kick from McC. Or the kick to Lowe, who offloaded to McLeod to score the try in the semi-final against Taranaki. He had a bit of a slow start to the season, but overall his kicking game has improved immensely from last year and also his goal kicking. I find it mind-boggling that - as far as we know - he again doesn't have a SR contract for next season.
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@KiwiMurph said in Championship Final - Hawke's v Northland:
@Stargazer you can't put all the blame on Baker - Mclutchie threw the hospital pass after the quick throw.
Don't tell us what we can and can't do. I put blame on Baker for the Napier floods. Have even toyed with blaming him for the 1931 Earthquake but thought then he might get credit for Art Deco weekend so decided against it.
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@Nepia I expect it will bite the Canes in the butt, next season(s). I just hope they're not destroying Shield Snorters' careers by not giving them appropriate game time or playing them in the wrong position. Not signing some players is bad enough. I mean, it's not only McClutchie not getting a contract. They could have had better locks with both Cridge and - particularly - Tom Parsons playing so well.
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@Magpie_in_aus Hahaha, you forgot the drought!
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Belated congratulations to the hawkes Bay, despite there being nothing to like about your union since Ian MacRae,(another poach from the West Coast!😜) retired. Fittingly the same nickname as the most beloved AFL team.
Nah, Fair dues played really good rugby and have a log to look at. Deserved victors, and a great season, you strange fucks 😉