Tasman v Wellington

[Stargazer]

@canes4life Problem with Morgan is his game management and kicking, which is worse than JGB's. Difference is that Morgan still has time to improve.

[Canes4life]

@stargazer I think his game management isn’t that bad but I agree on his kicking.

[Canes4life]

Well played Ta$man.

[Steven Harris]

Get of free jail card required for the Lions

[Canes4life]

@steven-harris Ta$man should have just knocked the ball on and taken the advantage.

[Canes4life]

OMG Jackson Garden Bachop what the hell was that.

[Stargazer]

Typical JGB!! Kicking the ball straight into the hands of Segner.

[Steven Harris]

@canes4life JGB ,WTF..just be patient , hold on to the ball ..
However well done to Ta$man , but one the Lions let slip.

[Yeetyaah]

Holy shit JGB is stupid 😂😂😂😂

[Winger]

34 - 22 Ta$man

JGB stupid play right at the end gifted Ta$man 7 points

[KiwiMurph]

Although Wellington were most likely stuffed anyway that's pretty on brand for JGB.

[Bovidae]

@canes4life said in Ta$man v Wellington:

@steven-harris Ta$man should have just knocked the ball on and taken the advantage.

Exactly. A penalty in front was an 8 pt lead. Game over.

The injury ward will be huge after this game.

[Winger]

So HB, Waikato, Ta$man and one of BOP or Canterbury

[Bovidae]

So JGB gets 2 try assists...for Ta$man.

[Chris B.]

Got my game time wrong, so only saw the final 20 minutes.

Maybe I should stop watching - because seemingly, Ta$man was going alright up till then.

But, I tuned in to see the coaches had already almost emptied the bench. Us play about 1000 phases in the Wellington 22 without really getting close to scoring.

Grooby's kicks....

Us be 5 points up with 90 seconds to play (in a knock out match) and get a penalty in front of the sticks, but did anyone have the nous to just drop the ball and take the penalty and the game.

Thankfully JGB!!!

Poor old Mako shark. Probably someone should have put it out of its misery.

[Stargazer]

@winger Yep, fourth team will be BOP in case of a draw or win to BOP; it will be Canterbury if they win.

[Bovidae]

Canterbury hold the tie breaker over Ta$man so will finish 3rd with a BP win. BOP need a BP win to finish above Ta$man.

[Stargazer]

@bovidae Correct. With "fourth" I wasn't referring to ranking, but to the last team making the semis.

[Duluth]

[Chris B.]

@bovidae said in Ta$man v Wellington:

Canterbury hold the tie breaker over Ta$man so will finish 3rd with a BP win. BOP need a BP win to finish above Ta$man.

Canterbury notably having had an extra game to accumulate their points. But, NZ Rugby won't worry about trivialities like that.

If, by some miracle we should manage to tip over those Hawkes Bay bastards and end up playing a final in ChCh, I shall return to this theme.