BOP v Taranaki
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Excitement is in the air as the Steamers prepare for their first of five home games for the season this Sunday 14...
Steamers Round 2 team vs Taranaki Bulls
1. Haereiti Hetet
2. Kurt Eklund (C)
3. Tevita Mafileo
4. Justin Sangster
5. Manaaki Selby-Rickit
6. Naitoa Ah Kuoi
7. Jacob Norris
8. Zane Kapeli
9. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi
10. Kaleb Trask
11. Nigel Ah Wong
12. Inga Finau (VC)
13. Joey Walton
14. Emoni Narawa
15. Gillies Kaka16. Anaru Rangi
17. Josh Bartlett
18. Pasilio Tosi
19. Nikora Broughton
20. Penitoa Finau
21. Jamie Dobie*
22. Wharenui Hawera
23. Taylor Haugh*Steamers Debut
Not available due to injury:
Jeff Thwaites
Melani Nanai
Kitiona Vai
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Only seen the first few mins of this game. I like the ref reversing that penalty for the head rub and shove
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Geez Pickerell is puzzling. Player lying on the ground offside scoops the ball back in the air to his side and it’s called “turnover good” 🤨🤨
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BOP with a handy 24-6 lead at 48 mins
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Proud of the boys for that performance. BoP pack were absolutely immense, highlight though not the score line but when under scrum pressure 5m out about the 50th minute, pulled out a tight head and exited successfully.
Pikerall too inconstant and could have ruined a tighter match, but the team that dominated will take all the points.
Full time 46-6
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I’ve only seen the tries from this match.
What’s going wrong with Taranaki? Last year they were undefeated and arguably the best provincial side. They are missing the second player maker Perofeta but other than him the roster hasn’t changed much
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@Duluth hard to say, they were competitive for a lot of this. Their line out was not functioning that well but that was also due to the BoP pack. When they got half breaks or even full breaks the BOP scramble defence did enough to stop them from points.
They played well enough in the first 60 to match a few teams but the first half cost them. There was enough of a wind, that Trask was able to keep them contained in their half for the second 40. I would suggest a 5-10 point wind.
Not as threatening though without Perofeta sure, but just making little errors at the wrong time, that's releasing pressure in my mind is their biggest weakness right now
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I didn't see the game, but Taranaki are missing their x-factor back three, and I assume both Fijian wingers are injured.
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I enjoyed this in the sun behind the posts. Best game from Kaleb Trask in a long while. After penalty blunder his punting was very accurate. Naki back 3 did not cover well.
Elsewhere the BOP tall timber dominated aerially and loosies did a great job. Thought Finau and Walton were great in midfield and Narawa always dangerous.
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@ARHS said in BOP v Taranaki:
Best game from Kaleb Trask in a long while.
Trask has had a lot of genuine promise without quite as much delivery for the last 2-3 years, but these first two NPC games have been some of the best I can remember from him in a while.
Hopefully some sort of turning point (or injury free point) has been reached.
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A good weekend
The warriors. Rotorua 1st xv . Ab's and the bopThe bay team looks exciting was good to be there
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@ARHS said in BOP v Taranaki:
I enjoyed this in the sun behind the posts. Best game from Kaleb Trask in a long while. After penalty blunder his punting was very accurate. Naki back 3 did not cover well.
Elsewhere the BOP tall timber dominated aerially and loosies did a great job. Thought Finau and Walton were great in midfield and Narawa always dangerous.
Glad they put their awful display last week behind them.Yep it was a very pleasant game to watch in the sunshine. I felt that in the second half, BOP realised that the Naki didn't have any backline weapons so their defensive line moved up to dominate. Overall the defence looked much more solid although will reserve judgment until Auckland next week. Good to see Parete still up to his old tricks.
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@KiwiPie the commentators were saying Jesse and Kurt were catching up on old times frequently, a running battle apparently
