Manawatū v Tasman

[Stargazer]

[Grooter]

@Stargazer missing Mitch still😔

[Duluth]

Leicester Fainga'anuku not required by the ABs

[Stargazer]

@Duluth I expect a few more to be released. There are quite a few players short of a gallop.

[Duluth]

[Duluth]

Fidow & Cameron barely tried to tackle LF

[antipodean]

Going to be a long season for Manawatū

[Grooter]

Macca Springer 🔫

[Winger]

24-12 HT Ta$man

[nzzp]

@Winger said in Manawatū v Ta$man:

24-12 HT Ta$man

If Manawatu had burgled that try just before the half it would be a ridiculous scoreline. Ta$man sloppy.

[antipodean]

easy YC

[ARHS]

Wow. Wonderful try Manawatū. Drew Wild is great to watch

[nzzp]

Good try Manawatu.

Their fullback has played well. Fun game for a walkover.

[antipodean]

More entertaining game than I thought it would be. Manawatū will be ruing their poor defensive lapses.

[Stargazer]

[ACT Crusader]

@ARHS said in Manawatū v Ta$man:

Wow. Wonderful try Manawatū. Drew Wild is great to watch

Quite liked his involvement level. Has that spark too.

[Chris]

Macca Springer showed his ability in this game
He will not look out of place for his SR team next season.

[Rapido]

Watched the highlights package, fun match. First time I have seen Springer.

That attempted 'tackle' by Fidow for the first try by Leicester F ... oh.my.god

I seem to have been drawn back in a bit, last time I seriously was watching rugby, and had a sky subscription, Quentin Strange looked the best young lock in the land, and looked like he had what it takes,IMO. What's happened there? Did he get a major injury, IIRC?

[Chris B.]

@Rapido Quinten's had no luck with injuries. In Super rugby, he's behind Whitelock and SBarrett - but, every time one of them gets injured it seems Quin gets hurt immediately after.

Picked for the ABs in 2020 and then got injured in camp, before he played. I think that might have opened the door for Vaa'i.

I reckon he's still a decent prospect as a test lock (though he's not a fern favourite). He's not massively tall - slightly more than SBarrett according to the stats, but he's mobile and does most things well.

As Nisbo noted last night, the Mako are much better when he plays - quite noticeable last year when he got hurt and then came back.- got us back on track.