Tasman vs Wellington (RS)
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@KiwiMurph said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):
@Dan54 I'm just glad Auckland get a challenge - first challenge since 2015
Pleased to do you guys a solid and get you a challenge - even if it's incidental to the main plan.
It's a bit shit in a 14 team competition that some teams can go 10 years without a challenge - and it would only take a minor bit of juggling and effort to ensure that didn't happen.
Perhaps not such a piss off when you've had the Shield for hundreds of challenges.
Plenty of big rugby fans in Ta$man who died before we won it!
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@KiwiMurph said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):
Christie has had a strong game. Quick thinking and quick tap gets a try.
Ta$man 16 Wellington 10
Probably the player of the match for me - along with Tavatavanawai - but, Finlay more involved. Dominated his opposite.
Ta$man lineout fell apart, but then Wellington's was pretty dodgy as well in the second half.
Got on top in the scrums - especially once Numia left - which was important.
Thought the Ta$man midfield edged the Wellingtonians as well.
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@Bones said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):
Fucking typical Welly.
I hear Higgins had a great game on defence...🎣 Baffled at Patafilo being on the bench and a makeshift wing starting.
Heard Delaney got stuck in, worth persevering with at blindside? Also heard the lineout was shit.
We traditionally aren't a great Shield team. Just too inconsistent, more often than not we don't seem to embrace the pressure
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Wellington's defence and decision making under pressure were not good enough. Ta$man deserved winners.
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@Chris-B said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):
@KiwiMurph said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):
@Dan54 I'm just glad Auckland get a challenge - first challenge since 2015
Pleased to do you guys a solid and get you a challenge - even if it's incidental to the main plan.
It's a bit shit in a 14 team competition that some teams can go 10 years without a challenge - and it would only take a minor bit of juggling and effort to ensure that didn't happen.
Perhaps not such a piss off when you've had the Shield for hundreds of challenges.
Plenty of big rugby fans in Ta$man who died before we won it!
Mate that'sthe beauty of the shield, you have to have luck to even get a challenge. Geez in 60s and 70s was nothing to miss a challenge for years.
The trouble with trying to ensure that everyone gets a challenge every couple of years (and one of the good things about it) is the fact we don't know who is going to have the shield after the first one of the year.
