North Harbour v Southland

[African Monkey]

Southland 3-0 up after 6 mins. Game full of kicking so far.

[African Monkey]

North Harbour 16-9 at half time as the rain continues to pour down.

[African Monkey]

North Harbour win 35-14. Good performance in the wet by them.

[Tim]

Tevita Li looked a bit bigger today. Good work for that last try.

[JK]

Afa did well when he came on. Good impact

Decent win by harbour. They will be happy with that

[African Monkey]

@JK It's how he should be used too. Definitely not fit enough to start.

[Duluth]

Duffie is looking more comfortable each game.

He could be a good option for the Blues at fullback. It's been a long time since we've had someone that good under the high ball and a decent kicking game at the back

[African Monkey]

Yeah he's looking a lot more comfortable with more time in rugby. He's got a better Kicking game than Nanai but Nanai's running game would be far more dangerous as we know. I think we'll go with 11. Ioane 14. Duffie and 15. Nanai to start things off.

[KiwiMurph]

Yeah Duffie looked a lot better after the June break in Super Rugby after looking out of his depth early on - a lot more comfortable in his last 3 games for the Blues. Under the high ball he really is outstanding - he wouldn't be far off the best player in the country at that aspect. Id agree with Nanai to 15 and Duffie to wing would be best use of both players.

[cgrant]

@African-Monkey said in North Harbour v Southland:

Yeah he's looking a lot more comfortable with more time in rugby. He's got a better Kicking game than Nanai but Nanai's running game would be far more dangerous as we know. I think we'll go with 11. Ioane 14. Duffie and 15. Nanai to start things off.

It could also be :
11. Moala 14. Duffie 15. Nanai with 13. Ioane.

[Tim]

Wouldn't mind seeing Matt Vaega have a go at wing.