Wellington v Magpies
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Anyone fancying $10.00 for the Bay to win? That's what they are paying after Paongo scores a try and as I write that Alex Fidow scoots in under the posts in what is really looking like nothing more than an opposed training run. The $10.00 suddenly becomes $18.00 for an away win.
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HB are not looking quite so bad in the second half as they monopolise possession. Sadly there is not much penetration there but at least having most of the ball is stopping Wellington adding to their side of the scoreboard. Ten minutes still to go and it stands at Wellington 33 - 13 after Jason Long rumbles over for the second HB try.
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And also go close to getting a second for the close loss but lose the ball when looking dangerous after the hooter had sounded.
Final Score: Wellington 40 - 27 Hawkes BayIt wasn't anywhere near as awful on the scoreboard as I dreaded so there is a glimmer of hope that all might not be lost. Seriously though it looks like Wellington have more to be concerned about given that we had been defending like of cop on points duty in previous fixtures. There as quite a bit of heart shown by HB in the second half although there were still an alarming number of missed tackles. In summary - It could have been worse.
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The HB players need to buy Nutbrown a beer with his 13-4 penalty count for them.
Savea looks like he's spent time in the gym rather than at the hairdressers. It reflecting in his performance too.
HB when they get their injured players back will be a much better side. And hopefully wellington never have Nutbrown reffing another game
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There were a few calls that went against HB as well that annoyed me so it just wasn't all one way traffic. A lot of the penalties against Wellington looked justified so even though there was a total of thirteen penalties how many of them are you disputing as unwarranted?
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@Winger Are you kidding? Wellington deserved all those penalties & Nutbrown got it so wrong when he went to the TMO for the first disallowed try from the Magpies. Devery definitely scored a try there! Wellington has nothing to complain about the ref.
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And even the Selesele no try looked like he dropped it straight down and not in the required forward direction need to be ruled a knock on. I'm not disputing it though as it is ruled that way almost every time it happens. Similarly the Barracuda fluffed high ball he spilled, it came off his chest with no hands involved but those have also always been ruled knock ons so can't grumble about that.
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The Magpies seemed to be getting a bit more confidence in the second half. Like they had flipped a switch.
McNicol seemed to be getting better & better. Buckman is definitely the man who should be at fullback. Defensively, he's much stronger than Falcon and his experience and better reading of the game is showing. Falcon still has lots to learn and I'd prefer him to do that at 12 (when West is back). That would give him a bit more self confidence, too.
One thing I also noticed is that Jonah Lowe - although not nearly getting enough ball - had a very good game. Defensively strong; should definitely play centre once Emerson/TJ Vaega are fit again! If only our midfielders had passed the ball to him a bit more instead of trying to break the opposition defence without much success! He has also noticeably bulked up quite a bit!
I'm not sold on Devery yet; Tangaere was playing much better and is physically significantly stronger.
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Magpies:
100 tackles made
34 missed tacklesThe worst tacklers:
Hayden Hann: 10 tackles made, 5 missed
Tiaan Falcon: 9 tackles made, 4 missed
Nick Palmer: 12 tackles made, 4 missed
Sam McNicol: 1 tackles made, 3 missed
Brad Weber: 5 tackles made, 3 missedSurprised Jacob Devery only made 1 tackle (and missed 2).
Josh Eden-Whaitiri had a good shift, having to play 58 minutes after Cridge had to come off early. Made 9 tackles, missed none. 5 line-out wins
Most metres run: Jonah Lowe (78)
Most carries: Nick Palmer (12)
Most defenders beaten: Sam McNicol (4)
Most clean breaks: Sam McNicol (3)
Try assists: Richard Buckman (2)
Most turnovers won: Lucas Goodin (3) -
@Stargazer said in Wellington v Magpies:
@Winger Are you kidding? Wellington deserved all those penalties & Nutbrown got it so wrong when he went to the TMO for the first disallowed try from the Magpies. Devery definitely scored a try there! Wellington has nothing to complain about the ref.
Nutbrown was only reffing one side = a 13-4 penalty count. Head high tackle. Missed. Player on the ground knocking the ball out of the hands. missed Holding onto the ball missed. There are some refs that I hate reffing wellington matches and Nutbrown can go into thsi category
and the try was held up. I just accept refs are often poor but as long as it evens out fair enough. This game didn't
