v Manawatu

[Higgins]

No try, what a completely shit call!

[taniwharugby]

2 poo players slip and that's our fault?

[taniwharugby]

Fuck

[Stargazer]

As a neutral, I must say that that was a great intercept try.

[Gunner]

Fuck sakes.

Learnt nothing from last week. We are playing way too deep and they are rushing super quick.

[taniwharugby]

@gunner gotta be deep with them up, oft offside.

[Gunner]

@taniwharugby can't just keep shovelling it back though when they're standing in our backline.

[taniwharugby]

Poor decision there by Jone.

[taniwharugby]

Ref missed that bloody obstruction

[Higgins]

I find it hard that a player can be rewarded with a try despite being ankled tapped and hitting the ground four metres short of the line and subsequently sliding over the tryline. He benefitted from the dew on the grass but had it happened in the middle of the after noon he probably would not have been so fortunate. Situations like that do not sit easily with me.

[Gunner]

@higgins conditions are the same for both sides...

[taniwharugby]

Faaaaaarrrrkkkk

[taniwharugby]

That wasn't very straight

[Gunner]

I have that sinking feeling that this is going to be another game that gets away unless we improve our ball handling.

Had ample opportunity but the fucking errors!!!

And that Non try.

[taniwharugby]

Wtf is up with our scrum....

@Gunner yeah we should be up on the board, not down...some reffing I competencies but also some poor handling and execution from us

[Gunner]

Apoua doesn't look up to it. Our scrum has been solid and even dominant all year, but while he's been on...

How the fuck are we 5 points behind?

Sort your shit lads.

[taniwharugby]

@gunner he was on in the one we smashed them before.

Goodhue has thrown intercepts on consecutive weeks...that have resulted in opposition tries, had both gone to our hands they probably woulda been tries for us...

[Chiefy07]

@gunner Was just thinking that the scrum had dropped away since Ross Wright went off except for the first one.

We're making too many unforced errors (as is the TMO).

If we cut the errors we should be too strong - hopefully Witcombe fires them up at halftime

[taniwharugby]

Hohaia has looked very good, apart from a couple of handling errors, but he is likely to be subbed early for Ranger.

[Gunner]

Something else I've noticed is our counter attack is on slow mo.
Part of the reason our back 3 have been so effective this year to date is if they're going to go, they put the hammer down and go for it. Tonight they are very hesitant, minus a couple of macalai runs.

I think we need to get Ranger on for some aggression!