Auckland v Counties Manukau

[mimic]

@tim said in Auckland v Counties Manukau:

Pretty light weight second row, which might weaken the scrum.

But their lineout work has been great

[KiwiMurph]

Poor captaincy from Gibson. Take the 3.

[Stargazer]

Counties have improved since the break.

[KiwiMurph]

@stargazer helps when the opposition turn down points...

[Dice]

What does good maul defense look like? They're foreign to me.

[Stargazer]

@kiwimurph Has nothing to do with that. Counties line-outs and scrums are better than Auckland's. Auckland better score soon, because this score is stuffing up my tipping.

[KiwiMurph]

@stargazer has everything to do with it. Would have been 23-14 Auckland...

[Stargazer]

@kiwimurph I was talking about Counties playing better, not Auckland playing worse.

[KiwiMurph]

@stargazer playing so much better they would have been trailing by more....

[Stargazer]

@kiwimurph You're thinking Auckland centric. I'm a neutral. I see an improvement in Counties play since the break. I wasn't talking about the score, but about the way they play.

[KiwiMurph]

@stargazer you neutral when it comes to Auckland/Blues. Yeah right. Pull the other one.

[Stargazer]

@kiwimurph Yes, I'm neutral and not anti-Auckland (or anti-Blues).

[KiwiMurph]

Prattley winning a scrum penalty. Is this bizzaro world?

[Dice]

I think it's been back and forth in the forwards, but our backs have thoroughly outplayed theirs. Have the Counties backs done anything in this game?

[KiwiMurph]

Then normal service resumes next scrum.

[Stargazer]

@dice Agreed, haven't seen much of the Counties backs. Auckland needs more possession to get their backline firing.

[Stargazer]

And then Plummer kicks possession away.

[KiwiMurph]

Ruru has been seriously shit already. Cripes.

[mimic]

For some strange reason, I have a feeling Dalton will be an all black before Akira

[Stargazer]

@mimic How tall is he? Or does he need an appointment with Ardie's hairdresser?