Auckland v Tasman

[Nepia]

Is it some kind of Umaga family law that they must have dreads?

[Tim]

I wonder how many people backed Auckland to win the Premiership at $12?

[nzzp]

@tim said in Auckland v Ta$man:

I wonder how many people back Auckland to win the Premiership at $12?

not happening, too young a side.

psst: don't jinx it fella

[Tim]

That's about 60 minutes scoreless for Ta$man?

[Kirwan]

@tim said in Auckland v Ta$man:

I wonder how many people back Auckland to win the Premiership at $12?

Still too early for that talk. Semis are still par, anything else is a bonus.

Going well though.

[Kirwan]

Only thing that would have been sweeter would have been TJ commentating on Ta$man getting smashed by Auckland.

How’d you like them apples?

[Nepia]

Well done Auckland, cleaned up a team with a better backline than the Highlanders and the Chiefs.

[African Monkey]

@kirwan Dead right. Very important win this is for us but we still have very tough competition to come including a trip to Christchurch next week (a place we never win at) so still a lot of work to do. All tonight has done is mean that next week isn't a must win game.

Having said that, great performance. Easily our best performance since Paul Feeney's 2015 side.

[Tim]

@nepia

[Tim]

@tim Last 55 minutes Ta$man were held scoreless. Dominance.

[Kirwan]

Hope the Blues are watching and seeing what can happen when you ditch a coach out of his depth.

[Gumboot]

Not bloody bad, Auckland. I don't know what was more impressive - scoring all those first half tries to get the 19-point lead, or holding Ta$man scoreless for so much of the game.

[Bovidae]

Well done the rookie ref as well.

[Gumboot]

@bovidae said in Auckland v Ta$man:

Well done the rookie ref as well.

Yes, he had a very good game.

[Stargazer]

I don't get the Sumo hate. Sense of humour is always a matter of taste. I don't mind him at all.

[Duluth]

@kirwan said in Auckland v Ta$man:

Hope the Blues are watching and seeing what can happen when you ditch a coach out of his depth.

Don’t you read what Sumo says? The Blues struggle because they don’t have coffee together often enough. It’s not the coaches fault.

[Tim]

@kirwan This puts to death all the bullshit excuses. "The players don't care." "There's no good players."

Umaga is just a bad coach and a worse selector.

[African Monkey]

@stargazer I don't mind it, I just think he goes way over the top with it.

[Donsteppa]

Great defensive effort from Auckland in the second half. The Ta$man backs were woeful in response.

[Chris B.]

Fuck it!

Mistake by Leon not to start Makalio and Aumua. Without a big munter in the loose forwards we lacked a bit of go forward in the first half - and then got rattled when Auckland picked up points.

Ten minutes of awfulness either side of halftime.