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Up in Fiji at the minute,disappointing to hear we went down,just wanting to know how the Fijian boy at lock went and also Sam McNamara if he got game time...?
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@steven-harris Mayanavanua was solid, MacNamara got on as well, maybe 20 mins, didnt notice too much either way.
It was just a few poor decisions and errors at the worst time, while I still reckon the double movement call was harsh (also thought we were under advantage) Pryor didnt need to go for it.
GRegory seemed like he was stuck between gassing it and going for the corner and drawing and passing to an unmarked man, and in the end did neither.
There was another time we had big numbers in thier 22 and a poor pass led to a knock on, plus another couple of raids where better execution would likely have resulted in a try.
Too many blown chances, we are creating plenty, defending well for the most part, but just accuracy killing us.
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@steven-harris The big Fijian did ok, not overly prominent, but did his job. McNamara got on in the second spell, once again didn’t stand out but did what he was supposed to.
I agree with all you guys on the exit plays. When are we going to learn to get the hell out of our own territory without messing something up? Even if we play a bit of force back with the opposition we can come up with some net gains.
Still way to many 50/50 offloads and chip/grubber kicks for my liking. If in doubt go to bloody ground, our ruck clean outs have been a strength this year..use them!
Better sort our shit out for Manawatu next week, they are our bogey team and haven’t lost to us in 8 years. You can bet your bottom dollar they’ll be popping their fizz for a result after their last two weeks...
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@gunner I just think Gregory looks new at this level. Watched the highlights which is nothing but there is a lot to this team now. We will have to win these close ones though and game management (bloody exits) is crucial.
You’re dead right Kev, our team looks so close to being a side that can beat anyone, we just need to address some of our decision making.
If everything clicks we could comfortably beat most sides..and I mean comfortably.
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Apparentlyl, the fun police was working last night, too.
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Thanks for the updates,sounds like we missed a trick,that’s a couple of away games we could have walked away with the 4 points.
Was just reading on transfer wires that Murray Douglas has signed with the Brumbies for 2019 & 2020 -
@stargazer just checked that blog out,unbelievable..!
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@steven-harris said in v Otago:
Was just reading on transfer wires that Murray Douglas has signed with the Brumbies for 2019 & 2020
Good on him, is odd though as Plumtree was still saying he was is the picture for the Canes next year. Heard that on The Breakdown mid week.
Wonder if he still comes back to Northland though. Can’t see any reason why not..
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thought it was a bit shit sending Matthews on with time all but up on the clock!
Maybe he had been on the sideline for 5 minutes waiting for a break in play to get on, but from here it seemed stupid coming on for the lineout which they simply needed to catch and kick out to finish the game
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