v Manawatu
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Great half of footy by the good guys.
Our usual flair but with a shit load more rugby smarts with what we’re doing.
Our 2 starting locks off injured already, FUCK! They were both playing great too. Hope they’re not serious injuries.
They’re all playing well, especially the locks when they were on, Ranger, Hyland. Kitto has provided a real spark. Love Gregory’s left boot, and he’s had some nice touches and finished a great try before the break.
Now please play the 80 boys!!!
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Great win!
Thought we were lucky to get the runaway try at the start of the second half. Although the TMO made the right call as it wasn’t clear and obvious, I certainly thought Wright got a hand on it right from the get go.
Wasn’t entirely happy with some of the refereeing. Manawatu seemed to get a few not releasing penalties from guys who were off their feet, where as we had guys on our feet latched on to the ball and he’d let those go.
Great to have the complete performance we’ve been after all season.
Lots of guys put their hands up tonight, which was great to see. Matich and Kitto the pick of the bunch for me. Shout out to Jake the Muss Matiu for filling in at lock for 50-60 minutes, did a great job, we had the odd wobble in the scrum but so did they. Also good to see Atkins get a run, great reward for plugging away in club footy for Wellsford for the last decade or so.
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that looked like a clear and obvious knock from where I was sitting, and the team kinda gave it away by going back ready for a scrum.
BUt hey, we will take it, plenty of other times we have had those calls go against us, so you take em.
Bit of a flat final 20, but gotta give it to them.
Did they say much about RObinson or Goodhue, be gutted for both if they have sustained a season ending injury.
I like that Kitto is a threat around the fringes, is something Nock is capable of but doesnt seem to do much, Matich huge as usual, as was Douglas, Ranger constant menace. I like the work that Jacobsen gets through too. HYland had a stormer!
Much better performance, still a few decisions we make you have to question, and letting in a couple of soft tries (particularly the opening one) but it's the W with a BP that counts.
Thought the ref was a bit inconsistent, but think we got away with a bit of stuff, as did Manawatu.
Good to get one over them for the first time in years, gets the season back on track!
Yea boi!
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@taniwharugby said in v Manawatu:
Did they say much about RObinson or Goodhue, be gutted for both if they have sustained a season ending injury.
Couldn’t tell you sorry, had the tv on mute due to trying to get a grumpy baby to sleep.
Agree about Jacobson, not flashy but a great work rate and consistently being a menace at the breakdown.
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oh, was looking at the draw, our 'storm week' aint that bad either...Southland this Thursday, HB following Wednesday, CM Sunday then BOP Saturday.=, we gotta make the most of it.
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@taniwharugby said in v Manawatu:
@gunner he and Moulds are very similar players I think.
Yes can definitely see similarities. I think Olsen is a bit stronger and explosive in the close quarters contact where as Moulds is more effective a little wider.
We’re lucky to have two good hookers, three if you include Ross Wright.
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what was with the ref and his arm signals for a scrum? From where we were it looked like he was signalling a shot...
Gregory loves hitting those rucks, many times he came in off his wing to smash into them.
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Great win for your boys, here's hoping you, us, plus 2 others pull clear so I can relax. Suspect it will be perm 4 from 5 though and it could get tight. Hope we're both qualified before the final game so we can all relax and concentrate on drinking very strong ale ....
Not a clear and obvious knockdown? In which parallel universe? I only watched Sky Sports highlights on my phone but it was clear and obvious in real time, even more so in slow mo. What was the TMO watching it on? One of those super mini TVs from the 1980s? Incredible!
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great win by Northland, I am glad they put Manawatu away like that as apart from 40mins against Canterbury they have been very poor this year, was happy for Hyland, he looks like a player who is starting to benefit from hard work of the field, seems very sharp in attack, defence and haircut.
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@nath-had haha plenty of this team could do with a visit the the barbers! 😜
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Good victory last night over Manawatu, however I can see why the Turbos have been conceding on an average 36 points a game..
Their first up tackling was woeful,18 in the first compared to the Taniwha who missed only 6..
However I do believe we have been threatening to come up with a quality performance and one area where we were impressive was the breakdown, thought we dominated that area which gave Kitto plenty of opportunity to either snipe or keep runners in motion.There were plenty of good performances ,I do like the look of Scott Gregory, has a very useful left boot and does not mind mixing it up with in physical exchanges
Only real concerns are the injuries to Tom Robinson (Shoulder) and Josh Goodhue (head knock) ,can’t afford to lose these guys..
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@steven-harris shit it was a head knock, I saw him limping about so was hoping it was something else.
GUy is coming into his own this season, doesnt need this.
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@taniwharugby i will be chatting to the development coach latter this morning, if he’s been told to give his locks limited game time then we have a problem..The Dev squad are playing Auckland Colts (under 23 )this afternoon at Horahora I think..?
It’s a real worry,we could probably get away resting them both against Southland ,but it would be a concern with bigger games to come.
