v Manawatu
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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.
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did they catch that muppet that ran across the field? WTF was he up to? Run across the field up over the fence and out of the stadium!
@J77 expected a nude run!
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@taniwharugby friendly fire between Goodhue and Jacobsen. A cut and massive bruise around the eye. So hoping it was one of those stingers that dazed him rather than concussion.
Really enjoying the physicality of this team on the carry. The Poo weren’t great on defence so that our guys were constantly bending the line but I can see the effort and intent. That’s all you ever want is that effort and enthusiasm. Fantastic.
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@kev yeah I think our loosies, all the combinations we have are working very well together.
Jacobsen is the surprise for me, he only stood out in 1 of the games I watched him play for Kamo, but he has a high work rate and plays a bit tighter allowing Kara to roam...then you have Matich, huge motor on this guy, week in week out just keeps going and with high accuracy too.
They are working well as a forward unit, still a few 50/50 off loads we probably dont need to throw, cut out a few more errors and we will press HB, Waikato & BOP for a top spot
Granted Manawatu werent really upto much bar the opening 10 and then when Booth came on, but as above, were being niggly feckers so we did well to mostly ignore that (assume that was what they went upstairs for late in the game, also what was the YC, musta been pretty cynical?)
Hopefully we can hold onto Douglas for at least another season even though he is going to the Brumbies.
You never like seeing players injured, but when someone keeps having head knocks you do worry more!!
Need another big one v Southland to set us up for our run at the finals!
By the end of the weekend we will be in 5th, at most, 3 points out of the top 4 and 7 off the top, will be a tight run in, with us playing 3 teams that will be above us in the final 2 weekends (HB - A, Wai - H, BOP - A)
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Just spoke to the Dev coach and he has no Mitre 10 Cup players involved in this afternoons fixture against Auckland Colts which by the way is being played in Daragiville at Western Sharks home ground
Temo Mayanavanua the Fijian lock who could have played has been put on ice ..
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@steven-harris hopefully cant read too much into that given we are playing on Thursday, potentially just being cautious with Goodhue & Robinson under injury clouds (who looked like he wont be back soon...)
If that is it for Robinson, I wonder if he had done enough in those early rounds to catch the eye of some super teams with spaces left, he is a pretty talented fella and I think is easily good enough.
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@taniwharugby agree with your comments. Jacobsen has been good for us. Matich is superb. Kara has always been an athlete and if the tight work is being done he comes into his own with his running game.
They were really niggley. That time on our line, Kara had been dragged off his feet into the ruck and was held in by Manawatu player. Another guy came on for clean out on Kara when ball was on other side of ruck. Then proceeded to carry on with it by pressing his forearm into Kara’s face after whistle. Douglas quite rightly pushes the guy off and scuffle ensued.
Also after Highland scored, their lock ( who was the main issue, on the roids? ) races in and starts pushing people in the face. Really random action because try was clean and nothing was happening.
The yellow card was nothing much but given penalties and slowing the ball down then maybe warranted.
When Hohaia scored, Matt Wright was taken out by fullback moving his line, and Ranger was held back closer to the line.
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