Taranaki vs Auckland

[Tim]

@steven-harris Another player caught out by the old ruck formed law.

[KiwiMurph]

Id make Taranaki favourites to win from here. Lot of time left.

[Steven Harris]

@nzzp the thing is he did not need to do that,and this try gets scored because of a lack of numbers

[nzzp]

Steven Harris said:

@nzzp the thing is he did not need to do that,and this try gets scored because of a lack of numbers

Totally stupid thing to do, not needed. Poor decision from Nanai, who has been good otherwise

[Steven Harris]

@nzzp great scrum..!

[nzzp]

That was a masive scrum.

Now to kick it over from 50

[Anonymous]

Brilliant decision to fuck up that restart to get the scrum penalty

[nzzp]

Anonymous said:

Brilliant decision to fuck up that restart to get the scrum penalty

The restart was identical to teh Naki one before -- wind must swirl down there

[Tim]

OK, Renata has earned his stripes. The Auckland University converted loosehead is the Blues' backup tighthead.

[nzzp]

However this ends, it's been a cracking game

[KiwiMurph]

Hahahaha. Cant say i'm surprised.

[Anonymous]

Never in doubt

[nzzp]

Great game of footy

[Steven Harris]

I will take that.!,one team i can’t stand with a passion..Taranaki..!

[mimic]

hahahahahaha.. as a blues fan.. im not surprised perofeta missed that (twice).. he's up there with beauden barrett with crap goalkicking

[Bovidae]

nzzp said:

Great game of footy

Yep, enjoyed that game as a neutral.

[nzzp]

Bovidae said:

nzzp said:

Great game of footy

Yep, enjoyed that game as a neutral.

I haven't watched much Provincial rugby fro a few years - has the quality improved this year? TBF, I watch Auckland, and they ahve been unwatchable for a while, but there seems to be a few decent teams running around at the moment

[Tim]

Huge effort from Taranaki. Auckland failed to get up mentally after Ta$man and Canterbury.

Very odd looking ruck at the end when Jackson penalised Auckland. Looked like a lot of Taranaki players on the deck sealing it. But they were at home.

[Dice]

Way to hang in there, team.

I'm feeling excessively proud of the guys. I'm so used to us getting burned in close games.

[Tim]

@nzzp Premiership is better this year with a vastly better Auckland and newly promoted Wellington, but quality is normally pretty high.