Auckland vs Otago

[KiwiMurph]

@steven-harris Interesting.

Very impressed by Umaga.

[African Monkey]

Game over that I feel. Otago well on top.

[Dice]

Backs should just avoid running into Papali'i. You're at risk of getting smashed or getting held up.

[Steven Harris]

@stargazer Ravouvou caught way out position and then to make matters worse,he puts in a shit tackle ..

[Dice]

We look out of sorts. Whoever the leaders are in the team, they need to step up.

Credit to Otago, they're playing very well.

[African Monkey]

@steven-harris He's always been terrible with his game awareness.

[Dice]

Rayasi had a Joey Leilua moment there. Offloading when you're over the line.

[Steven Harris]

@dice very much so with you coms re Otago,they have just been a tad smarter,with their leaders fronting up,Faddes especially..impressed with the Otago halfback as well..

[Dice]

Clocks ticking and guys want to have a scuffle.

[Donsteppa]

Way too early to stop playing rugby for Otago. Might pay for it...

[Donsteppa]

Well done Otago.

[Steven Harris]

Otago deserved that win,no question..!,well deserved

[Stargazer]

Wow, didn't see that coming. I wonder whether anyone picked that?

[shark]

Snigger snigger

[African Monkey]

Well done Otago. We didn't deserve to win that. Good learning curve for a young Auckland side.

[KiwiMurph]

shark said:

Snigger snigger

Stay classy....

Deserved win Otago. Auckland lucky to get 2 bonus point

[Steven Harris]

@african-monkey very well said,just leadership was the difference,not the end of the world,this is a very young side something that should not be forgotten..

[Higgins]

Could someone remind me if MIchael Collins was playing for the victorious team?

[shark]

I'm allowed to snigger. Just borrowing the term from Kirwan

[African Monkey]

@stargazer Didn't suprise me one bit tbh. Otago aren't a bad side and would have run Canterbury a lot closer if they took their chances last week. Not trying to make excuses for Auckland but it was a very young side out there lacking leaders and we paid the price for it and as I said earlier in the thread, I expected it to go down to the wire. Faiane, Nanai, Gibson and Whetton were missed badly out there and I hope to never see Ravouvou again.