Magpies v Manawatu
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Well, that was half of two halves, hopefully we can continue on with our good second half form.
Why can people say the Tere part of Otere properly but not the O - is it that hard to say Or (without finishing the R)? I think I'm a few weeks late for Maori language week.
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Happy with that. Sorry Hawkes Bay pickers, I did not have faith, and only picked us 9-16
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@stockcar86 Yeah, me too, what were we thinking!
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We were all a bit conservative in our picks, Gone are the days of the compulsory HB 17+ no matter who we were playing! Just having a quick look and we appear to be down 18 - 19 to Northland in the semifinals of KPs Tipping. Looks like the contest will be decided in the next game where our opponents have pretty much gone for Northland to do Waikato and we have gone the other way. Waikato win and we look good to be in Northland win and we are pretty much done for.
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You have to commend our guys for trying to make things a bit more interesting for the spectators by electing to give the 'Poo a head start to make more of a game of it. Even then we still put them away big time on the scoreboard. Wasn't the last kick off they did that they completely botched something to heckle them over!
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Did Laumape ever get the ball tonight? He was completely invisible (apart from the camera zooming in on him because he's an AB
). Thompsom tried a few breaks tonight, but nothing came of it. He's not having a good season at all. Alaalatoa isn't bad, but not great either.Manawatu have good players in their squad, but as a team they are terrible again this season. Our ex-schoolboys have way more impact. Just wish Lowe got the ball more. The few times he did, he was dangerous. Emerson was on fire; I hope his injury isn't too serious, although Buckley has been good.
Oh, and McClutchie is a revelation! How good is he! At the beginning of the season I was worried for Falcon to get injured because I thought McClutchie would need a slow introduction to NPC level rugby, but he's playing like he's been playing NPC for a few seasons! Falcon's injury is sad for him, but so good for McC! Kereru-Symes, same story! I have a hunch that this is Dixon's last season, but it seems his replacement has already claimed the no. 2 jersey.
Does anyone know more about Tremain's injury? Can we still expect him back?
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@number-10 What about Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe? He didn't play U19s either, so I assume he's been injured. It's doubtful they'll introduce new players against Ta$man or in the Finals, so it seems he's the only one of the new ex-Hastings boys who hasn't been introduced to NPC yet.
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@nepia said in Magpies v Manawatu:
The pricks at Fox aren't playing this game. They do this every year with at least one of the later Magpies games.
They’re showing it at 3am.
I’ll have to watch tomorrow and see young McClutchie do his thing
