Southland vs Northland
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@Gunner said in vs Southland:
@Machpants I think my feed is on a bit of a delay...
Was definitely Gregory who I was talking aboutYeah I'm via Hong Kong so I was looking at the kick straight to the guy in the 22 to mark
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Good way to start the season for the Taniwha Boys..best for Northland I thought were Josh Goodhue, really good in the air and got through a ton of work around the paddock, loved the fact that he tracked all the way a nailed Isaac Te Tamaki in a tackle
Jordon Hyland was all power on the wing..
Plenty to work on but good to get the W first up ,well played Southland -
@Machpants yes not ideal.
Kane Jacobson can’t get a break, he didn’t play a single club game this year due to a concussion he picked up in M10 last year, now he was helped off with what looks like could potentially be a serious leg injury.
Boy oh boy did we make hard work of that. But a win is a win as they say.
Pretty simple job for the coaches this week, practice, practice and practice again some of the basics of rugby, like passing, catching, holding on to the ball in contact.
Lineout needs work too.
As I mentioned earlier, wouldn’t mind our backs sending it wide once or twice either. Where was the Northland flair?
Gonna have to step up big time if we want to compete with Auckland next week.
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@Machpants said in vs Southland:
Pretty tense, messy tho. Can't believe the wasn't a yellow
And WTF with the mascot? That's embarrassingly awful behaviour
Which mascot? What happened?
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@Gunner said in vs Southland:
@Machpants said in vs Southland:
Pretty tense, messy tho. Can't believe the wasn't a yellow
And WTF with the mascot? That's embarrassingly awful behaviour
Which mascot? What happened?
During the captain's interview the Taniwha stood right behind him, and shoved a shield with adverts on it to the side of his head. The cameraman eventually zoomed super close to mats face, then the director cut away. Needs a kicking, the mascot idiot
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@African-Monkey said in vs Southland:
@Gunner Yeah not easy tbf on a cold night but they still did some good things out there too. Think they'll be better for the run.
Yep you’re right, plenty of good things out there. I shouldn’t post during games, I get too worked up and all rationality goes out the window 😂
I don’t know who was offical MOTM, but it’s Jordan Hyland for me. Not a flashy player, but bloody hell he’s super consistent and does all the basics well and more often than not beats one or two tackles.
Goodhue was good also.
Concerning that we had 3 of 4 looses injured, McNamara didn’t return after half time, Stokes went off with the head knock and Jacobson at the end with the leg injury... add Tom Robinson to that list. A real test of depth coming early in the season.
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@Gunner said in vs Southland:
I don’t know who was offical MOTM, but it’s Jordan Hyland for me. Not a flashy player, but bloody hell he’s super consistent and does all the basics well and more often than not beats one or two tackles.
He was clearly the best Northland player. I’d like to see him start in the midfield. I’m not convinced wing is his best position.
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Banana skin game. Cold and Wet. We played the right tactics keeping it tight generally. Broken play lead to 2 of their tries. Both against the run of play - but we have to be better than that. Agree Hyland was very good but like him as a roving player option. Gregory looks the goods as does McNamara. Debreczeni carrying will continue provide us with options - Gregory or Hyland running off him. Like to see Tua back to second five as long as he works hard on D. Thought Josh Goodhue was dominant and as Steven says his work to get back when Southland scored was huge. Lineout is a huge work on. A few times no jumpers? Also options off the back of the scrum need tidying up. 5 or 6 out of ten but some signs that we can improve on this.
