Tasman vs North Harbour

[Chris B.]

FFS!!!

[Nepia]

Sheesh, Collapser was lucky not to get two penalties there, one for holding on to Hall, then for coming into the ruck from the side.

He must have too much mana for the ref to penalise him.

[Stargazer]

This game, clearly, isn't over yet.

[Chris B.]

Better - Ta$man looking better with a bit more ball.

Big Leicester doing well!

[KiwiMurph]

@Stargazer too many errors by Harbour this half.

[Stargazer]

Maybe a knock-on?

[Duluth]

Matt Cooper levels of bias in the commentary

[Stargazer]

I don't know why those seagulls annoy me so much ...

[Stargazer]

Leicester Fainga'anuku is struggling. Some kind of injury.

[African Monkey]

Taufua's been poor in this half.

[Stargazer]

@African-Monkey I was just going to say he has been excellent, haha. He receives a lot of bad passes though.

[Steven Harris]

@Stargazer Taufua despite a couple of errors still has great workrate ...,and that’s the requirement for the modern loose forward..!

[African Monkey]

@Stargazer Fair enough. I just feel he's made crucial mistakes and been caught running too high at times.

[KiwiMurph]

So the Harbour guy gets binned for a penalty try but Ta$man don't get a player carded when they concede a penalty try.

[Nepia]

@Steven-Harris said in Ta$man vs North Harbour:

@Stargazer Taufua despite a couple of errors still has great workrate ...,and that’s the requirement for the modern loose forward..!

Not if it's ineffective workrate.

[Stargazer]

@African-Monkey I've been closely looking at the passing of some of the Ta$man players, particularly Christie. A lot of the passes go too high, making it very difficult for the receiver not to run too high. It has been one of the problems of Ta$man in this game. Set piece being another.

[KiwiMurph]

@Stargazer Christie is gonna fit right in at the Blues.

[Steven Harris]

@Nepia one thing I respect about Taufua he gives 100% every time he takes the field..,not at his best body of work today..but still on the field and still going at 100%...

[Chris]

@Stargazer said in Ta$man vs North Harbour:

@African-Monkey I've been closely looking at the passing of some of the Ta$man players, particularly Christie. A lot of the passes go too high, making it very difficult for the receiver not to run too high. It has been one of the problems of Ta$man in this game. Set piece being another.

@Stargazer said in Ta$man vs North Harbour:

@African-Monkey I've been closely looking at the passing of some of the Ta$man players, particularly Christie. A lot of the passes go too high, making it very difficult for the receiver not to run too high. It has been one of the problems of Ta$man in this game. Set piece being another.

Totally agree Christie has always been a poor distributor and decision maker.
Not a SR HB

[KiwiMurph]

Ta$man got far better when Blackadder came on for the ineffectual Squire. Another example of Squire going missing when coming up against a team who actually fronts up.