Northland v Manawatu

[kev]

Not straight. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

[taniwharugby]

I think I seen Hyland touch the ball once, early in the first half

[taniwharugby]

Smith gonna steal this.

[Machpants]

@taniwharugby said in Northland v Manawatu:

Smith gonna steal this.

Yeah game changer

[kev]

We will lose it if we give away penalties.

[taniwharugby]

Need to sharpen up.

[Machpants]

How was that not a penalty? He knocked it straight at the ground

[antipodean]

Aaron Smith is a genius.

[taniwharugby]

He still stopped it going out.

They rode their luck with cards in the 1st half so probably unlucky but they deserved it earlier

[Machpants]

That's the right call. Commentators are dumb. You don't make a tackle by holding your arms out wide to the side of a player, you get your shoulder in

[kev]

Good boys.

[Machpants]

Nicely done, can't blame that on lack of fullback

[antipodean]

@Machpants said in Northland v Manawatu:

That's the right call. Commentators are dumb. You don't make a tackle by holding your arms out wide to the side of a player, you get your shoulder in

Like Tomkinson?

[nzzp]

Enjoying this game too!

Not sure what the commentators were on about, that knock down was a yellow all day in modern times

[Machpants]

@antipodean said in Northland v Manawatu:

@Machpants said in Northland v Manawatu:

That's the right call. Commentators are dumb. You don't make a tackle by holding your arms out wide to the side of a player, you get your shoulder in

Like Tomkinson?

Haha shoulder, with arms ready to wrap (not telling behind), and not to head - yes

[nzzp]

@Machpants spot on, his hand was out to be in the line of the ball. Once you do that, you roll the dice.

Good lead for Northland now

[taniwharugby]

Need to play smart now

[antipodean]

@nzzp said in Northland v Manawatu:

@Machpants spot on, his hand was out to be in the line of the ball. Once you do that, you roll the dice.

Agreed. You do that to prevent the pass.

[Crucial]

Least surprising thing of the round. Pickering makes a shithouse decision!
Not saying it may not have been correct just that it’s a big call to be guessing intent on that with such consequences. Could also have been entirely wrong.

[Machpants]

Ranger is so past it