Auckland v Wellington

[Stargazer]

@Bones Young lad on debut.

[Steven Harris]

Lions showing much more urgency despite knowing they have the game at hand

[Stargazer]

Is Kirifi too small for the ABs?

[Kirwan]

@Tim said in Auckland v Wellington:

Sotutu and A Ioane both had shit games. Choat the best Auckland forward.

Akira got a sprig in the eye early, suspect that why he got replaced.

[Toddy]

What a win. Didn't see that coming at all after last week.

[Bones]

Woooooooo the fucken hoooo!

Hard luck Auckland. Two teams looking vastly different to last week. Apart from penalties...did I mention Welly gave away lots of penalties?

[Bones]

@Kirwan said in Auckland v Wellington:

@Tim said in Auckland v Wellington:

Sotutu and A Ioane both had shit games. Choat the best Auckland forward.

Akira got a sprig in the eye early, suspect that why he got replaced.

Yeah how unlucky was that! Falls over just as his teammates leg was coming down right there.

[Stargazer]

[Steven Harris]

Wow, would not have picked that final score line..you just sence Auckland were always playing catch up..it’s staggering to think Auckland had the dominant scrum, but it will be Wellington’s loose forwards , Ardie and DuPlessis especially that will be takeaway in this game..a couple of really key moments,Fifita sacking the maul and Soututu with the quick tap, game was still very much alive in those 2 occasions ..
TJ and JGB ran the cutter and Afaso Amua was like the energiser bunny in the loose ..Thought Choat and Clark were Aucklands best...and Plummer tried his best..

[Winger]

Point

3 Aumea
2 PUJ
1 Plummer

[Stargazer]

@Winger Hmm, I'd have picked Kirifi in the top 3.

[sparky]

Commiserations to Auckland. You have a great young team, but they'll need to defend better than that.

Great news to wake up to. I'm going to have a smile on my face all day. Congratulations to the players and everyone connected to Wellington Rugby.

[Steven Harris]

@sparky was good hit back from the Lions after last week..they play a good brand of footy when they get it right..

[mikey07]

I was pleasantly surprised I thought the AB laden Auckland side would have too much for us especially after they scored the 1st try, very proud of the effort the boys put in

[nzzp]

@mikey07 said in Auckland v Wellington:

I was pleasantly surprised I thought the AB laden Auckland side would have too much for us especially after they scored the 1st try, very proud of the effort the boys put in

relaxed I think after early dominance, and then played stupid footy. Didn't use scrum or maul dominance to enough effect.

[Bovidae]

I noticed TJP saying something to Aumua on the sideline as time expired. "Too easy" would have been my guess.

[number9]

@mikey07 said in Auckland v Wellington:

I was pleasantly surprised I thought the AB laden Auckland side would have too much for us especially after they scored the 1st try, very proud of the effort the boys put in

Auckland tight 5 dominated, Ruru needs to be kicked out, Wellington kicking game was on point, Trainors positional play was terrible.

[ACT Crusader]

One of the better games I’ve seen JGB play.

Aso needs to be on the wing.

Scrafton I thought was busy. Choat was the pick of the Orc forwards

[Dice]

We really need to find someone better than Ruru at halfback. The Blues finally had the sense to ditch him as a starter this year and it was beautiful.

The game against Manawatu would be a good time to test out young Funaki at halfback.

[mikey07]

@number9 It was funny how they were talking up Trainor and definitely wasn’t his finest game