North Harbour v Tasman

[Steven Harris]

@Yeetyaah to give him TJ credit , he was extremely complimentary to Harbour

[Chris B.]

One should always be gracious in victory, @Duluth!

WTF was that Ta$man??!!!

Not many who come out of that with much credit. Alex Nankivell was probably the pick. Tima Faingaánuku ran with purpose when he got on. David Havili was generally OK.

The forwards got dominated. The scrum got the shit beaten out of it. Beaten at the breakdown, lineout drives defused.

Finlay Christie looked rusty. Paea and Talea were both generally pretty awful. Big Leicester was anonymous.

Harbour actually much too good - even if they did not really seem to know what to do once they had us down to 13.

[Bovidae]

Kieran Keane must have enjoyed this game.

[nzzp]

great work Harbour, that effort came from nowhere. Impressive was they maintained it right to the end - kept positive, kept working and pushed all the way. Much respect.

[Duluth]

[ACT Crusader]

@Tim said in North Harbour v Ta$man:

Damn, how were the Harbour forwards?

Best I’ve seen them play for ages. It was clinical stuff at the tackle and ruck in attack and defence.

The two Bryn’s controlled the possession well I thought.

[Stargazer]

So we give a Mikaele-Tu'u to North Harbour and they start winning ...

[dogmeat]

@Chris-B you've been our baitches for a long time....

[Chris B.]

@dogmeat Those winning streaks always come to an end, my friend....!

[Chris B.]

On the plus side, if Foster was watching that game, a few Ta$man players who might have been on the margins for a trip lazing around on the sidelines in Australia will probably remain available to us!

[KiwiPie]

@Chris-B Looks like Liverpool followed Ta$man's lead to get absolutely humped by previous no hopers!

[Chris B.]

@KiwiPie I just emailed the same to a friend!

Eliud got dethroned in the London marathon as well!

[Chris B.]

@Dice said in North Harbour v Ta$man:

@Chris-B said in North Harbour v Ta$man:

Ta$man's worst half of the season, so far.

They've turned Havili's counter-attack over several times, so far and the handful of promising opportunities have been stymied by clumsy play.

Need to improve markedly in the 2nd 40.

Harbour pack apparently 100kgs heavier than Ta$man's!!!

I was surprised by the numbers, but I think it's wrong. No way are Harbour averaging 121kg per man.

Yeah - that would be a massive test pack. Maybe the Boks have put out a pack that big, but I doubt the ABs ever have.

And, on the other hand, I'm doubtful that Ta$man are only 109kgs per man. Andrew Makalio is billed at 128kgs on his own. Isi Tuungafasi is 120 kgs.