Taranaki v Auckland

[Tim]

throw really not straight

[KiwiMurph]

AJ Lam absolutely embarrassed trying to tackle Potroz

[KiwiMurph]

23-5. Auckland getting spanked.

[Duluth]

Errors and penalties = no ball for 15mins

[KiwiMurph]

Auckland should bring Tele'a on - they need some ball running.

[African Monkey]

Jaysus thankfully I'm not at home watching haha

[KiwiMurph]

Looked like a deliberate finger in the eye

[Duluth]

@KiwiMurph said in Taranaki v Auckland:

Looked like a deliberate finger in the eye

After the whistle too. May frustrated by the penalty

[Duluth]

Terrible refereeing

[KiwiMurph]

That's fucking abysmal officiating.

[Tim]

That's some really shit reffing. Should be a card.

[KiwiMurph]

Haha Auckland's attack this year is trash.

[Tim]

These commentators are terrible.

[KiwiMurph]

Think all the rugby Faiane has played this year is starting to show.

[nzzp]

for Auckland to have a hope of winning this, need to

• play the ref (finalyl started doing this)
• stop the unforced errors (lineout in particular)
• get better over the ball

Well played Naki, but by god it's hard to watch. Two players I really want to see do well - Trainor and Plummer - have had shockers. Rayasi impressive. Scrafton mixed bag,

Funaki seems a big step up on Ruru, particularly passing and decision making. TJF largely silent.

Ah well, hopefully a much better second half. Also: WTF with the refereeing of the hands in the face at the ruck? Just weird.

I don't like the super fast ruck ruling (holding on), but at least he's consistent. Naki better prepared for him

[Tim]

Ruru is fired up!

[Duluth]

@Kirwan said in Taranaki v Auckland:

This live? Score if so, stuck on a plane

Taranaki 23-17 early in 2nd half

[Tim]

Garbage refereeing.

[Tim]

Lam should've gone closer to the posts.

[Bovidae]

From what I've seen Perofeta looks very rusty with some average passes.