Southland v Otago

[taniwharugby]

@Kiwiwomble given all thier games in Invercargill this year have been tight...average of 1 point in it this year...naki being the highest scorer with 17, while Southland have scored 16 (W) 11 (W) 9 (L) 9 (L)

There will be added pressure on them though, as they simply must win to have a shot at the top 4.

[Duluth]

Pickerill was really keen on a PT there

[Duluth]

Try comes from the next maul

Great start Southland

[Yeetyaah]

Gonna be a looong game with Pickerill at the helm.

[Yeetyaah]

Awesome try

[Dice]

Two sweet passes by Ioane in that try. Good finish by Freedom.

[Yeetyaah]

Vahaakolo looks pretty good. Wonder if the Landers have had a look at him.

[Yeetyaah]

Ioane's having a bad day

[KiwiMurph]

@Yeetyaah said in Southland v Otago:

Ioane's having a bad day

Has been back on the beers?

[African Monkey]

Why did Southland not take 3 before?

[African Monkey]

@African-Monkey said in Southland v Otago:

Why did Southland not take 3 before?

Now they do.

[Yeetyaah]

"And that is why Brendon Pickerill is one of the best referees we've got." Okay Goldie.

[KiwiMurph]

Not a good few minutes for Eade.

[African Monkey]

@KiwiMurph Crowley should be to blame there imo. That sun looks lethal and he should have taken it upon himself to box but sold Eade down the river by trying to pass it to him twice to clear.

[Bovidae]

@KiwiMurph said in Southland v Otago:

Not a good few minutes for Eade.

It looks like the sun was in his eyes. Crowley needed to take some responsibility there.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Yeetyaah said in Southland v Otago:

Ioane's having a bad day

With the boot definitely but looks dangerous with ball in hand

[Bovidae]

Southland really struggle to score through their backs. When they made that break I think it was Crowley who passed to the right when a pass to his left likely resulted in a try under the posts.

[African Monkey]

Was Josh Ioane on the piss at halftime?

[taniwharugby]

Jeez ref missing some real basic stuff

[antipodean]

@taniwharugby said in Southland v Otago:

Jeez ref missing some real basic stuff

At least he's clear on the breakdown with players releasing/ rolling away.

Whichever team stops giving away soft penalties in that space will probably win.