Southland v Otago
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@kev I think shortly after they had a maul that was certain to score, Southland guy comes in from the side, think he was then the player that stole it over the line, and only a penalty...IMO YC at least
BUt this is Pickerill so...
Good for Southland taking advantage!!
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@taniwharugby can see why they lost the shield. They really dropped their bundle in that last 20 minutes. Thought I was watching Northland.
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It was a perfect storm of brain farts and yips, ioane obviously i his own head all game and Collins (who has been a great captain this season) just not thinking with the call for goal
Combine that with Southland having everything to play for and there you have it
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@taniwharugby said in Southland v Otago:
jeez Alaimalo lucky there lying on the top of the Otago player there forcing the easy t/o
I think Alaimalo was lucky to get that ruck turnover too. He made some bloody good front-on tackles in this game though.
Southland butchered at least 3 tries but it didn't matter in the end.
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@Bovidae said in Southland v Otago:
@taniwharugby said in Southland v Otago:
jeez Alaimalo lucky there lying on the top of the Otago player there forcing the easy t/o
I think Alaimalo was lucky to get that ruck turnover too. He made some bloody good front-on tackles in this game though.
Southland butchered at least 3 tries but it didn't matter in the end.
I was going to point that one out but thought It might have just been my bias
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@Machpants said in Southland v Otago:
Sooooo, who still thinking Ioane is next ten off the rank?
He’s been bloody good this year, one shocker does not ruin a career
Not exactly surrounded by the highlanders let alone the abs
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@Kiwiwomble McDowall got a dubious penalty in the 1st half when he clearly had his hands on the ground first. Lamborn mentioned this to Pickerill too. It's a lottery.
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@Dice Nu’u was a superb pick up by Dale McLeod who has great eye for talent ..full Credit to Southland , apart from the Ta$man game, they have been in every game in the 2020 season , probably should have beaten both Northland and Waikato .
The irony being , they have beaten the 2 top teams on the Championship ladder both Otago and Hawkes Bay , says a lot about a coach when you don’t have a team loaded with stars , but man don’t they play with heart and a skipper that leads by example ... -
@Kiwiwomble I disagree, this is not his only poor game. This was utter shite, a couple of previous he was poor, and he's also had discipline issues. Not saying he can't sort himself out, but I'd want him nowhere near the ABs this year.
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@Bovidae said in Southland v Otago:
@Kiwiwomble McDowall got a dubious penalty in the 1st half when he clearly had his hands on the ground first. Lamborn mentioned this to Pickerill too. It's a lottery.
I was only responding to you...even said I wasn’t going to bring it up if no one else did
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@Machpants said in Southland v Otago:
@Kiwiwomble I disagree, this is not his only poor game. This was utter shite, a couple of previous he was poor, and he's also had discipline issues. Not saying he can't sort himself out, but I'd want him nowhere near the ABs this year.
Fine, we’ll keep him, still rather have him that have him sitting in the stand for the abs
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@Kiwiwomble said in Southland v Otago:
@Machpants said in Southland v Otago:
Sooooo, who still thinking Ioane is next ten off the rank?
He’s been bloody good this year, one shocker does not ruin a career
This isn't his first poor game this year.
Not exactly surrounded by the highlanders let alone the abs
At this level a player with aspirations to play five-eighth for the All Blacks should shine.
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@Bovidae said in Southland v Otago:
@Kiwiwomble McDowall got a dubious penalty in the 1st half when he clearly had his hands on the ground first. Lamborn mentioned this to Pickerill too. It's a lottery.
Despite that dubious call I thought McDowall had a very good game.
Lamborn pushed the boundary too much.
Hickey played pretty well too.
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@antipodean as I say, happy to keep him playing for Otago
By far his worst game for a long time but He touched the ball twice leading up to vahakolos try, tiny glimpse of what he can do
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@Bovidae sadly this was Pickerill, so lottery all round...missed quite a bit unfortunately, if he was consistent you could handle it, but he is all over the shop.
For me the lack of YC with Otago hard on attack and a professional foul and then that shocker near the end with Alaimalo lying on the OTago player stood out...the big ones he missed the other way were more blatant knock ons
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That missed penalty by Josh to tie the game at 18, was like a kick in the guts for Otago. It’s almost as if heads dropped and Southland sniffed opportunity.
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@taniwharugby You could argue that the problems with inconsistency started in the first few minutes when Otago defended the Southland maul. The AR seemed confident there should have been more than just a penalty. Of course, the same AR later used "our" when referring to a Southland player when the handbags happened.
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@Dice said in Southland v Otago:
Not sure why Canterbury let Ray Nu'u go. He's better than any of the midfielders they have now.
Nu’u was a major standout in ChCH club rugby for Sydenham for a couple of seasons before he was picked up by Southland ,a lot of Canterbury Fans kept asking why he wasn’t given a chance in the Canterbury mitre 10 squad.
No surprise to me he is going well wouldn’t be out of place in a SR squad.
Canterbury has had a set of shit coaches in the last 3 years
