Waikato v Bay of Plenty

[Duluth]

1 Jordan Lay, 2 Kurt Eklund, 3 Jeff Thwaites, 4 Stan Van Den Hoven, 5 Kane Le'auppe, 6 Joe Johnston, 7 Mitchell Karpik, 8 Sam Dickson, 9 Luke Campbell, 10 Otere Black (c), 11 Joe Webber, 12 Chase Tiatia, 13 Matthew Skipwith Garland, 14 Emoni Narawa, 15 Kaleb Trask

Reserves: 16 Nathan Vella, 17 Tevita Mafileo, 18 Ross Geldenhuys, 19 Keepa Mewett, 20 Zane Kapeli, 21 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22 Scott Curry 23 Fa'asiu Fuatai

[ARHS]

Mewett back so BOP pretty much full strength. Waikato missing a few first stringers. This should be close. I will head across to FMG

[Yeetyaah]

Bay off their feet for that turnover before the try

[Duluth]

Great work from Narawa to set up that try

[Yeetyaah]

Deliberate knock down?

[Yeetyaah]

How short was that penalty advantage?

[Yeetyaah]

Good charge down.

[Yeetyaah]

This ref is playing short advantages both ways.

[Donsteppa]

Somewhat ironic these days that the smaller grounds tend to look better on TV given the smaller crowds.

[Yeetyaah]

Down by 14 points and they take the shot?

[taniwharugby]

@Yeetyaah as long as he is consistent with it, it shouldn't matter

[Yeetyaah]

Nice try. Waikato are fucking garbage.

[Yeetyaah]

Lmao Tupaea gets an easy try

[Donsteppa]

Poor tackle attempt there.

[Yeetyaah]

Lmao Patrick Osborne shouldn't be anywhere near a starting line up.

[Dice]

Narawa having one of his better games this season.

[Donsteppa]

Another strong game from Trask

[Yeetyaah]

Finally some phases get Waikato a try.

[Donsteppa]

Steamers doing our classic 2020 thing of switching on and off throughout the half

[Donsteppa]

Not quite sure about the very top 5% of our fitness and conditioning this season. When the sun’s out, if the opposition puts a few phases together, we are usually the team that fades around the park first. Usually shows up in D and in the penalty count.