Wellington v BOP

[canefan]

BOP player rushes up and Kirifi bursts through to set up our 12 debutant for a try under the posts. 37-32 lions

[Winger]

Entertaining game but neither team have a hope if winning the competition

[Stargazer]

Kaleb Trask's boot has kept BOP in this game. He has scored 15 points thus far. The second points scorer this weekend (thus far), behind Fergus Burke.

[canefan]

Savea looks very good and has played well

[Grooter]

Gillies kaka switching Bays I can't believe it

[Stargazer]

@FakatavaAllBlack His wife being in the BF7s has probably a lot to do with that.

[canefan]

Wellington got a turnover and run it from just inside their half. Give it back to BOP when they should have kicked into the corner to try to shut the game down

[canefan]

Another LO steal by Wellington

[Steven Harris]

we come with rules like 50/22 and goaline dropouts to speed the game up and then we come up with water breaks which slows the game down again 🤦🏻.not to mention it’s 13 degrees in Wellington

[Winger]

37 - 35 Wellington

[Stargazer]

@Steven-Harris You know that you still sweat when playing, don't you? Even if it isn't warm. Players need to drink to prevent dehydration even in these conditions.

These drink breaks prevent waterboys coming on whenever a team needs a breather.

Edit: The only problem it doesn't solve is that players can still fake injuries if they want to catch their breath.

[Winger]

Canterbury next week. Scrum will have to improve

[Steven Harris]

@Stargazer I get that , but with 9 minutes to go

[Stargazer]

@Steven-Harris Yep, that's stupid and that's on the ref.

[Bovidae]

Trask proved in this game that he is a 1st 5, and can be a good one.

[Duluth]

[bayimports]

fun game, lots of errors but points from both teams made it entertaining. The BoP team were slow to get into this one. The starting forward pack looks good though although TTT's service was so laboured it made TJP look quick. Trask looked ok at 10 and when he got decent ball was a threat, hopefully we don't see him in the fullback jersey again though.

Think both teams can take a few positives out of that one, not polished by any means but enough to keep each set of supporters interested.

[Dan54]

@bayimports said in Wellington v BOP:

fun game, lots of errors but points from both teams made it entertaining. The BoP team were slow to get into this one. The starting forward pack looks good though although TTT's service was so laboured it made TJP look quick. Trask looked ok at 10 and when he got decent ball was a threat, hopefully we don't see him in the fullback jersey again though.

Think both teams can take a few positives out of that one, not polished by any means but enough to keep each set of supporters interested.

Have to say just watching game now as I was at Naki game in Sunday. Bloody entertaining game and have to say I like the look of this young No8 for Wellington.
Lions are going to struggle a bit with their front row, and BOP look to have a reasonably well balanced team.