The Bay v Northland
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@Duluth its Bay now
Not sure how the Bay play this one, if the shield was in question, my guess was a B team likely, however given the tight table, I would suggest they might run out their main team and run a few dev players next weekend
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Good point, I've corrected the title to be 'The Bay v Northland'
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@bayimports haha yea useless Waikato 😉
Unless we get our mojo back, I see another 50 pointer on the cards, no matter who BOP run out this week...
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@taniwharugby said in The Bay v Northland:
@bayimports haha yea useless Waikato 😉
no disagreement there lol
Unless we get our mojo back, I see another 50 pointer on the cards, no matter who BOP run out this week...
Surely not? I didn't see last weekends game, but you were seriously in the fight in previous matches before that? Injuries? or just loss of form?
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@bayimports complacency. Seemed like they got a bit far ahead of themselves after beating Auckland and took the foot off the pedal.
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@J77 said in The Bay v Northland:
@bayimports complacency. Seemed like they got a bit far ahead of themselves after beating Auckland and took the foot off the pedal.
We might have a few sore bodies from the battle of the bays, I wouldn't be ruling Northland out of this, don't deny we would be favourites though. I am hoping for a win and we will have confidence but I am always weary of the taniwha clash.
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@bayimports we do have a decent record against you fellas in general, and if our team from the first 5 rounds shows up I’d give us an even chance.. but seriously I think you can bank this one. We may scrap for 40-50 mins but we’ll inevitably drop off as we have the last few weeks.
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@J77 said in The Bay v Northland:
we do have a decent record against you fellas in general
The NPC record is pretty good:
However, no Northland wins for 5 years. No win in The Bay for 8 years
Link to the results:
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@J77 given Ofa only had 20 or so minutes on Sat, I wonder if he will be released for this and/or the Manawatu game?
Assuming fitness and availability, I'd like to see:
Adams, Moulds, Ofa
Caird, Goodhue/Vaipulu
Rush, McNamara, Matich
Milo-Harris, Reihana
Tua, Going
Murray, Moorby, AndersonBKP, CTC, Fono, KIng/Goodhue, Mau'u, Hape, Nankivell, Macilai
Not as much change I'd like TBH, plus I am not sure the likes of Vaipulu, King Nankivell & Hape are even fit still, been several weeks since last dev game, sure they likely been keeping gym fit...
I honestly dont see us having much shot at this, our shot at a top 4 spot all but gone, so we just need to go out and play some rugby
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@taniwharugby nice to see you’ve removed all our problem children from that lineup. Someone with common sense for once!
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@taniwharugby I think Macalai has a lot to offer if we play the right game plan. Big if.
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team I have heard:
Adams, BKP, Tu'ungafasi
Goodhue, Caird
Hallam-Eames, Matich, Mau'u
MIlo-Harris, Reihana
Going, Tua
Macilai, Moorby, LeiluaWright, O'Donnell, Puafisi, Matiu, Rush, Hape, Hawkins, Murray
Word I am hearing, depending on fitness for the final RR game, this may well be Wrights last run for Northland...hope our boys lift to give him a fine send off (much like when they lifted for Rangers hundy last year v Waikato)
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Would that be Hallam-Eames first start in the loosies?
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