Aupiki FINAL - Chiefs Manawa v Matatū

[Crucial]

Big ups to one of our extended whānau Olive W who has gone from a Central Otago school team 6th former to Super Rugby Finalist in just over a year. Lots of hard mahi and open ears.
Ironically went to the BOP academy to pursue 7s aspirations as has ended up here.

[Crucial]

[Stargazer]

Media releases:

https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/reigning-champions-name-their-team-for-sky-super-rugby-aupiki-finals

Team Naming: Aupiki Grand Final | Matatū Rugby

The grand final is upon us and the Matatū Coaching staff have selected their squad to take on the Chiefs Manawa in Hamilton!

[Yeetyaah]

Best crowd I've seen at an Aupiki game.

[Yeetyaah]

Hazel's kicks in play and clearance kicks have been very good so far

[Yeetyaah]

Shit that was a good try. Manawa not great on defence.

[KiwiMurph]

This is a cracking game.

[Yeetyaah]

Georgia Daals is awesome

[Yeetyaah]

No obstruction there?

[Yeetyaah]

Awful ref

[KiwiMurph]

Matatu have been the far better team after the first 20 minutes.

[Yeetyaah]

CAN MANAWA CATCH THE BALL PLEASE OMFG

[Yeetyaah]

Manawa don't want this win. Matatū all over them.

[Yeetyaah]

Best team won. Well done Matatū.

[Stargazer]

I think the ref got that wrong. She wasn't off her feet.

[Toddy]

Glad she missed. Reckon the ref got the final call wrong.

[Stargazer]

That's justice.

[Yeetyaah]

@Toddy said in Aupiki FINAL - Chiefs Manawa v Matatū:

Glad she missed. Reckon the ref got the final call wrong.

Among other calls but hey as I said, the better team won.

[KiwiMurph]

Great final. The better team won.

[Stargazer]

That was a great watch. Really glad that it was a close game. Matatū are the deserved winners!

I wonder whether the Chiefs Manawa team getting the favourites tag straight from the beginning has gotten too much into their heads? At the same time, Matatū were the underdogs from the start and maybe that brought out the fight in them? Their focus seemed much better and they didn't make that many silly mistakes.