Tasman vs Otago

[SouthernMann]

Jumped on Otago at $15 and multied it up with the Warriors. Come on lads!

[Steven Harris]

Hotham has added big time , much more of a threat than Chapman

[Steven Harris]

The Shoulders on TUJ holy crap 🤕

[frugby]

Angus Mabey is a terrible ref... can't do the scrums for the life of him.

[Machpants]

Great game too watch

[Stargazer]

FT: Ta$man 27 - 15 Otago

Deserved win to Ta$man, although Otago looked strong in the 2nd half. If Otago can iron out the mistakes that stopped them from converting their try-scoring opportunities, they'll fare much better than tonight.

[frugby]

@SouthernMann said in Ta$man vs Otago:

@Steven-Harris said in Ta$man vs Otago:

@SouthernMann is he smaller than D-Mac..?

Yeah I reckon he is. Both are tiny blonde fullbacks from Gore though!

Smaller by a mile. Hurley is Tanaka sized.

[SouthernMann]

On to next week. Don't think we are overly far away. Really tough game for Hurley first up. Will be interesting to see how we bring in Faleafaga, Millar, Stodart and Co.

[Kiwiwomble]

Otago fan in me is a bit down...just a bit blunt.. Ta$man always seemed to have numbers on attack and defense

Highlanders fan in me is a bit positive about next year

[SouthernMann]

Felt as if some of our young lads didn't quite know how to put themselves into the game. Didn't see much of Whaanga much in the second half

[frugby]

@SouthernMann Think it was just the way the game flowed with Whaanga. He was just tidy... a centre not a winger. Hurley had a shocker though, he is just too small unfortunately.

[SouthernMann]

His size certainly wasn't the reason he dropped several balls.

[frugby]

@SouthernMann Disagree, I think it is. Doesn't have the strength to hold onto the ball - which is sized-based. You just can't fight your size.

[SouthernMann]

I reckon he is a similar size to Kolbe, who is one of the outstanding outside backs in footy at the moment.

[Chris B.]

@frugby said in Ta$man vs Otago:

Hurley had a shocker though, he is just too small unfortunately.

Got a bit of Tyrion Lannister about him.

Pretty error-ridden performance - early-season NPC. Hopefully will get better. Starting with a win is always good and something to build on.

[frugby]

@SouthernMann Hurley is wayyyy smaller than Kolbe. Hurley looks like a midget next to Nareki, who himself is 1.74m.

[Duluth]

[cgrant]

Apart from his try assist, I saw nothing from Havili who could make me believe he will be on the plane to France.

[Kiwiwomble]

inforweb says hurley is 5'9" which is pretty average for the average person...shows how big professional rugby players generally are

[SouthernMann]

If he's 5'9 then so am I. That has him the same as Mckenzie, taller than Kolbe, Weber and Smith. I think that would be a very rough estimate.