Northland v Canterbury

[Duluth]

Nice try. Made Moulds hesitate for a split second

[taniwharugby]

@Steven-Harris we are poor under high ball so far

[Steven Harris]

@taniwharugby not great , the injuries are great either

[taniwharugby]

@Steven-Harris Nock has ice on his calf and looks to be walking OK

[kev]

We have not made the most of opportunities so far but good yards up the middle.

[kev]

@Steven-Harris said in Northland v Canterbury:

@taniwharugby Pisi has a broken arm
Not what they needed with Moorby and Trainor out

Not what we need - low back stocks already.

[frugby]

Neutral here - thought Northland were overall the better side but lacked the quality in the redzone. I suspect Canterbury will grind their way to a comfortable win from here, but if Northland can just liven up a little bit in the backs, this game is there for the taking.

[Tim]

Nock injured?

[Steven Harris]

Great work from Rob Rush gets undone by a very poor exit

[Tim]

Needed to clear after the break there. Poor decision.

[Duluth]

Good maul defence Cobb

[Steven Harris]

Dumb from Brady Rush , the defensive line had done their job

[Steven Harris]

Taniwha lucky Canterbury scored , may have been another YC

[taniwharugby]

Just too many por decisions and none of the 50-50s goingnour way

[Steven Harris]

Goose well and truly cooked , needed to land some blows in the first half ,

[taniwharugby]

Very poor second half...too many penalties

[Duluth]

Looked like the Cantabs were about to pull away before the YCs. It got messy after that

[kev]

Team looks under done. Lack of discipline and structure. Our backline played and was tackled behind advantage line all night. They need to sort that out. It’s going to be a rough first week.

[Duluth]

[taniwharugby]

I'll put the motm poll up in the morning...