Hawke's Bay v Waikato

[Stargazer]

[Number 10]

Tim Farrell was Magpies player-of-the day.

Crowd was 4,500

Brad Weber could very well be back - his French contract starts on November 2nd.

[Dan54]

@Number-10 Weber said he was back in 2 weeks.
By geez that was an exciting end wasn't it? Bay certainly fun to watch!

[ARHS]

Just watched this. Unbelievable. But with every missed (but not too hard) goalkick I kept worrying Bay was being left a lifeline. Then when Roe left the field Waikato fell apart. Did not expect them win before the match with so many rookies. Anyway well done HB for hanging in there. But must say the no obstruction call left me perplexed indeed. Would have been a penalty every other day of the week.

[Magpie_in_aus]

Man what a crazy game. Nearly turned the game off after 50mins. We did playing without a hooker the first half. Man the lineout was woeful.

One of the three matches I want to win each year for banter vs mates so im happy. No naki this year so that's good and Southland still to come for full bragging rights.

[Higgins]

@Magpie_in_aus You should have tried being at the ground! It was probably like the days of the 80s when Auckland came to town and whipped arse by about 60 or 80 points no matter who they played so dominant was Waikato. How they could possibly get beat from where they were not long after halftime is nothing short of Javid Miandad being given out LBW in Pakistan with a Pakistani umpire level.

[Mr Fish]

Bit embarrassing from Waikato to lose that match after building up such a big lead. Not scoring from the Rhys Marshall break (and injury) was a huge screw up and they really let the Bay back into the match.

[African Monkey]

@Steven-Harris Hope to see him get more of a run with Moana now that Tavatavanawai has moved on.

[Stargazer]

@African-Monkey Tuitavuki is a strong and reasonably big lad, very athletic, but has also suffered a lot of injuries over the last few years, unfortunately. Especially knee injuries. That has slowed his progress. It will all depend on whether he can stay injury free.

[Stargazer]

Haha

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"Nah I knew we had an advantage, so it's all good." - Frank Lochore.

[Nepia]

@Stargazer I don't click on FB so can you give a brief summation of the context?

@African-Monkey said in Hawke's Bay v Waikato:

@Steven-Harris Hope to see him get more of a run with Moana now that Tavatavanawai has moved on.

Might depend on whether Umaga continues Mauger's put a blindfold on and throw a dart selection method each week or not?

[Stargazer]

@Nepia said in Hawke's Bay v Waikato:

I don't click on FB so can you give a brief summation of the context?

I don't know whether you can see the instagram version?

[Bovidae]

I finally had a chance to watch this game tonight. Disappointing to throw the game away but I was encouraged by the performances of the newbies. Waikato didn't make the most of those lineout drives, and the poor pass/bad bounce was another missed try.