Hawkes v Manawatu

[frugby]

So to be clear, no injuries to Flanders and Fakatava?

[Tim]

https://x.com/JamieWall2/status/1702579014769189057?s=20

[Duluth]

Haha what a terrible start

[Duluth]

Cridge made that more difficult than it should’ve been

[Nepia]

Bit of a harsh yellow on first viewing.

Edit: Looks fair on second viewing.

[BorderJB]

Is Cameron injured or rested??

[Nepia]

Weber in for the Pies 3rd try, 24 - 0.

In other years I'd feel comfortable, but not this year.

[Nepia]

Weber in again, 31 - 0.

[Duluth]

@Nepia said in Hawkes v Manawatu:

In other years I'd feel comfortable, but not this year.

I think you’ll be ok

[Donsteppa]

Just turned the TV on. Has Manawatu got off the bus yet, or is this going to be 100 runs in the opening session from Hawkes?

[Nepia]

@Duluth said in Hawkes v Manawatu:

@Nepia said in Hawkes v Manawatu:

In other years I'd feel comfortable, but not this year.

I think you’ll be ok

I'm not comfortable, Tiatia is on the field.

[Duluth]

That was good. Made Lowe look slow

[Stargazer]

The comeback is on?

[Nepia]

The Poo in for a try, Waaka with some individual brilliance, Lowe with some average defence.

[Nepia]

@Stargazer said in Hawkes v Manawatu:

The comeback is on?

Yep, if we have the ball then we're all good, when we don't have the ball we're keystone cops. They haven't listened to me when I've said they should just be training defence each week.

[Steven Harris]

Jordi Viljoen is the closest thing to Aaron Smith coming through , the length and speed of the pass is outstanding ..

[frugby]

@Steven-Harris said in Hawkes v Manawatu:

Jordi Viljoen is the closest thing to Aaron Smith coming through , the length and speed of the pass is outstanding ..

Accuracy could be worked on, but the raw skills are certainly there.

[Steven Harris]

@frugby only 19 plenty of time , theres a lot of similarities to Smith at the same age

[frugby]

@Steven-Harris Absolutely. Thought the U20s weirdly looked better with him than Hotham a lot of the time.

[Nepia]

@Steven-Harris said in Hawkes v Manawatu:

Jordi Viljoen is the closest thing to Aaron Smith coming through , the length and speed of the pass is outstanding ..

Much like posters used to disregard Fakatava's claims due to his terrible haircut I'm doing the same with Vijoein, no ABs for him until he gets that cut.