Southland v The Bay

KiwiPie

Southland very passive on defence so far. We're a very 2nd/3rd string team so we need to close it out

KiwiPie

Well we're cocking this up. Intercept and now we're level at 10-10. 2 tries apiece and no conversions

Stargazer

What the heck, haha. After 30 minutes, Southland bring on all their subs!

KiwiPie

And Southland just subbed on the bench after 30 minutes. Interesting tactic!

Stargazer

Southland looks really fired up!

Nepia

BoP assistant coach has a great name.

KiwiPie

That was not a forward pass and ref was in no position to call it

KiwiPie

I hate it when the defensive line is retreating and all offside and the ref calls nothing.

KiwiPie

If a team subs the whole bench after 30 are they allowed to roll on 3 of the originals after 70?

Stargazer

Surely they're going to check that tackle on Fine? That looked awful.

Edit: checking it now. Not as bad as it seemed at first.

KiwiPie

@Stargazer yeah it did look bad in real time. Stupid floaty pass to give the intercept. Dumb play all night by the Bay

Stargazer

Tony Johnson just put a major jinx on Southland.

KiwiPie

Oh man this game is killing me

Duluth

Risky going for zigzag rucks with two mins left. That’s a long time. Should’ve gone for territory

KiwiPie

Why contest the maul? So dumb

KiwiPie

I need a lie down after that. A 5 point win, top 8 secured

Bovidae

MSR definitely entered that maul from the side - dumb, and lucky.

Stargazer

Great game from Southland; if they had played like this all season, they wouldn't have been at the bottom of the table.

Steven Harris

@Bovidae I was hoping the Stags would nail that kick ,can’t stand MSR given his past record with the home side

KiwiPie

Great game from Southland; if they had played like this all season, they wouldn't have been at the bottom of the table.

Not sure about that. Bay are down so many troops and except for that period in the 1st half Southland lived on scraps

The Silver Fern