Auckland v Northland
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Very cynical from Northland and it nearly paid off. Waenga is the ref you ride like that. Not sure any other ref would've allowed that offside line or the free for all at ruck. Nice lack of balls to send the other lock of so it wasn't a red card too
Great touch from Matich for the first try
Auckland game management was poor... again. Particularly when Plummer went off. Defence out wide was shit and ball security shit
I would consider playing either Plummer or McKenzie at ten in the QF. What we are doing at the moment is not working
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@Duluth that was clearly Caird that pulled that down.
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Missed tackles:
Auckland 9
Northland 47Auckland wasted so many chances
These will probably get revised later but it gives a rough idea:
6 Matt Matich
5 Rob Rush
5 Tamati Tua
4 Saimoni Uluinakauvadra
3 Sam Nock
3 Heremaia Murray
3 Brady Rush
2 Jarred Adams
2 Matt Moulds
2 Remsy Lemisio
2 Liam Hallam-Eames
2 Rene Ranger
2 Jordan Olsen
2 Daniel Hawkins
1 Sam Caird
1 Rivez Reihana
1 Jordan Trainor -
Carry metres
Auckland 655m
Northland 376mPost contact metres
Auckland 494m
Northland 175mKick metres
Auckland 622m
Northland 349mRucks
Auckland 134
Northland 59Quick rucks
Auckland 80
Northland 34Again these will probably change slightly but it really shows how badly Auckland was fucking up
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@taniwharugby said in Auckland v Northland:
@Duluth that was clearly Caird that pulled that down.
Yes Caird pulled the maul down first. Hallam-Eames had disengaged, was standing offside and dived on top of the bodies to prevent Thomas getting the ball away
He went for the first penalty not the second. If the players were swapped I think he would’ve carded the second offence
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Happy with that performance from Northland - lost the game, too many penalties but stayed in the game, and unlucky not to win in the very end with players being taken out past the ruck by a player not bound and going off his feet. But glad we took it to the end with some great tries. Auckland are all about the bash, big ball runners and made heaps of yardage but we scrambled on D, and they showed their weakness - can’t finish, poor passing options. Be nice to see some of our players get SR recognition - Moulds, Adams, Murray (surely), Mau’u, Milo Harris.
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@taniwharugby key for me is staying close in games. But less penalties would be better. A few injuries and ABs cover might provide opportunities? I wonder how many Aucklanders are signed for the Blues?
