Auckland v Canterbury

[Duluth]

@Bovidae does he already have a Chiefs contract for 2025?

[Bovidae]

@Duluth No idea, but he would be the likely replacement for Thompson. Maybe Tyrone is staying with rugby?

[Canes4life]

This is a bit of a cripple fight so far. Both teams struggling to hold onto the ball in the first 15 minutes. Tito-Harris looking dangerous from fullback.

[Canes4life]

Cullen Grace off with a head knock.

[Duluth]

Get Simpson on

[Canes4life]

Gus Brown getting absolutely monstered at scrum time.

[Canes4life]

Shocking game so far. Even TJ's complaining how bad both teams have been.

Surely Canterbury are close to a card, they are getting munted at scrum time.

[Duluth]

Yay. Auckland didn’t fuck it up this time

7-6

[Canes4life]

Canterbury hit right back through Rova.

[Duluth]

Brewis looks bad

Maybe they should take an early half time break

[Canes4life]

Looks like Brodie McCalister.

[Kirwan]

Hope the second half is better, both teams are making this a hard watch

[Landers92]

Shit this a tough watch.

[Canes4life]

@Kirwan said in Auckland v Canterbury:

Hope the second half is better, both teams are making this a hard watch

It's not a good look with so many Super players on the park, especially in that Canterbury pack, they've been horrible.

[Landers92]

Get Rico Simpson on to try and spark something. Can’t be any worse than a 36 year old Christian Leali'ifano.

[Bovidae]

@Canes4life said in Auckland v Canterbury:

Gus Brown getting absolutely monstered at scrum time.

Yes, I was going to post this. A big step up from U20s.

Those first 35 mins were dire. Hauiti-Parapara is a handbrake.

[nzzp]

Just turned this on as I thought it was 7pm. Christ this is a hard watch - skill levels not high, brainlessness and it's only 2 minutes of the second half.
This comp was superb, but these two teams are really struggling.

[nzzp]

Nice maul setup and some good passing in close at last.

Only got anothre 10 minutes as out with friends soon, but go the Auks

[Machpants]

Fuck me that is bad

[Landers92]

2 of the competitions teams with arguably the biggest history and expectation and they are producing an absolute lemon of a game.

Both teams were poor last week to be fair but you expect a higher level of play when you consider how many full time professionals are out there.