Waikato v Hawkes Bay

[Duluth]

That’s a big lead in this weather

[Duluth]

Finau looking good

21-0 after 13mins

HB looking like they don’t give a shit

[Duluth]

Waikato playing well.. good width in the weather

[Canes4life]

First half hattrick for Leuila

[Canes4life]

Make that four for Leuila.

Hopeless tackling from Hawkes Bay.

[Duluth]

Leuila with his 4th try

He’s running hard but they are pathetic attempts

Waikato not quite at a point a minute. 43-5 after 45mins

[mikey07]

What the hell is this Hawkes Bays under 19s team? I just turned it on.

[Bovidae]

Just got back from the game. The rain was heavier than what it may have looked like on TV. The heaviest rain was during the 2nd half of the curtain-raiser, and there was a lot of surface water.

The first 40 mins was the best I can remember Waikato playing in a long time, given the conditions. The Wrampling brothers were superb, but no one played badly. Jacobson and Finau had a big impact, as you would hope they would. Territorial kicking was important on the night.

I was thinking that there might be a RS hangover for HB.

[ARHS]

Masterful game control from Leuila and Roe. Their positional kicking stressed HB all day. Thought McWhannell, Norris and Dyer had great all-round games too.
Grigg ran hard for HB but not too much else offered.

[antipodean]

@Bovidae said in Waikato v Hawkes Bay:

Jacobson and Finau had a big impact, as you would hope they would.

Forgot to include their participation in my tipping.

[Duluth]

[Nepia]

@antipodean said in Waikato v Hawkes Bay:

@Bovidae said in Waikato v Hawkes Bay:

Jacobson and Finau had a big impact, as you would hope they would.

Forgot to include their participation in my tipping.

You also forgot to factor the Pies not turning up as well.

Sheesh, that's our worst performance against Waikato, and we once shipped 100 against them in the bad old days when we were confined to the old 2nd division.

Hopefully it's a post RS loss blip.