Hawkes Bay v Auckland

[African Monkey]

Don't worry we can't win a fucken kickoff

[Higgins]

Not so with an easy penalty to Hickey from the kick off HB 24 - 25 Auckland

[Higgins]

And another scabby penalty to Hickey almost in front from about 25 metres- but he misses

[Stockcar86]

FFS, heart rate hit 125... West with a penalty to win the game

[Higgins]

A definitely kickable penalty West lining it up as the hooter goes. Fingers and everything else crossed

[Stockcar86]

ahhh, fuck

[Higgins]

It drifts slightly outside the left hand upright. Do we restart the calls to impeach Mr. Philpott?

[African Monkey]

Unlucky guys the better team certainly lost there. A win isn't too far away for you guys and hopefully you guys can take down the Cantabs on Sunday. Mark Abbott motm that guy was a star tonight.

[Stargazer]

The word 'frustrated' sums it up for me. We should have won this game. We could have won the game. The Magpies were the better team tonight and still got only 1 point out of it.

On a positive note, the boys showed they can play and weren't looking like scared little toddlers like the previous games. Won't be enough against Canterbury though.

[billsy11]

What last night showed is that this team can compete at this level. They played well and if not for a couple of errors and Ihaia missing that penalty, They would had won. Whilst I think it's fair to Canterbury is a step too far it does give some confidence leading into Southland Ta$man Manawatu Waikato and Bay of Plenty.