The Silver Fern

Was a close run game. Naki look like they need a rest after storm week, but will take the W!

Hmm Manawatu are really not very good without Cruden

@Bovidae Out for the season... I am assuming he is having a surgery so he is ready for the Highlanders.

@Canes4life said in Manawatu v Hawkes Bay:

@Duluth said in Manawatu v Hawkes Bay:

10 Danny Toala

Lol wtf.

You underestimated my power to mess with the Canes. The original selection had Godfrey at 10 until James got my text.

😉

@Darren said in Wellington v Manawatu:

Lakai looked great, reminds me of a harder working Ardie. Possibly less highlights, but just doesn't stop working.
And why do we persist with J Savea? He doesn't offer anything.

I think in time Lakai will be a bigger and better version than Ardie. He's got the frame that's made for international footy and I feel the ABs have him earmarked as Sam Cane's replacement when he retires at the end of the year. He just needs to keep learning his craft and improving.

In the future I can see him and Sititi forming a pretty awesome combo for the All Blacks at 7 and 8 together, maybe even by the next WC.

@taniwharugby great to see his excitement at scoring as well.

Thought Howden and Iose had huge games for the Turbos despite the scoreboard.

The revised supporter tactics devised by @Stockcar86 and myself were never put to the test such was the whirlwind start made by the Magpies which saw us up by about thirty within fifteen or twenty minutes and the game was well and truly over by then. They were well thought out and would have worked a treat but as they say we kept out powder dry for later use. About twenty or thirty 'Poo supporters were made the error of taking up seats nearby but we were very magnanimous about things, even going so far as offering them our congratulations when they got off zero. We generally left them alone to suffer in their teams ineptness with no need for us to inflict further torment onto their team!
The visitors did offer a bit of resistance after the initial onslaught as witnessed by keeping the score to a mere fifty when @Donsteppa so wisely pointed out earlier that a century looked a real possibility. It might well have been but we lost track of the number of tries called back for disputed reasons. All in all it was a game that lacked something, the close exciting finishes we have come to expect at McLean Park this season but considering it was against the 'Poo we can live quite comfortably with that!

Another win for harbour - 3 on the trot after a pretty poor start to the season

But where was Shaun Stevenson? Rested, injured or potentially on standby for a trip to france?

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How good is it seeing this guy back on the pitch? 😮‍💨.

@ACT-Crusader I think SOuthland may have that, 27 or so, they took it from us which was about the same as what Manawatu had when they beat us last week I think (24?)

@taniwharugby Yeah I'm done with rugby for the weekend as well after this mornings debacle, and last nights jekyl and hyde show.

The Northland rugby circus continues next week where we will no doubt beat Hawkes Bay. The following week we will flick the loss switch again and get pumped in Dunedin. So predictable at times..bloody gumbies!

@Duluth good stuff, deserves it.