Wellington v North Harbour, semi-final

[Stargazer]

http://www.wellingtonlions.co.nz/news/proctor-woodward-return-for-lions-semifinal/

[JK]

1. Nic MAYHEW Loosehead Prop Northcote

2. Adrian SMITH Hooker Massey

3. Sione MAFILEO Tighthead Prop North Shore

4. Gerard COWLEY-TUIOTI Lock Massey

5. Chris Vui Lock Massey

6. Glenn PRESTON Blindside Flanker Marist

7. Connor COLLETT Openside Flanker Massey

8. Murphy TARAMAI Number 8 Northcote

9. Bryn HALL Halfback Northcote

10. Bryn Gatland First Five-eighth Takapuna

11. Tevita LI Left Wing Massey

12. Michael LITTLE Second Five-eighth Glenfield

13. Matt VAEGA Centre Massey
    14.Matt DUFFIE Right Wing Takapuna

14. Matt MCGAHAN Fullback Western Pioneers

Reserves:
16. Ray NIUIA / Vyron SMITH Hooker Massey / Takapuna
17. Jody ALLEN Prop East Coast Bays
18. Jethro FELEMI Prop East Coast Bays
19. Brandon NANSEN / Josh TYRELL Loose Forward North Shore / Takapuna
20. Hapakuki MOALA-LIAVA'A / Kane JACOBSON Loose Forward Massey / Takapuna
21. Chris SMYLIE Halfback Massey
22. Daniel HILTON-JONES Outside Back North Shore
23. Afa FA'ATAU Wing Northcote

[African Monkey]

Has Tevita Li blown it by dropping the ball with an open line? Harbour 30-23 after 65.

[Frye]

@African-Monkey said in Wellington v North Harbour, semi-final:

Has Tevita Li blown it by dropping the ball with an open line? Harbour 30-23 after 65.

Can we do a swap with Ulster, Piutau for Li?

[JK]

Harbour up 40 - 30 with couple mins to go!

[Tim]

Hell yeah Harbour!

[JK]

Making it tougher gifting Wellington a try here

[hydro11]

Penalty try.

[hydro11]

Shocking refereeing.

[JK]

Harbour win 40 37

Bring on the final

[African Monkey]

@Frye Haha to be fair to Li (and I am definitely not a fan of his), he was outstanding apart from that.

Well done Harbour, thoroughly deserved.

[Stargazer]

Not a good Mitre 10 Cup result for the Hurricanes catchment, as their only province in the Premiership (Hawke's Bay) is relegated and none of their teams in the Championship will go back up to replace them.

[hydro11]

We were bloody shocking (Harbour were poor too). We missed a lot of tackles, turned over a lot of ball and didn't seem to be anywhere on the kick chase. Still I don't know how the referee doesn't award a penalty try at the end there. The Harbour player clearly knocks the ball dead as we were going to score a try. Disappointing to not have that chance, however unlikely.

[hydro11]

@African-Monkey said in Wellington v North Harbour, semi-final:

@Frye Haha to be fair to Li (and I am definitely not a fan of his), he was outstanding apart from that.

Well done Harbour, thoroughly deserved.

Li was great all game. The difference.

[hydro11]

@Stargazer said in Wellington v North Harbour, semi-final:

Not a good Mitre 10 Cup result for the Hurricanes catchment, as their only province in the Premiership (Hawke's Bay) is relegated and none of their teams in the Championship will go back up to replace them.

More worrying is how much money it costs Wellington. The WRU is going to have to start making some serious cuts now.

[Stargazer]

@hydro11 I assume the WRU is not the only one with that problem ...

[Bovidae]

@Stargazer Only saw the last 5 mins. So Welly ended their season with 4 straight loses.

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae Yes, that's correct.

[Winger]

Time surely to find at least a half decent coach. The Canes got rid of a rubbish coach in Hammett but this coaching team is an even bigger joke

[reprobate]

@Winger said in Wellington v North Harbour, semi-final:

Time surely to find at least a half decent coach. The Canes got rid of a rubbish coach in Hammett but this coaching team is an even bigger joke

Could someone remind me of Boyd's last wellington season please?