Magpies v Taranaki

[Stockcar86]

I fear those 3 penalties in the first 2 minutes that we got will be all we get this half

[Higgins]

Oh dear, on the evidence of that scrum it looks like it might be a bit of a tough night.

[Stockcar86]

That must be a knock on

[Higgins]

And Mr. Dockary in the TMO box agrees with what we saw in real time.

[Stockcar86]

Great to see Mason Emerson trying to run through people

[Higgins]

Yes that was surprising considering his build is more designed to evade defenders with speed and guile rather than brutality.

[Higgins]

Getting demolished (three times) by a scrum that contains Angus Ta'avao is nothing to be proud about

[Stockcar86]

Weber realising there is no offside over the line saves the day

[Higgins]

Nice bit of byplay there with that Bob Marley guy professionally signaling the try that HB prevented with some tenacious defence

[Higgins]

On no, here comes a yellow card

[Higgins]

Confirmed, and to make matters worse it's a prop as well. Is it too much to hope the replacement will not have a reverse gear in his makeup?

[Stockcar86]

Scoreline is OK here, but we haven't been a second half of the game team this year. Something about Philpotts half time talks?

[Stockcar86]

Scrum looked better with Buckman pushing

[Higgins]

It did, we won that little battle but they won the war by scoring anyway. HB 00 - 07 Taranaki after 26 minutes

[Stockcar86]

why the fuck do we keep kicking it away. surely that must be a tactic from the coaches.

[Higgins]

Especially when it gives away another converted try. Why oh why oh why?????????????????

[Stockcar86]

Emerson hurt

[Higgins]

Fantastic gutsy tackle against that giant. Just a shame not all our players can pull of impossible tackles like that one.

[Higgins]

Just done a stocktake and it looks like we have nine players that have starting Super Rugby experience and a couple of others on the fringe of that in our run on fifteen tonight, five of them forwards in case anyone was wondering.

[Stockcar86]

We need to win a penalty here for a yellow card