v Waikato
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That was embarrassing, can't recall last time we shipped that many too loose and too many unforced errors
3 of their tries were about 250m of running, such a shame as that was probably the best crowd since the 'stop the drop' game v BOP.
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Not one of the great days in Taniwha rugby ,talking to Matt Matich at the end of the game for some reason even he felt they were flat which is a bit hard to understand given the massive home crowd support that turned up and I must say it was awesome to see so many numbers so I am really disappointed for the supporters..!
I personally think the fact we have had to roll many of the same players because of injuries was a factor..where you look at Waikato and I must say full credit to them,they were able to change out 7 x players from the game against Southland,it’s bloody great luxury to have depth in this comp...
On saying all that some one on one tackles were disgraceful..what was worse Tana Umaga and Tony Hanks were on hand to see the Taniwha put in the worst possible shift.On the bonus point ,I really don’t give a shit wether we deserve to be in the finals or not,the rules say if you get 4 x tries you get a bonus point..end of story..
Can remember Auckland hanging onto their Premiership status by scoring an extra bonus point against Canterbury after losing to all the Premierhip teams including the relegated Waikato team..!
Did they deserve to stay up..?,hell yes because they finished ahead of Waikato by way of guess what..a bonus point... -
@steven-harris said in v Waikato:
On the bonus point ,I really don’t give a shit wether we deserve to be in the finals or not,the rules say if you get 4 x tries you get a bonus point..end of story..
Can remember Auckland hanging onto their Premiership status by scoring an extra bonus point against Canterbury after losing to all the Premierhip teams including the relegated Waikato team..!
Did they deserve to stay up..?,hell yes because they finished ahead of Waikato by way of guess what..a bonus point...Yes the rules are what they are
However you’ll never convince me that a team who has been thrashed deserves a bonus point. Regardless of what teams are involved
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@steven-harris think the writing was on the wall when Matich dropped that first high ball, as one of our best and most accurate performers over the past few years he had probably his most forgettable match (not finger pointing, just surprised that even he had a bad day) to pretty much sum up our day.
Still shaking my head...think it was 5 tries we gifted them, 5.
At one point in that 2nd spell pretty sure we had 2 props, 2 hookers and 4 loosies in our pack and then finished with 3 props, 2 hookers and 3 loosies...only in NOrthland haha
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A bit of good news out of an utter disaster Jack Debreczeni has been signed by the chiefs..and Northland are negotiating with Solomon Alaimalo to return to the Taniwha..
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@steven-harris coulda done with Solomon at 15 today...playing a guy who played 10 all club season there not a good idea, dont expect he will recall his first start fondly
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@steven-harris is Jack NZ qualified?
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@taniwharugby and about 14 others,had the player of the day sponsor catch a lift up with me from Auckland, even he was gutted..!
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@bovidae the Northland team because of injuries have had to roll many of the same guys,on saying that with one of the better crowd turn outs I have seen for an Mitre 10 Cup game this year..they should have been better,credit to Waikato though..you give a team that’s got pace that much ball and field position,your gonna pay for it..!
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I’m a bit speechless to be honest. Not a good day to be a Northland fan. Can any trainspotters tell us when we last shipped north of 70 points? I recall Otago pumping us by 80 at Carisbrook in the days of Kronfeld and Wilson etc..but since then I dont think we’ve leaked that much..
Even in our darkest periods (03-05 & 15, 16) did we not get smacked like that.
Well done to Waikato, they pounced on every opportunity and made us look like schoolboys. Can see them clipping their tickets for the premiership next year already.
What a fucking weird old year, so Jekyl and Hyde! Can’t believe we’re actually in the semis after some of our performances. But hey, we’re there, so I’ll take it.
Hope we go and right some wrongs against BOP. Be nice to win this one and at least have a chance of avoiding Waikato in the semi.
Not really in the mood to beat up on players, but Thoroughgood at FB was not the best option...enough said really.
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After a week from hell I took Mr almost 3 along for some fresh air with a mate and his boy. Lucky for me I wasn’t in the mood to even care about the rugby.
One thing I do know is I saw far better tackling from our two young lads on the hill than anything I saw from anyone wearing blue.
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The coaches probably learnt a few things...
Thoroughgood unfortunately not big enough/physical enough for this level yet. He seemed to get dominated every time the ball was near him. Maybe next season for him? Cooper looked a lot more comfortable in comparison.
Reserve props got shown up badly too I thought.
Nock easily our best halfback - his pass is so much faster than Kittos. Use Kittos running game off the bench.
Tua might do some dumb stuff but definitely a threat with ball in hand, would have him involved before all of Hohaia, Thoroughgood or Cooper.
Think we still had the team to beat Waikato, but wonder how much better we would've gone with just Gregory back in the team.
We deserved to get pumped but not getting hung up on the 71 conceded - once you start getting thrashed and start throwing the ball around there's always going to be the chance of the odd intercept or turnover try.
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I can’t help feel to progress in this competition and to be on a similar parr to a Ta$man for example ,you have got generate some extra revenue..some teams have got the luxury of depth when injury strikes..
In the case of the Taniwha,losing Macilai and Verney before the season even started was a killer,not to mention in Macilai’s case because the injury happened while he was part of the Saders,no remuneration gets paid out to the Northland Union ,hence no money to chase another speedy winger..Then losing key forwards like Tom Robinson and Ross Wright meant the workload for the tight forwards increases and then you hope your squad is strong enough to take the hit..the injuries keep coming,and of course you start rolling out the same guys..
Something is gonna give,especially if you can’t rotate your squad.I believe the Northland Union needs to align themselves with a Japanese team who wants to develop their players in NZ..hence an academy to upskill these players,there might be one or 2 that maybe good enough to play Mitre level who knows..?.
From what I understand Japanese clubs are quite prepared to pay out for this process.I don’t think we that far off from having a really good team moving forward,but for that to happen we need to increase our depth and if it means going to market then so be it..
We showed yesterday we have one of the better supporter turnouts in the country just need to fix our house up.
