NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry)

[antipodean]

@stargazer said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

@antipodean They didn't elect it. They lost two hookers to injury and then the rules say uncontested scrums, because there isn't a hooker on the field. It wasn't a tactical decision.

Immaterial. You can fake injuries.

[Tim]

Ioane - three players had to take him down, which set up the defensive miss match.

Very sharp from Fukofuka, great execution from Nanai.

[antipodean]

What a cracking try. Brilliant run by Nanai.

[Tim]

First lead of the game!

[Machpants]

Great try.

Canterbury got their extra time try because of uncontested scrums, so yeah 14 is right imo

Ooh three more points AKL?

[Tim]

Olmsted, what an effort today. 95 mins in, and he's still going.

[number9]

How the hell is Cameron an All Black. Total shit house behind a dominant pack.

[Machpants]

@machpants said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

Ooh three more points AKL?

Nope awful kick, AKL just need to hold it for three minutes

[Stargazer]

@antipodean You can solve that by letting the team with the two injuries play with 14 men during the scrum, and then allowing a fifteenth player on after the next stoppage.

[chchfanatic]

Ioane is a flog. Totally outplayed by whitelock

[hydro11]

Seems like Auckland have the tie breaker on the basis of having scored more tries.

Game over.

[Stargazer]

@number9 That pack hasn't been dominant anymore since about the 50th minute and especially not since they're missing a frontrower.

[Tim]

@chchfanatic

[Stargazer]

Full time and Auckland are the new champions! Well done! Good to finally see another team win!

[Stargazer]

@chchfanatic Only in the first half.

[Bovidae]

Great viewing as a (semi) neutral.

Congrats Auckland!

[Cyclops]

Well played Auckland, best team this season and deserving winners. Cracking final, we might have held on if we'd kept 15 on the field but thems the breaks.

[Tim]

Hats off boys, from nothing to champions.

Ioane huge in 2nd half. Canterbury forwards brilliant in the 1st.

[Machpants]

Great game in the end, after an average first third. Well done Auckland. There'll be some tired boys in Japan next weekend!

[antipodean]

@stargazer said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

@antipodean You can solve that by letting the team with the two injuries play with 14 men during the scrum, and then allowing a fifteenth player on after the next stoppage.

No. You're missing the point. A team may elect to swap out a tight forward for more pace.

Anyway, well done Auckland. Brilliant final.