Auckland vs BoP
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@Steven-Harris said in Auckland vs BoP:
@Kirwan didn’t realise they were protected species , there’s plenty of players not just the Ioane brothers that take a bit of stick on this forum...any sort of comments is even more exaggerated because both of these brothers are talented..but it’s obvious to anyone that work ethic lets them down..that’s constructive criticism..
A good example here. Both players top stats for attacking and defensive play and get tagged with work ethic slur.
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Lol Rieko's going on the plane to Japan. I like how he's had a few average performances and all of a sudden he's rubbish and won't make the RWC squad yet Reece and Bridge have one good test against average opposition who gave up against us and all of a sudden they're all set to be our first choice wingers. I love how Auckland players on here get treated extremely harshly on here yet Canterbury players get treated like royalty most of the time when Rieko is clearly better that Bridge and Reece.
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@Kirwan Yeah Plummer is a huge loss. Our attack is fairly average when he's not there. Hope to see him back soon.
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@African-Monkey said in Auckland vs BoP:
@Kirwan Yeah Plummer is a huge loss. Our attack is fairly average when he's not there. Hope to see him back soon.
Smith seemed to suggest not during the game.
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@Kirwan If they weren't from Auckland they'd be treated like Gods just ignore them. The Auckland hatred is still going strong as usual.
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@African-Monkey said in Auckland vs BoP:
@Kirwan If they weren't from Auckland they'd be treated like Gods just ignore them. The Auckland hatred is still going strong as usual.
Old habits are hard to break
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Unusually bad attacking game from us. We're usually well drilled on attack and efficient with the ball we have, but we were all over the place in this game.
Poor games from our main ball handlers(9, 10 and 15), which contributed greatly to the mess we saw out there. I think the coaches value Ruru's defense too much - his passing and super slow service really affected our attack and exits.
Rayasi got found out a bit at fullback. He was mostly good for the first two games, but he was playing like a typical winger who gets pushed to fullback. I'm not a big fan of a 3 power winger back 3, but we don't really have any other option at the moment.
Papali'i was on another level to everyone else. Was it 6 turnovers he had before he went off? That's insane. Hopefully his ankle injury isn't too bad.
One big positive was our defense, which was led by Whetton and Faiane. They were putting in big tackles all game. Both Whetton and Faiane are in the Top 5 for tackles in the comp at the moment, which is usually dominated by backrowers. Hopefully the Blues see what's in front of them and sign Whetton.
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@Dice said in Auckland vs BoP:
Unusually bad attacking game from us. We're usually well drilled on attack and efficient with the ball we have, but we were all over the place in this game.
Poor games from our main ball handlers(9, 10 and 15), which contributed greatly to the mess we saw out there. I think the coaches value Ruru's defense too much - his passing and super slow service really affected our attack and exits.
Rayasi got found out a bit at fullback. He was mostly good for the first two games, but he was playing like a typical winger who gets pushed to fullback. I'm not a big fan of a 3 power winger back 3, but we don't really have any other option at the moment.
Papali'i was on another level to everyone else. Was it 6 turnovers he had before he went off? That's insane. Hopefully his ankle injury isn't too bad.
One big positive was our defense, which was led by Whetton and Faiane. They were putting in big tackles all game. Both Whetton and Faiane are in the Top 5 for tackles in the comp at the moment, which is usually dominated by backrowers. Hopefully the Blues see what's in front of them and sign Whetton.
Whetton was beast out there, love how he moves bodies at the ruck and smashes people. Blues would be mad not to sign him.
Yep, Dalton had six turnovers and two of them saved likely trys. Match winning performance, played the Akira role for us with try line turnovers.
We’d look much better with Trainor at 15, need that extra kicking option with Plummer out. Any news on when he’s back?
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@CO Being drunk on here brings out a lot of emotions....
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@Dice said in Auckland vs BoP:
Poor games from our main ball handlers(9, 10 and 15), which contributed greatly to the mess we saw out there.
Poor kicking from hand too. I would start Kirkpatrick until Plummer is back.
Leuila had a good game last week but the Northland pack is soft and he had very little pressure on him.
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@Kirwan said in Auckland vs BoP:
Yep, Dalton had six turnovers and two of them saved likely trys. Match winning performance
I've been saying for a while that he is the best 6 in the country. It's crazy that he made the AB squad but only got 3mins while we wasted time on Fifita & Frizell
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@Steven-Harris said in Auckland vs BoP:
@Kirwan didn’t realise they were protected species , there’s plenty of players not just the Ioane brothers that take a bit of stick on this forum...any sort of comments is even more exaggerated because both of these brothers are talented..but it’s obvious to anyone that work ethic lets them down..that’s constructive criticism..
I'd be more inclined to believe that if posters on here weren't saying it during last years Super comp when Akira was pretty much out working everyone he was compared with and the goal posts kept moving until we got to unrecorded mythical ruck stats.
This years criticism of Akira in the late rounds of Super comp was fine as he was clearly ineffective by then - but he was copping the same last year when he was a standout in dysfunctional Blues team.
