v Hawkes Bay
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@Nepia you been in Aus too long aye, cant read for your own self?
still injured...hangs out on the wing cos thats where the Blues wanted him.
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@taniwharugby said in v Hawkes Bay:
@Nepia you been in Aus too long aye, cant read for your own self?
still injured...hangs out on the wing cos thats where the Blues wanted him.
Too lazy!
I have no issue with how the Blues want to use him.
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at least Northland turning on the weather...at moment anyway
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@taniwharugby Cricket weather is it?
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@Higgins nice evening...I just left the ground after watching the Northland U14 club final between Mid Northern and Keri Keri.
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@taniwharugby You not staying for the big game? I'm struggling here too with a people mover load of my Tongan mates arriving to watch the 'Ikale Tahi game so will have to do it the old fashionmd way via Radio Sport until the Tonga v Fiji match is finished!
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@Nepia the Taniwha were actually much better than I expected this evening given there was up 10 players unavailable or out through injury..but at 28-29 I think they missed a trick and credit to the magpies they know their strengths..there line out and drive is as good as any team in the country ..I had a chat to Gareth Evans at the end of the game, apparently they don’t put a hell of a lot of practice into the driving maul but all the players are technically versed in were to be and what to do..tells me they have some intelligent forwards running around in the black and white hoops..
I was really impressed with the crowd that turned up despite the way the Taniwha have been traveling, must have been around 6,000 in attendance..
Congratulations to Jack Debreczini and Isi Tuangafasi who played their blazers games this evening.. -
Was much improved this week, but still way short of the mark.
Our defence out wide was pretty horrendous. I thought the forwards muscled up to Hawke’s Bays rated pack ok. It was the continuity of Hawkes Bays plays that reamed us in the ass though. They had the ability to string multiple phases, and in doing so wore us thin out wide where they did most of their scoring.
Wasn’t helped with a ref who only seemed to have one arm for at least 70 mins of the game, and he also missed an obvious knock on from Fakatava in the lead up to one of their tries. Happened right in front of me. But oh well, that’s just our luck, typically Northland really. Same shit, different week.
My standouts were Matiu, the two locks and Gregory.
Good to see Tua back, although he looked a bit rusty which is understandable, he’s definitely a step up from Hohaia.
Hoping like hell some of our injured guys are good to roll against Manawatu next week. We bloody need them, especially the big Ginga!
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@J77 there were just little moments that let us down, and some really dumb discipline things .I was really concerned going into this game given the way the Magpies were travelling and also the number of defections we had..
Needed many to stand up, and several did..the 2 locks Temo Mayanavanua looks to have finally found his feet at this level and Sam Caird is just a work horse ,great lineout option and the man has some serious pace..took the quickest man Mason Emerson in the Bay side to drag him down ..
Jacob Matiu continues to go from strength to strength..that’s a novel thing , a number 8 with workrate and putting consistent games together ,hopefully the NZ Maori selectors and a Super Rugby franchise are watching this kid.Sam McNanamara will only get better and I am predicting is probably a player who will end up playing a 100 games for the province..really liked how they used him as a receiver ,good catch and passing skills
I thought it was probably Jack Strakers best ever game in a Taniwha jersey, really busy around the paddock when he was on.I thought Aorangi Stokes made a great fist of the number 7 jersey ,and it was his best game in the Cambridge blue jersey ..
One guy I really enjoyed watching was Paddy Joe Atkins, gee he’s a physical guy,made some huge tackles and in the main did all his core roles well..really happy for him, really decent chap..
Agree with Justin, it was great to see Tamati Tua back..and a much more improved performance from Johnson ,That defensive hit on on either Ili or Toala was memorable...Scott Gregory was great value as well ,such strong bugger, standing down at ground level next to him..he’s a sizeable chap..
Ultimately not the result we wanted, but plenty to get excited about given the numbers we had missingShould have a few back next week including Tom Robinson..?,Ranger may be available for the last 2 x Weeks
