Tasman vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final)
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The Mighty Ta$man Mako will take on Auckland at Landsdowne Park on Saturday 19 October at 2.05 pm.
The mighty Mako have just completed a 10/10 regular season - the first since Auckland did it in 2007. Both those teams also recorded 48 competition points, but the Mako edge the Orcs with more points for and less against to have the best regular season since Wikipedia records began (2004).
Meanwhile, the current Orc team only managed to beat the woeful Counties among Premiership opposition this season.
If we lose this game it will be a fucking travesty and could set up my worst ever day of rugby watching. Long week and possibly a long fortnight coming up!
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@Bovidae said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
I was in Nelson in the days before last year's SF but ended up watching the game in Chch. We passed all the Sky TV OBU trucks on SH65.
Ta$man won't want to be burnt 2 years in a row. I hope they win it as it's good a new team has success.
Yeah - I'd be cheering for the newbie if it wasn't us - even if it was Hawkes Bay!
To be fair, last year there was bugger all between us and Canterbury and once Hansen shored up their front row by giving them Moody it was always on the cards we'd get turned over.
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to be honest, if the South Central Vikings and their Super rugby level roster of poaches don't win this comp by the length of the straight, it is a choke job of epic proportions
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@mariner4life said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
to be honest, if the South Central Vikings and their Super rugby level roster of poaches don't win this comp by the length of the straight, it is a choke job of epic proportions
Yeah - get the steps up the scaffold built early in the week - motherfucker.
The Irish are building a similar trapdoor on another thread!
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@Chris-B said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
@mariner4life said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
to be honest, if the South Central Vikings and their Super rugby level roster of poaches don't win this comp by the length of the straight, it is a choke job of epic proportions
Yeah - get the steps up the scaffold built early in the week - motherfucker.
The Irish are building a similar trapdoor on another thread!
this week is like a 90s video game!
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@mariner4life said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
@Chris-B said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
@mariner4life said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
to be honest, if the South Central Vikings and their Super rugby level roster of poaches don't win this comp by the length of the straight, it is a choke job of epic proportions
Yeah - get the steps up the scaffold built early in the week - motherfucker.
The Irish are building a similar trapdoor on another thread!
this week is like a 90s video game!
By Sunday I could be among the most well hung men in NZ!
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@Chris-B said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
@mariner4life said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
@Chris-B said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
@mariner4life said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
to be honest, if the South Central Vikings and their Super rugby level roster of poaches don't win this comp by the length of the straight, it is a choke job of epic proportions
Yeah - get the steps up the scaffold built early in the week - motherfucker.
The Irish are building a similar trapdoor on another thread!
this week is like a 90s video game!
By Sunday I could be among the most well hung men in NZ!
silver linings...
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@Hooroo said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
I love how we are all setting up Ta$man for a massive choke.
Auckland are quite capable [against Northland, Counties, Southland, Taranaki] on their day.
Fixed.
Auckland still have issues at 9 & 10.
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@ACT-Crusader You missed BOP as well.
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@African-Monkey said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
@ACT-Crusader You missed BOP as well.
In that case, Ta$man are doooooooomed
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@Hooroo said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
I love how we are all setting up Ta$man for a massive choke.
Auckland are quite capable on their day.
Yeah - the semi-finalists are Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington and.... Ta$man. That we're going to be the chokers if we don't win is a sensational achievement in itself!
Years since teams other than Canterbury or Auckland won the title:
Taranaki 5 (Clean your ears out Tom Marshall!)
Waikato 13
Wellington 19
Otago 21
Manawatu 39
Counties 40
BoP 43Others - never.
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@Chris-B said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
@Hooroo said in Ta$man vs Auckland (Premiership semi-final):
I love how we are all setting up Ta$man for a massive choke.
Auckland are quite capable on their day.
Yeah - the semi-finalists are Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington and.... Ta$man. That we're going to be the chokers if we don't win is a sensational achievement in itself!
Years since teams other than Canterbury or Auckland won the title:
Taranaki 5 (Clean your ears out Tom Marshall!)
Waikato 13
Wellington 19
Otago 21
Manawatu 39
Counties 40
BoP 43Others - never.
Wait!! Have you never won the title??
