2020 Hawke's Bay club rugby

[Stargazer]

Syms just said three interesting things:

• pressured into naming a player who stood out during preseason the last couple of weeks, he mentioned Geoff Cridge.
• Namatahi Waa is in hospital with a ruptured appendix.
• Jordan Thompson-Dunn has a high ankle sprain (which limits the number of minutes he plays at the moment)

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By the way, Fakatava has come on.

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Hastings almost scores, but "held-up". Guildford with the try saver.

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Fakatava's hairdo is outrageous.

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Collectively, the Tech forwards are better than the Hastings forwards. In the backs it's exactly the opposite.

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Wow, Baker butchered that badly. Catching that high ball didn't look that difficult. Another try to Neria Fomai. Some bad missed tackles from the Tech backs.

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Great try from Boswell-Wakefield! That break from former Steamer Te Rangi Fraser (not in the original line-up) was awesome.

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It's 34 - 20 to Hastings at the moment.

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Guildford subbed off. Campbell suggesting this was probably the last time of Guildford playing at McLean Park. Retiring?

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Try Jason Long. Again great work from Neria Fomai. McLeod's conversion makes it 41 - 20 to Hastings.

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Try Tere Joel. Hastings lucky there, because the ref was about to give Tech a penalty try, which probably would have meant a yellow for Hastings and no need for a conversion; the Tech kicker missed the conversion.

[Stargazer]

Stupid, stupid. Fakatava sent off with a yellow for kicking away the ball. There was no need for that. Toala behaving like a child about 5 minutes ago, too. Grow up lads, we don't want to see that when you're playing for the Magpies.

[Stockcar86]

Ref and TJ guessed. Folou did not kick the ball at all. Bad call

[Stargazer]

@Stockcar86 So both the officials and commentators got that wrong?

[Stockcar86]

@Stargazer yeah spiked the ball by his feet when the ref blew his whistle and it rolled away

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Fakatava back on, early.

[Number 10]

Yes I noticed that, too.

off in the 71st min, back on in the 80th.

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And it's over.

FT: HRS 44 - 25 Tech

Best players according to Syms:
HRS: Fomai, Long, McLeod
Tech: Joel, Boswell-Wakefield

[Stargazer]

I just watched it back. The ref didn't see it and gave the yellow on advise from the AR.

[Stockcar86]

I would have been good for Tech to win in their centenary, but the best 2 teams are in the final. Now hoping for a good open game, with no Magpie players or prospects getting injured.