BOP v Canterbury
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thought we got lucky a few times with missed forward passes etc, but great control from Black and Trask overall and an impressive kicking game helps. Didn't see this result coming, but will happily take it
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wow, did not see this coming.
Is this the result of decoupling Super and NPC level sides a few years ago? Canterbury used to have the Crusaders/Canterbury double signings - we haven't seen that for a while, and I wonder if the talent tap has turned off as a result.
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@Stargazer said in BOP v Canterbury:
Hoping BOP will be getting a bit over-confident / complacent for next week ...
Don't think we can get over confident the way Hawkes are playing! Looking forward to it though
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@nzzp said in BOP v Canterbury:
Is this the result of decoupling Super and NPC level sides a few years ago? Canterbury used to have the Crusaders/Canterbury double signings - we haven't seen that for a while, and I wonder if the talent tap has turned off as a result.
Then creation of the northern Crusaders NPC side has had an impact
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@Duluth said in BOP v Canterbury:
@nzzp said in BOP v Canterbury:
Is this the result of decoupling Super and NPC level sides a few years ago? Canterbury used to have the Crusaders/Canterbury double signings - we haven't seen that for a while, and I wonder if the talent tap has turned off as a result.
Then creation of the northern Crusaders NPC side has had an impact
the Ta$man Vikings?
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@Nepia said in BOP v Canterbury:
Clearly the Magpies broke Canterbury, now every Tom, Dick and Harry can beat them.
Only one Bay has beaten Canterbury this season and that was today...
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@ACT-Crusader said in BOP v Canterbury:
@Nepia said in BOP v Canterbury:
Clearly the Magpies broke Canterbury, now every Tom, Dick and Harry can beat them.
Only one Bay has beaten Canterbury this season and that was today...
I don't know why you're sticking your beak in, your lot lost to both teams regardless of their current names.
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@Nepia said in BOP v Canterbury:
@ACT-Crusader said in BOP v Canterbury:
@Nepia said in BOP v Canterbury:
Clearly the Magpies broke Canterbury, now every Tom, Dick and Harry can beat them.
Only one Bay has beaten Canterbury this season and that was today...
I don't know why you're sticking your beak in, your lot lost to both teams regardless of their current names.
Yeah okay. Last time I checked it was a Canterbury v Bay game thread. Why wouldnât I be here to congratulate the Bay and their supporters for a dominant performance.
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@ACT-Crusader said in BOP v Canterbury:
@Nepia said in BOP v Canterbury:
@ACT-Crusader said in BOP v Canterbury:
@Nepia said in BOP v Canterbury:
Clearly the Magpies broke Canterbury, now every Tom, Dick and Harry can beat them.
Only one Bay has beaten Canterbury this season and that was today...
I don't know why you're sticking your beak in, your lot lost to both teams regardless of their current names.
Yeah okay. Last time I checked it was a Canterbury v Bay game thread. Why wouldnât I be here to congratulate the Bay and their supporters for a dominant performance.
You Cantabs say congratulations in a strange way.
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Well that was good afternoon out and completely unexpected. Had some family stuff to do earlier and nearly didnât make it along. The kids werenât keen to go to the game so I jumped on the bike after hitting record on MySky. Got over the handy Matapihi rail bridge, walked into the ground and heard the ground announcer start to say âand the score is now 22 - 3 to - â bugger, oh well, it was a good day for a bike ride â - the Bay of Plenty Steamersâ ... really? excellent!!!
Watched the last 55 minutes of the game from behind the dead ball line at the city end of the ground. Having just watched the Sky Sport Highlights I can see what @bayimports means about some luck around the passes that I couldnât see from end on. Overall though we looked like a classic Bay side of old - tough tackling - didnât look like missing many - strong up front, giving away the most penalties, and creative with ball in hand.
Canterbury looked incredibly un-Canterbury like. Far more âhumanâ than usual, and it always looked like theyâd eventually make a mistake to let us off the hook. For the first five minutes I was at the ground I assumed thereâd be a classic Canterbury punishing bounce-back, but it soon became clear it was strangely unlikely...
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2018: We have a forum post about how Akira Ioane wouldn't make the Canterbury team, he is by far the best player in the final and Auckland wins.
2020: We have a forum post about how Akira Ioane wouldn't make the Canterbury team, he is in the All Blacks and Canterbury are absolute shite.
Hmm, I think those legendary Rueben Thorne Powerpoint presentations may just be a bit shit.
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@Tim said in BOP v Canterbury:
2020: We have a forum post about how Akira Ioane wouldn't make the Canterbury team, he is in the All Blacks and Canterbury are absolute shite.
Taking poetic licence to Cantabury bash or did I miss the bit where it was said he wouldn't make the Canterbury team?
