Northland v North Harbour

[kev]

@kev scrums are a mess. Someone needs to get in his ear.

[kev]

Still frigging boring in.

[kev]

Games is a joke when ref is not policing the scrums.

[Chiefy07]

He is policing them @kev but more like Police Academy policing. His control of the scrum has been horribly one sided. That last penalty was laughable it was so bad

[Chiefy07]

Also very inconsistent both ways with how long he plays advantage for

[kev]

@Chiefy07 every scrum their scrum moves to the left and RW gets turned in. Not even a game at this stage.

[kev]

I hate watching Northland games where we play no rugby because we have no possession. Have to sort the scrum and manage the ref second half. Graham Dewes polite about ref.

[kev]

Good option Cooper

[kev]

Leilua awful drop.

[kev]

Don’t take off Cooper

[kev]

Starting to get possession but need points.

[Chiefy07]

That maul decision is another shocker. I'm surprised he didn't bottle the YC too

[kev]

Ranger options. Did not have speed....

[kev]

Brady Rush awesome

[kev]

Bugger. Really poor option from Hawkins.

[kev]

Hard luck for Gregory. Tried to pull out so better to have jumped.

[kev]

Game lost in first half with scrums. Disappointed the young backline didn’t get its chance. Cooper looked good for me at first.
Second half not good enough to take our chances. Not sure the subs helped.

Brady Rush the goods.

[Chris B.]

Fucking up that lineout at the end and missing the opportunity to claim a bonus point will likely come back to haunt NH (and they've already got the ghost of losing to Wellington collecting a massive trick or treat stash on the North Shore!).

[Dice]

Harbour won't be too happy with just 4 points from this game.

They're still a chance for a playoff spot, but it's slim. They probably have to win their last two games with a bonus point to have a chance.

[Chris B.]

@Dice Yeah - their best chance is to edge out Wellington, but they need a big favour from Hawkes Bay because Wellington is pretty sure to pick up 5 points vs Manawatu.

And, if they end up tied on the same number of points as Wellington then they dip out - unless there's a third team stuck there.

They should have been a top 4 team, but they probably won't be.