Waikato v Canterbury (Premiership SF)

[nzzp]

9s (and 8s) stabbing kicks through from scrums and mauls brings a warm glow to my old school rugby bones. Great to see, and really effective here.

[Steven Harris]

Not sure what coaches see in Reed Princep .., does not get a lot of gainline

[nzzp]

up by 3, 25 out, time running down... so try the fancy flick inpass? WTAF?

[Tim]

@nzzp An old fashioned bomb under the posts would have been more like it.

[Tim]

Canterbury's scrum has been well done tonight.

[nzzp]

@tim said in Waikato v Canterbury (Premiership SF):

@nzzp An old fashioned bomb under the posts would have been more like it.

nothing wrong with the old garry owen

[nzzp]

@tim said in Waikato v Canterbury (Premiership SF):

Canterbury's scrum has been well done tonight.

calling the scrum!

[Yeetyaah]

FUCK YEAH

[Hooroo]

Giddy up. Hawkes Bay suck the kumara and we got the win and get a home final.

Brilliant.

Fucking ugly game to watch at the end. Some of the fancy shit Waikato was doing was fucking horrid to watch.

Super forward effort.

[ARHS]

Awesome forward display Waikato. Just watch the penalties. Glad my cowbell made it along today.

[nzzp]

showed how far Canterbury have fallen - the separation of Super and NPC has stopped the constant stream of Super players into the provincial team.

Good for the comp, but tough for Canty. Well done Waikato, dominant forward pack and only sloppy play kept Canterbury in it

[Hooroo]

@nzzp said in Waikato v Canterbury (Premiership SF):

showed how far Canterbury have fallen - the separation of Super and NPC has stopped the constant stream of Super players into the provincial team.

Good for the comp, but tough for Canty. Well done Waikato, dominant forward pack and only sloppy play kept Canterbury in it

I know a few cantab fans that think R Thorne is a hopeless coach

[nzzp]

@hooroo said in Waikato v Canterbury (Premiership SF):

@nzzp said in Waikato v Canterbury (Premiership SF):

showed how far Canterbury have fallen - the separation of Super and NPC has stopped the constant stream of Super players into the provincial team.

Good for the comp, but tough for Canty. Well done Waikato, dominant forward pack and only sloppy play kept Canterbury in it

I know a few cantab fans that think R Thorne is a hopeless coach

he's not covered himself in glory, that's for sure

[Bovidae]

I'm stoked with that result. I said that Norris needed a big game in the scrum, and he was great. Having Lam and Finau back was a big plus.

Dare to believe eh.

[Yeetyaah]

Question is if Roe and Dickinson are now both injured, who's Waikato's 4th choice halfback?

[Chris]

@hooroo said in Waikato v Canterbury (Premiership SF):

@nzzp said in Waikato v Canterbury (Premiership SF):

showed how far Canterbury have fallen - the separation of Super and NPC has stopped the constant stream of Super players into the provincial team.

Good for the comp, but tough for Canty. Well done Waikato, dominant forward pack and only sloppy play kept Canterbury in it

I know a few cantab fans that think R Thorne is a hopeless coach

Don’t start me on the Canterbury Coaching unit
Fucking horrible.

[ARHS]

@yeetyaah Beaudine Waaka?

[Chris]

Well done Waikato deserved the win,
Canterbury were pathetic.

[ploughboy]

@yeetyaah said in Waikato v Canterbury (Premiership SF):

Question is if Roe and Dickinson are now both injured, who's Waikato's 4th choice halfback?

triple T ?
best half back in matamata/morrinsville/tokaroa

[Duluth]

@hooroo said in Waikato v Canterbury (Premiership SF):

I know a few cantab fans that think R Thorne is a hopeless coach

They aren't shit they've just dipped back into the middle of the first division pack.

As for blaming Thorne? Plenty of Cantab ferners have been doing that too. The problem is the season before he took over wasn't great either (6 wins 5 losses)

Since Canterbury lost to Auckland in the 2018 final they've gone 15 wins and 16 losses

The rise of Ta$man, they are now the premiere team in the Crusaders region, is the main reason IMO. Although I'm happy to throw shit at Rueben Thorne too