Northland v Waikato
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Well done Waikato, played the tidier game this evening. We were our own worst enemy at times and really need to work on set piece areas.
Northland teams of the past would have rolled over and got pumped, but this side has more resolve and will get more wins, including one or two bigger scalps hopefully.
Changes I’d like to see for Wellington would be Jack Goodhue(if available) starting in the midfield with Tua. Ranger makes way too many bad decisions these days for my liking, he’ll always be one of the greats, but his time has come and gone. I’d drop Leilua and have Macilai and Murray on the wings. Not sure what the persistence is with Leilua..does some crazy ass shit at times and it costs us. He can never stay in alignment on defence.
Up front, if Ofa is available I’d have him in and Matich back in the loose trio somewhere (perhaps for McNamara).. other than that I’d stay as is.
Overall pretty happy because on evidence tonight we can play like crap and still have a shot at winning.. onwards and upwards.
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@J77 your boys definitely created enough opportunities which was good to see, just lacked a bit of class to finish off.
Thought DMac wasn’t too bad. He just doesn’t seem a natural 10 to me, but he is a high skilled player and fearless.
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@booboo said in Northland v Waikato:
@Bovidae said in Northland v Waikato:
@booboo You aren't thinking of Paul Simonsson?
And as I'm on a roll McCurran .... any family connections ?
i thought he was ross's son but looked like mike with him after game
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Tu’ungafasi was a big loss pre match , i have no doubt he would have made a difference on the loosehead ..
Just speaking to the Tani boys at the end of the game , just disappointment with their set piece scrum and lineout ..
3 props out at the minute dont help , Jared Adams and Conan O’Donnell set to return next week ,Chris Apoua still 2-3 weeks away -
@kev Tua may have an injury,will get a report this week
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@Steven-Harris he looked pretty pissed coming off, so either for an injury or being subbed for a 9...?
If he is, I'd like to see them run Goodhue at 12 and Murray at 13.
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@taniwharugby said in Northland v Waikato:
@Steven-Harris he looked pretty pissed coming off, so either for an injury or being subbed for a 9...?
If he is, I'd like to see them run Goodhue at 12 and Murray at 13.
You know they’ll bring old mate Blake back in…
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@OleOleOle well if they had looked at the Waikato try, they'd have seen he took it in front of the mark (not by much) but looked in front form where I was sitting...
Agree, they missed alot (multiple forward passes, side entries at rucks, not straight lineouts, all both ways)
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@taniwharugby I agree, can't believe he let them get away with that tap. Not sure the try that was ruled out by the TMO came from a pass that went forward out of the hand so swings and roundabouts, maybe...
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