Wellington v Northland
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Well played Northland. Wellington were a shambles.
Goodhue and Moorby looked class.
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@Winger too many has beens in the Lions. Not good enough.
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@Canes4life leadership an issue too...he is such a muppet.
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Northland MOTM Poll
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@FakatavaAllBlack we have a good squad on paper...the bigger thing for me is the improvement in our defence, Marty Veale earning his money there.
Sure Wellington were pretty poor, but the constant pressure on them by our defence was huge.
We are showign glimpses of things on attack, but today probably wasnt the day, aside from that slick try to end the 1st half...the poor timing of alot of runs/passes, especially off set piece is not great, but hopefully if we get some better conditions we might be able to get some things going.
Was great to see the pack muscle up to score a nice try, and then the backs, not to be outdone, score a sweet try too!
But gee, if someone had said we'd be 2 from 3 after playing 'naki away, Waikato at home and Wellington away, while only scoring 37 points I'd have laughed at them!
Well done lads, well done!
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@Crucial said in Wellington v Northland:
Bit shit when Beervana pushes all the Rugby out to Porirua. That ground will be a mess in all this rain.
FPC games are usually free but this means you have to get a ticket for all games except the Schools final and fucked if I'm hanging around with all the feral schoolkids attending that one. Parking will be a nightmare as well.
No it’s not. Beervana is awesome.
As if they’d shunt a magical event like that out to P town.
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@Canes4life said in Wellington v Northland:
@Winger too many has beens in the Lions. Not good enough.
They've got enough super rugby players to do better than they are. They have been poor in the last 2 games. And Canterbury certainly aren't unbeatable
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@Winger said in Wellington v Northland:
@Canes4life said in Wellington v Northland:
@Winger too many has beens in the Lions. Not good enough.
They've got enough super rugby players to do better than they are. They have been poor in the last 2 games. And Canterbury certainly aren't unbeatable
It it's pretty obvious then, their super players can't be much good.
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That win was based on defence - Wellington turned over a lot of ball but the pressure from the defense played a big part in that.
I thought Matt Moulds had a huge game. Bar his first few lineouts he was best on field in the first 50 mins. I wouldn't mind seeing Moulds 6, Mau'u 7 and Matich 8 whilst Robinson is injured. Brings some real physicality.
Some real experience in that squad today and good experience off the bench too. Hawkins much maligned but has been adding a lot from the bench so far this season. Would rather see Tua at 12 and Ranger on the bench but either way it's a good player to come on in the 2nd half. Both Adams and CTC added a lot from the bench.
Reihana looks a lot more confident this year too
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@Chiefy07 thought our loosies, particularly Rush & McNamara put in huge shifts, only one at risk I think is Mau'u (who is playing well) from Matich, although we know Tom will slot back in at 6 if he is fit.
Was awesome seeing our 4th and 5th ranked locks do the business too, and we have 2 very promising ones in the dev side too.
BUt agree, the defence was excellent and forced many of the errors Wellington made,.
Yep, Hawkins has come on and done everything you could ask of him, nice cameos in each game so far.
Yeah its a shame about MOulds throwing, always been his Achilles heel, because outside that he is excellent.
I think we might have Ofa & Goodhue for at least 1 more week, so have to assume both will start next week.
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@taniwharugby Rush adds a good lineout option which is why he will probably stay in the 6 jumper but overall too inconsistent for me.
I rate McNamara but think Matich would bring the same work rate and consistency but add in some more physicality and ball running.
With the locks I thought LHE was very good but Craig struggled with the pace and physicality a bit. Will be better for it though.
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Goodhue had a bit of a spring in his step. Great to see.
JGB had a Giteau-esque goal kicking afternoon. Tough going.
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@Chiefy07 said in Wellington v Northland:
@taniwharugby Rush adds a good lineout option which is why he will probably stay in the 6 jumper but overall too inconsistent for me.
I rate McNamara but think Matich would bring the same work rate and consistency but add in some more physicality and ball running.
With the locks I thought LHE was very good but Craig struggled with the pace and physicality a bit. Will be better for it though.
Was good for Craig to get game time. He will be better for it.
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Watched the extended highlights today , if someone had told me we would be 2 for 3 after 3 rounds i would taken that every day of the week , if someone told me we would have only conceeded 2 x tries in 3 games , then i would have told them they were on drugs .
Defence was superb as it was for the first 2 rounds ..
Be good to get our attack up to speed but given the conditions and to shut a team like Wellington down that has so much x factor and who pumped us by 50 last year , i will take that every day of the year..
