Auckland v BOP

nzzp

BOP in front (15-10). It will stuff up my tipping again if it stays like this

18-10 kick to come, you're screwed

BOP forwards are going well this half, and they are playing smarter rugby

Winger

@Winger said in Auckland v BOP:

BOP in front (15-10). It will stuff up my tipping again if it stays like this

18-10 kick to come, you're screwed

BOP forwards are going well this half, and they are playing smarter rugby

Still 15 minutes to go. But I've got every game wrong so far so what's one more

nzzp

losing the lineout. FFS.

All we need to do now is bring on Simon Hickey adn watch us crumble

nzzp

BOP playing very well, good work.

Can see how they hung 40 odd on Taranaki

Steven Harris

@nzzp they are a good side especially given they are so young.

Duluth

14-7 penalty count is killing Auckland. Simple unforced stuff too

Started with Plummers dumb card

nzzp

@Duluth need a miracle now

Duluth

@nzzp said in Auckland v BOP:

@Duluth need a miracle now

The Crusaders 10 is on now..

nzzp

@Duluth said in Auckland v BOP:

@nzzp said in Auckland v BOP:

@Duluth need a miracle now

The Crusaders 10 is on now..

thank god. I thought we might get some points with back to back penalties

Duluth

Vikena has massive potential but this is the worst game I’ve seen him play

nzzp

@Duluth said in Auckland v BOP:

Vikena has massive potential but this is the worst game I’ve seen him play

our lineout has fallen apart, so has the scrum at times.

WEll played BOP though, they hung tough

Steven Harris

Well done Bop ,final score flattered Auckland.

Duluth

A bonus point

Should’ve won this game in the first 30mins. Auckland intensity disappears for long stretches so far this season. Attack looks good when they get a few phases

BOP forwards hung in there and then rolled over the top

Auckland player of the day voting:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/5511/auckland-motm-v-bop/

Steven Harris

I wonder when was the last time that Auckland,Canterbury ,Wellington & Ta$man lost on the same weekend..?

Steven Harris

How good is Naitoa Ah Kuoi on the interview…?,that was gold lol

bayimports

Great win! We did bloody well to be in it at half time including playing into the wind. Forwards did their work really well, although credit to Auckland for disrupting our line out for so long.

I was glad RTS, AJ Lam and Rayasi saw little ball in the second half as they all looked dangerous at every touch they had. Personally thought Pugh was the biggest pain in our but all day though.

We played with better structure in the second 40 and happy with the bench input especially from Broughton and TTT.

First win at Eden park since 2004, so stoked.

Grooter

cheers rayasi 🙌 bop winning at Eden park wow didn't see that one coming

Steven Harris

@bayimports unbelievable win ,after that first 15 minutes i thought it was gonna be a long day at the office for the Bay but they hung tough and to be fair won going away ..never seen so many upsets in one weekend of the NPC .

Dice

Hopefully Lam's injury isn't too bad.

Let's hope RTS gets released to play next week, especially if Lam is out, or else we're gonna see Hickey starting at 10, with Plummer moving out to 12 and Evans at 13. I'd prefer Plummer/Evans/RTS.

bayimports

@Steven-Harris you're right, although we didn't score points during the yellow card about the 25 minute mark, that seemed to help take the pressure off, to help us get our heads back into this. Then it became a territory game for us, which we started to win.

Upsets galore, I haven't seen all matches this weekend, but I especially liked the Northland win. Again played a territory game in the shit conditions and let Wellington make the most errors, also forcing some on them through some ferocious forward defence.

The Silver Fern

Auckland v BOP