Hawkes Bay v Wellington (RS)

[Machpants]

Wrong call on TJ he was onside on his feet

[Grooter]

Blackwell 🙂

[Grooter]

Congrats Wellington!

[Tim]

Can't believe they kept going for lineouts. Take the scrum.

[Bones]

Fuck yesssssss!

[KiwiMurph]

Wellington deserved winners.

Good Shield reign HB

[Steven Harris]

@FakatavaAllBlack very well deserved Wellington a big shout out to Hawkes Bay on doing the shield justice during their tenure

[Nepia]

@Tim said in Hawkes Bay v Wellington (RS):

Can't believe they kept going for lineouts. Take the scrum.

I was thinking the same thing.

Congrats Wellington.

Weekend ruined.

[Bovidae]

@Canes4life said in Hawkes Bay v Wellington (RS):

If we lose this I’m blaming Connor for dropping an easy pass.

A shit pass from TJP wasn't it? He threw a few of those tonight but was very good otherwise.

[Bones]

Well played HB, pretty unlucky not to get the chips at the end.

[Winger]

Excellent game

TJ was at his best. Morgan had easily his best game for Wellington (except for the missed penalty).

Lakai is class. And thank god that Numia was able to stay on for the whole match.

HB were just unlucky to hit Wellington where the team played their best game so far this year. I hoped they had it in them but had my doubts. Yet they almost won at the end.

[Machpants]

@Winger said in Hawkes Bay v Wellington (RS):

(except for the missed penalty).

That was pretty fucking bad! Doing Foley level delaying, and then fucking it up!

[Dan54]

Well bugger me, I wasn't convinced that would be result, good stuff both teams.
I love the NPC and shield is a bonus for us lucky buggers to watch! And I a neutral!

[mikey07]

It’s ok Waikato will take it back next week, but I honestly don’t care we beat HB for the 1st time In seems like forever and we at least have it. I must admit it was expected HB to smash us as has been the case for the last couple of years.

[Bones]

@mikey07 said in Hawkes Bay v Wellington (RS):

Waikato will take it back next week

Inside agent Rossboss is on the job.

[Canes4life]

Fuccck yes boys. What a performance.

Commiserations to Hawkes Bay.

Hope we can hold onto it for the summer.

[Canes4life]

Standout for me was Peter Lakai. That kid is built different.

[Stargazer]

Bugger.

Apikotoa's yellow has cost us the Shield.

Not much separating the teams, but the team with the best decision-making won the game.

Should have stopped going for line-outs when they didn't work.

Congrats Wellington. Keep it until we meet you next year in Wellington.

Now I'm going to sulk.

[Bones]

[Bovidae]

Lakai is still eligible for the U20s next year so is a talent for someone so young. He looks taller than his listed height of 1.86 m.