BOP v Hawke's
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@Nepia said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
@Donsteppa said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
@Damo said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
BOP are idiots. Awarded a pk with less than 1 minute to play you kick for the posts, as hard as you can.
Sums up Trask. Tons of talent, but variable in the top two inches.
Is he captain?
No, but I thought he had made the call based on the grass he threw in the air. Was just grumpy after those last few minutes were much more stressful than necessary
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avoided this thread for obvious reasons during the match otherwise my TV could look like @Nepia 's.
Hard luck Hawkes, these games living up to reputation for being nail biters of late
Happy to take win and hoping the spiders that Emoni uses to keep the defence off him gets borrowed by the AB's.
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@Donsteppa said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
@Nepia said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
@Donsteppa said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
@Damo said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
BOP are idiots. Awarded a pk with less than 1 minute to play you kick for the posts, as hard as you can.
Sums up Trask. Tons of talent, but variable in the top two inches.
Is he captain?
No, but I thought he had made the call based on the grass he threw in the air. Was just grumpy after those last few minutes were much more stressful than necessary
Haha no need to be stressed. Last year, under Ozich I would have backed the Magpies to take it with a last minute try. Not this year, they've looked uncoached two weeks in a row. You guys were always safe.
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Be pretty hard to make the top four in our pool now I think. Ta$man in good form in the Auckland and Northland game. Otago got a couple easier games still to play. BOP deserved that game. Frustrating.
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@Bovidae said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
If Narawa can play like this consistently the Chiefs have their right winger.
Inga Finau doesn't have a contract yet anywhere does he? will be a good pick up for someone, playing very well this year as well
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Congrats to Bay of Plenty. Deserved win, but also got the rub of the green at times.
Very good game from Flanders and Mikaele-Tu'u again. Ili also going well.
We look so badly coached.
Not sure why Sapsford keeps getting picked on the right wing. He can't defend and loses the ball in contact every bloody time!I loved how Leo Thompson was cheering in the crowd, just before Sapsford's try!
That bonus point, will it be enough. We need to beat Ta$man now; with a bonus point preferably.
Anyway. I'm ready for a drink. Or two. Or three ...
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@Stargazer Where is the Ta$man game being played?
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@Canes4life said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
@Higgins said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
@Nepia Not having Ash Dixon is not helping either. Him being there last week would have see the Shield retained, absloutely no questions about that. By the way two losses to our guys at Park Island today, details to follow
You are full of it @Higgins. Dixon wouldn’t have changed shit last week. Wellington looked by far the better team and thoroughly deserved the win. Hawkes Bay never even looked like scoring a try against our boys.
I think you are a little bit deluded about how good Hawkes Bay actually are. They’ve been beyond average in this game again today.
Poorly coached me thinks and certain players don’t seem to be stepping up despite how good they apparently are.
Don't get deluded. Wellington only managed to win by one try that they were only able to score because we had a man in the bin. We ran out of time at the end, but with a few minutes more, we could have scored as we had the momentum at the end of the game. The difference in that game was clearly the decision-making and leadership. Ash Dixon would have made a hell of difference in that respect.
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@broughie said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
@Stargazer Where is the Ta$man game being played?
It's a home game. Was supposed to be a Shield challenge to try stop @Chris-B from complaining.
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@bayimports said in BOP v Hawke's Bay:
Inga Finau doesn't have a contract yet anywhere does he? will be a good pick up for someone, playing very well this year as well
He might be involved with the Chiefs again, depending on the timeframe for Tupaea's recovery. If he gets a full contract it would be at the expense of Poihipi. It's hard to know what spaces to fill other teams have.
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@Stargazer lol how am I being deluded. @Higgins literally said having Dixon in the squad would have guaranteed an HB win last week even though they never looked like scoring a try.
Saying Dixon would have made a difference is like saying Ardie Savea or Dane Coles would have made a difference to Wellington aswell, it’s completely irrelevant.
Is Dixon even in the Magpies squad?
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@Canes4life With Dixon in the squad, the decision-making and leadership in the Magpies squad would have been much, much better and, yes, I think we would have won, if he had played, because that's how good he is. But obviously, it's all theoretical, because he's not in Hawke's Bay anymore. That doesn't make @Higgins statement incorrect.
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@Stargazer lol then this discussion is pretty pointless then. And yes it does make it incorrect because having Dixon in the squad still wouldn’t guarantee a Hawkes Bay win.
