Northland v Manawatu
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Hold them out
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So many kicks charged this season, great that Milo-Harris can clear off both feet, but that wasmpoor.
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@taniwharugby said in Northland v Manawatu:
So many kicks charged this season, great that Milo-Harris can clear off both feet, but that wasmpoor.
You can see they have worked on that in training. The setup for the whole game has been a lot better. Broken play and half needs to organise or not choose that option.
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Solid win, got the job done, hope no other injuries, and we can select from a full squad
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@Chiefy07 said in Northland v Manawatu:
Hopefully the scrum says dominant with the forward changes. Not a fan of Konia but think it's a good thing we've cleared the bench given how weak Manawatu have been and we have played 3 games in 8 days.
Manawatu only this close thanks to a poor decision from officials. Other than that they've looked like a team that is still winless
Yes - bench players did well. Ranger so good over the ball.
Their scrum a lot better in 2nd half but, so not a weapon for us.
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MOTM poll v Manawatu
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/5617/northland-motm-v-manawatu
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What to say about that?
Well, we got the job done.
Aside from maybe 15 mins in the 2nd spell, we were in control of that game and never really looked like losing.
Excuse the pun, but throwing to lineouts is still Moulds' achilles heel! Fantastic player elsewhere, strong scrummager, good defender, good runner, but gee his throwing has always held the big fella back!
Bit of a shit way to bow out of the season too, hope it isnt as bad as it sounded...
Our scrum, goes from dominant, to not, to dominant, to parity, surely something not quite right with us, IMO it comes back to fitness issues, affecting concentration.
Man I am loving Rob Rush this year, and to think, if Tom had been fit, we'd barely have seen him! All aggression and energy, pretty accurate with it too, great lineout option as well, have to think a couple of super teams have thier eye on him.
Matt Matich, unashamed fanboy here, this guy has been one of our best for the past 5+? years (although not last year...) huge motor, makes his tackles, gets around the park, pressures the breakdown and largely makes the right decisions, Northland have been lucky to have his services for so long.
Well done to Tua on his 50 (speaking of fiddy, @fidz71 spotted you on camera there) Mau'u on his blazer game.
I wont go on too much, given we have another game next week, which is gonna be a MASSIVE step up, hopefully we will get Ofa for it too, as I assume Canterbury will have thier ABs back as well.
We need to go back to those early rounds where our game was built on defence, sure we didnt score much, but the opposition were scoring less, we were well in the game v Canterbury at halftime, and TBH it was the 2nd half of that game that triggered our mid-season collapse.
Anyway you slice it, this seaosn is a massive step up on 2021.
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@taniwharugby Rob Rush has signed a 2 year deal with the Blues, turned down a 3 year deal with the Highlanders
Sam Nock signed a 2 year extension with the Blues.
