Southland v Northland

[taniwharugby]

@Chiefy07 haha I was thinking this is where clutch comes in...

[Steven Harris]

Stags fans in a hurry to get to KFC lol

[taniwharugby]

Did he really knock that on?

[taniwharugby]

Ffs get the ball out

[Chiefy07]

Really need to find a decent tighthead prop

[taniwharugby]

Why is Lemisio back out there

[Grooter]

that's a shame for Murray he had been very good today until then

[taniwharugby]

Man i hate scrumming for pens, at any time and any team

[taniwharugby]

Why not punt long...con fellas

[Stargazer]

It's thanks to the extra time that this has become a nailbiter.

[J77]

Yay..a sister kisser. 90 minutes of my life I'll never get back

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer and a waste of 10 minutes in the end...

[Stargazer]

So it's still a draw after extra time.

I think the crowd is waiting for the second half of extra time haha.

[Steven Harris]

@Grooter glad that mistake didn’t cost the game ,

[Chiefy07]

Not a big fan of imports but hopefully the Brazillian prop can scrum. That really burned today.

Definitely left points out there today

[J77]

What happens with this trophy? Shared, or last year's winner keeps it??

[taniwharugby]

@Chiefy07 thought Lemisio held his side well in those 2 scrums that he really needed to, saw BKP and Caird really talking to him before each one, so hopefully he will come right, has the physical attributes and good work rate, just needs to scrum better.

[Steven Harris]

@Chiefy07 i have no issue with imports if they can scrum
Remember what a great job former Tongan International Sila Puafisi did last year when he was coming on in the last 20 basically won us that Bop game which got us into the QF

Hoping Wilton Rebolo will do a similar job
On saying that full credit to Remsy Lemisio hes only just turned 20 ,did a great job holding his own in those last 2 scrums ,only a youngster he will get better

Apart from Coree Te Whata Colley who is a tighthead as well ,but horribly out of condition and JT Pont Bellamy who is younger than Lemisio then your scratching the bottom of the barrell after that

Theres some good young guys ,but conditioning is an issue

[taniwharugby]

MOTM poll, I'll update from the 1st 2 games later

https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/6167/northland-motm-v-southland

[J77]

In reflection to go 90 minutes in Invercargill - the asshole of NZ, and still not lose isn't overly bad. That was Southlands for the taking IMO.

Some big shifts from the fatties have to be recognised. We did a number of things to lose that game, but hung in there. Respect from my end.