Manawatū v Taranaki

[Tim]

Is Grindlay starting to play to his potential? IIRC he's a big player for a back?

[Duluth]

@Tim

He had a couple of good moments in the midweek game. Had to judge yet given the oppositions performance in both games

[Kruse]

Might be a chance to finally check out the Sunday Roast at Sportys.
Yes - my new local sports-bar is called... "Sportys".
So what?
I saw a guy wearing a DB Bitter-branded denim jacket in there last week, so... eat your heart out, haters.
Fuck y'all, It's fucking awesome.

[Duluth]

1 Sean Paranihi
2 Vernon Bason
3 Feleti Sae-Ta’ufo’ou
4 Ofa Tauatevalu
5 Stan van den Hoven
6 Johan Momsen
7 Slade McDowall
8 Brayden Iose
9 Luke Campbell
10 Brett Cameron
11 Tima Fainga'anuku
12 Jason Emery
13 Kyle Brown
14 Taniela Filimone
15 Drew Wild

16 Leif Keil-Schwencke
17 Joseph Gavigan
18 Flyn Yates
19 Terrell Peita
20 Julian Goerke
21 Jordi Viljoen
22 Nehe Milner-Skudder
23 Isaiah Ravula

I guess Terrell Peita is on loan from Auckland

[Stargazer]

[Stargazer]

So changes to the Manawatū line-up, if I heard it right, are:
Paranihi out; Gavigan starting and Darius Mafileo taking his spot on the bench.

[Stargazer]

Brown should have backed himself. That pass was awful; straight into Naholo's hands.

[Kruse]

Halftime
3 - 26... Good guys hitting their stride now

[antipodean]

Manawatu should be relegated.

[Steven Harris]

Wilde tackled without the ball ,but I guess when your struggling nothing goes your way

[Steven Harris]

Awesome set play Turbos

[Stargazer]

Hey Taranaki, don't stuff up my tipping!

[Steven Harris]

Absolutely cynical from Naki ,should have been a YC

[Stargazer]

Manawatū have improved a lot in the second half, but I think Taranaki playing its third game of stormweek also plays a big role.

[Steven Harris]

How are Taranaki not offside in the inside channels..?,no way were their defensive line behind the hindmost

[Stargazer]

Another player from the 2019 Hastings Boys' Top 4 champions team making his NPC debut: Julian Goerke.

[Steven Harris]

Terrell Peita looking really good ,heading back to Northland next year
On Loan from Auckland

[Stargazer]

That was close.

[Runt]

Game of two halves, Taranaki just getting through another 40 minutes for the 2nd half.
Funny hearing the commentators talking up how awesome the Manawatu lineout had got going, be a bit disappointing if they didn’t with no locks and 3 hookers on the field for Taranaki!

[Tim]

@Steven-Harris One of Auckland's best last year, unlucky not to be starting at six or eight this year.