Hawke's v Bay of Plenty

[Duluth]

Bump.. there’s a lot of match threads this weekend

This kicks off in 10mins

[Stargazer]

Cashmore ruled out. Hawera starting at 10. Tanimo starting at fullback. Tamiro Armstrong coming onto the bench in 23.

[Donsteppa]

Hmmm. AB's don't front this morning, and now backline injuries on top of injuries. One of those days at this rate...

[Duluth]

BOP have recovered well after a poor start

[Steven Harris]

Talk about a long time to come up with YC that should have just needed one view

[Stargazer]

@Steven-Harris I may be one-eyed, but that drop from Ili wasn't sudden either. I hope they check it again, because that might meet the red-card treshold.

[barky1]

What a joke

[Bovidae]

I despair how we judge these tackles now. That's very different from deliberate foul play.

[Steven Harris]

Red under the framework but boy I totally agree with Ken , this space needs some work and in a hurry

[taniwharugby]

@Steven-Harris the powers of the game (we are not one currently) dont see any issues it seems....

[Steven Harris]

Chase Tiatia should be a traffic monitor

[Steven Harris]

Take the 3 ,and then go back

[Duluth]

Ref gave Hawkes every chance

[KiwiPie]

Go the BAY! See you next season Hawke's

[Magpie_in_aus]

Hb have themselves to blame there. Stupid grubber at the end. Advantage or not just keep hammering

[Bovidae]

@Duluth said in Hawke's Bay v Bay of Plenty:

Ref gave Hawkes every chance

Yes, some hometown officiating there. HB were offside when BOP was camped in the 22 m but no calls.

[KiwiPie]

We played a lot better with 14 than 15

[Stargazer]

Congrats to the Steamers, a deserved win. The cards were fully deserved, but if you can't score with a man more on the field (for a time, 2), then you don't deserve the win.

Not good seeing Godfrey getting injured. It looked bad.

The refs by the way missed a dangerous tip tackle in which Sapsford landed on his neck/head near the end of the game.

[Donsteppa]

Not a fan of scheduling this match for the same day the All Blacks only front for 40 minutes. Not good for blood pressure...

[bayimports]

@Stargazer said in Hawke's Bay v Bay of Plenty:

Congrats to the Steamers, a deserved win.

Deserved win to the Bay, that’s how we roll