Southland v The Bay

[Duluth]

Might be a thrashing. BOP with all the ball

10-0 after 13

[KiwiPie]

Southland very passive on defence so far. We're a very 2nd/3rd string team so we need to close it out

[KiwiPie]

Well we're cocking this up. Intercept and now we're level at 10-10. 2 tries apiece and no conversions

[Stargazer]

What the heck, haha. After 30 minutes, Southland bring on all their subs!

[KiwiPie]

And Southland just subbed on the bench after 30 minutes. Interesting tactic!

[Stargazer]

Southland looks really fired up!

[Nepia]

BoP assistant coach has a great name.

[KiwiPie]

That was not a forward pass and ref was in no position to call it

[KiwiPie]

I hate it when the defensive line is retreating and all offside and the ref calls nothing.

[KiwiPie]

If a team subs the whole bench after 30 are they allowed to roll on 3 of the originals after 70?

[Stargazer]

Surely they're going to check that tackle on Fine? That looked awful.

Edit: checking it now. Not as bad as it seemed at first.

[KiwiPie]

@Stargazer yeah it did look bad in real time. Stupid floaty pass to give the intercept. Dumb play all night by the Bay

[Stargazer]

Tony Johnson just put a major jinx on Southland.

[KiwiPie]

Oh man this game is killing me

[Duluth]

Risky going for zigzag rucks with two mins left. That’s a long time. Should’ve gone for territory

[KiwiPie]

Why contest the maul? So dumb

[KiwiPie]

I need a lie down after that. A 5 point win, top 8 secured

[Bovidae]

MSR definitely entered that maul from the side - dumb, and lucky.

[Stargazer]

Great game from Southland; if they had played like this all season, they wouldn't have been at the bottom of the table.

[Steven Harris]

@Bovidae I was hoping the Stags would nail that kick ,can’t stand MSR given his past record with the home side