Auckland v Northland

[taniwharugby]

very quick to go to pocket in 1st half, and yet that was pretty cynical by Rob, thankfully, no card

[Mattasaurus]

@taniwharugby said in Auckland v Northland:

very quick to go to pocket in 1st half, and yet that was pretty cynical by Rob, thankfully, no card

Pretty lucky it wasn't a YC I'd say

[taniwharugby]

jeez, looked like Caird might have got that earlier

[taniwharugby]

good patience there...Olsen been very good so far tonight

[taniwharugby]

20-26, 69th minute

[taniwharugby]

yours...no yours...

[taniwharugby]

story of Aucklands night

[KiwiMurph]

I feel sorry for Telea's horrid run with injury but he's basically Scott Gregory at this point.

[taniwharugby]

another good passage of defence...

[taniwharugby]

Northland with well over 200 tackles to less than 90 for Auckland

[taniwharugby]

seems refs dont seem to bother with neck rolls too much these days...twice Rob Rush has had one on him

[taniwharugby]

fuck...

[taniwharugby]

27-26 final score

Pick your Northland MOTM

https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/6329/northland-motm-v-auckland

[mikey07]

Anybody else the Northland prop get held into the ruck creating an clear path for Renata?

[Steven Harris]

Gutsy effort but it needed a bit more composure in those closing minutes

[KiwiMurph]

@mikey07 said in Auckland v Northland:

Anybody else the Northland prop get held into the ruck creating an clear path for Renata?

Yep Apisai very lucky not to get done for cleaning out past the ruck.

Unlucky Northland - thought they were the better team.

[Dan54]

Well that was a bloody enjoyable match. Perhaps the ref missed a bit, but rather that than hitting every detail. I thought the Taniwha were going to sneak it though.

[Stargazer]

Unlucky, Northland! Defence held until the 82nd minute.

[Kirwan]

Disgraceful refereeing performance. I feel sorry for the players to put that much effort in and have a loser not even know when a ball is out of the ruck.

Northland have awesome skills, great to watch, but Auckland got shafted in that game.

Only way to make the game safe was to win it after the whistle so that fluffybunny couldn’t affect the result.

[Bovidae]

Northland nearly held on.

Ironic that it was Renata that scored as he should have had an earlier try when Nock punched the ball out, but the ref called it a knock on.