Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby

[Nepia]

@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:

Pick n go. Now a Hastings penalty. They're going again.

Come on boys!

Sheesh, I'm getting more of a Chiefs vibe with all these pick and goes and no try.

And as I write that they score.

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Cross kick, it was close, but no try.

Penalty Hastings ... There they go again. They deserve that try.

Yess, try time!!

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Please, make that conversion ...

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Not even close.

13 - 12 Palmy.

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Dumb mistake, kicking the ball out on the full from outside your 22.

Palmy line-out in Hastings' 22.

Palmy on attack now.

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Hastings' clearing kick. They really should stop doing that.

Palmy knock on. Hastings kick the ball away again. Palmy penalty on their 22.

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The commentary is biased as.

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Hastings line-out. Still in their half.

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Overthrown, but still in possession.

Hastings' kick charged down, but they keep possession.

Now a penalty. Knock-on Hastings. Too close to their try line.

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Palmy scrum.

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Hastings penalty. They're finally going for a run. Time's up, so they can't kick it away anymore.

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Advantage Hastings. Penalty at halfway.

Going for the line-out.

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Hastings' line-out on Palmy's 22.

Going for the pick n go. Patience boys.

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Argghh, knock on.

Palmy kick it out. Game over.

Bugger.

FT: Palmy 13 - 12 Hastings

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Palmy Boys celebrate before the final whistle. 🤣

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With better decision-making, Hastings could have won it.

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For completeness, the enitrely predictable annihilation of St John's in the CNI:

St Paul's 46 - 5 St John's

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By the way, Palmy won because of their penalties. Hastings scored 2 tries against Palmy's 1. Unfortunately, not more than a losing bonus point as a reward.

[howsit123]

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Did anyone pick up on the side entry from the ruck on the final play? Counter ruck caused the player to stumble, ball jarred lose and we know the rest of the story. All in all, some mild referee decisions that costed the game. Napier next week, hopefully they get up for that.

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@howsit123 Yep, the officiating wasn't good in both games, but with a one point loss and so many of those calls close to Palmy's try line, it's fair to say that that officating is a big factor in Hastings' loss.

Looking forward to the local derby next week. Napier will go into that game as favourites, but it's a Hastings home game, so anything can happen.