Taranaki v Waikato (QF)
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Naki knocked out. Waikato move on.
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Wellington to play Waikato in the first semi final next Friday.
Bay of Plenty to face either Ta$man or Canterbury.
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@Canes4life said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
Wellington to play Waikato in the first semi final next Friday.
Bay of Plenty to face either Ta$man or Canterbury.
And home v Canterbury if they win
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Nice to win a close game and get some luck at the end. Nothing to lose next week either.
They say defence wins matches. As we're winners, I didn't like that Playle let Taranaki take out players well in front of the ruck all night. Most of the time it wasn't even subtle.
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Amazed but pleased Waikato won that. Ref seemed to be picking and choosing what he would ping or allow at breakdown. Great captaincy and kicking game from Xavier Roe despite what I thought was illegal tactics on him and the ruck clearance.
Oli Mathis has a huge future, and Ollie Norris was great tonight. Naholo, Jacomb and Lord all looked classy too.
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@Yeetyaah said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@Canes4life ah must have missed that rule, cheers
Need to be directly from the kick tho. Like he can't run a few metres and get away with that.
Bottom of this page:
https://www.world.rugby/the-game/laws/law/16#:~:text=A maul can take place,Sanction%3A Penalty.
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It's been a pretty entertaining NPC this year.
Crazy to think that if North Harbour had beaten Southland last week, as they were heavily expected to do, Waikato would've missed out on the top eight altogether, and now they've just knocked out the second seeds at home...
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@Canes4life said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
Shouldn’t be a card
That's a YC all day
Close to RC if he hadn't dipped
Not much of an attempt to wrap IMHO
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@MiketheSnow said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@Canes4life said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
Shouldn’t be a card
That's a YC all day
Close to RC if he hadn't dipped
Not much of an attempt to wrap IMHO
if he hadnt dipped would have got him in the chest
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Well went up to game, had impression Naki boys may of had a bit of shield hangover or something. Very much had impression in first half they were almost going through motions. They seemed to be doing moves etc, but just not looking excited or something as they did? Hard to explain.
Missed Boshier and Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens I thought.
Actually reasonably comfortable with result at end of game, Waikato deserved win and I had said I couldn't see us winning the comp this year.
For Waikato , I can see why AB selectors like Jacobson, stops opposition players, and was good over ball, also puts himself in good positions to make it hard fot oppsition. -
@ploughboy said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@MiketheSnow said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@Canes4life said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
Shouldn’t be a card
That's a YC all day
Close to RC if he hadn't dipped
Not much of an attempt to wrap IMHO
if he hadnt dipped would have got him in the chest
And he didn’t and got his deserved censure
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@MiketheSnow said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@ploughboy said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@MiketheSnow said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@Canes4life said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
Shouldn’t be a card
That's a YC all day
Close to RC if he hadn't dipped
Not much of an attempt to wrap IMHO
if he hadnt dipped would have got him in the chest
And he didn’t and got his deserved censure
josh j dipped
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@ploughboy said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@MiketheSnow said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@ploughboy said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@MiketheSnow said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
@Canes4life said in Taranaki v Waikato (QF):
Shouldn’t be a card
That's a YC all day
Close to RC if he hadn't dipped
Not much of an attempt to wrap IMHO
if he hadnt dipped would have got him in the chest
And he didn’t and got his deserved censure
josh j dipped
Exactly
Finau didn’t react to the attacker’s position
His target area was most probably 20cm x 20cm
High reward, high risk
Dropping his right shoulder didn’t help him with either accuracy or reaction time
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That is the worst fucking take Mike with all due respect
Finau's back is parallel with the ground, he's done everything he can. The tackled player at the last second dips in to him. I love that you think he can magically stop time and do something different.
