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Hopefully Lawebuka will make up for his game 1 indiscretion....he also spent time in the Blues dev side this year so hoping he will be better for that.
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Half time and we are in this. But would want lineout to work better and keep up scrum dominance which faded towards end of half. <br><br>
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<p>Half time and we are in this. But would want lineout to work better and keep up scrum dominance which faded towards end of half.<br><br>
We need out midfield to hold the ball and get across the advantage line against a rushing defence - <strong>maybe some second man plays.</strong></p>
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<p>all this time you been here as Kev, when it should be Ken
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<p>tit for tat rugby grrr</p>
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<p>Annoying that Northland couldn't get the win. A few bad decisions in the end was the difference. The better team certainly lost imo.</p>
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<p>disappointing we are still playing a bit 'dumb' but good to get a BP, better than nothing...</p>
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<p>Otago were at about $2 for -24 points I think it was</p>
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We are not far away from a good performance. The good thing is that we have nailed the core area of scrums. Lineouts obviously need work but I still think this can be fixed. <br><br>
On the players I would like to make a comment about players that have a positive impact on the game. Kara is so good because he makes things happen. Same with Macalai. I think Lawebuka offers the same - he got in the way of the fullback twice and dropped the ball on the kickoff once but on attack and defence he had an impact. So I think he keeps his place and wil get better with more game time.<br><br>
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So many opportunities let slip, first and foremost, the line outs have to be fixed, that is an absolute must, in the last 2 games we must have lost a dozen or so on our own throw. I don't have the solution, these guys are currently full time professionals. <br>
If we have a penalty 5 metres out from the opposition try line and ball should go straight to the half backs hands, not the props.<br>
Also the 8-9 combination maybe needs a bit of work, maybe just a communication issue, something seemed a bit off there and we let a try scoring chance let slip.<br>
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<p>good to see the good old NZ media still shit....</p>
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<p>The men from the far north were beaten 33-28 by Otago in their round three match in Dunedin on Wednesday night, <strong>leaving them entrenched at the bottom </strong>of the championship section of the NPC.</p>
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<p>We currently sit 3rd from bottom....or 5th depending on how you want to look at it.</p>
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<p>Havent watched all the game yet, but holy shit, there was some average defending in parts, especially that first try from that rubbish cross field kick and then 3 weak attempts to tackle.</p>
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<p>But if we cant win lineouts, we will keep having these 'almost' games!</p>
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<p>Also, not sure if there are any Radio Sport listeners, but an Otago fan got through for their rambler yesterday and his leg was the Otago -24.5 points at about $2.00...bummer.</p> -
The promotion and coverage of ITM cup is very poor. It annoys me because it was the rugby I was brought up on and Northland has always ( until last year and when we were part of the Chiefs ) been treated like crap at s15 level. <br><br>
Still think the success of future AB teams depends on strong roots but with so much attention directed at s15, crowds and interest is definitely dwindling. But with the ABs and S15 teams winning no one seems to care. <br><br>
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