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FarNthHayden

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. 
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. 
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. 
Pryor, Lawebuca, and Breen all had blinders. Dunn, and Moulds probably had games to forget

kev

Good point re 8 and 9 combo today.

taniwharugby

good to see the good old NZ media still shit....
 
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The men from the far north were beaten 33-28 by Otago in their round three match in Dunedin on Wednesday night, leaving them entrenched at the bottom of the championship section of the NPC.
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We currently sit 3rd from bottom....or 5th depending on how you want to look at it.
 
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.
 
But if we cant win lineouts, we will keep having these 'almost' games!
 
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.

kev

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. 
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. 
In the US they seem to maintain a lot of interest in College sports despite their professional competitions.

The Silver Fern

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