Hawkes Bay v Auckland
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Amazing what a difference West having a good game makes. Am liking Falcon at 2nd 5 - less one dimensional than Ropiha
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FFS we have been awful so far.
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Too late - I was screaming for West to take the drop kick conversion quickly
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After the try is ruled out Ioane makes a big break and looks likely to score but gets cut down by Matt Garland. The Bay scamper back and nearly score through Brad Weber. From the ensuing penalty West knocks it over from wideish out on the left hand side of the field HB 11 - 03 Auckland at half time. Auckland to have the wind in the second half
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Ryan Tongia is the human speed bump. Expert at slowing people down but stopping anyone. that 13/14 channel is a bit worrying at the moment. Going to need to build some phases this half .
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The forwards are going a bit better than we have seen so far, and the scrum getting a tentative pass mark at this stage. The tackling still has me clenching my cheeks every time Auckland get their hands on the ball in a bit of space but so far it has held, if only just on a number of occasions.
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Still pretty nervous, our second 40 has been crap all year
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Three Hurricanes locks on the field tonight with Mark Abbot sowhing plenty of industry about the field. Michael Fatialofa has been pretty anonymous for Auckland so far. Geoffrey Cridge still to convince me he is a Super Rugby player, but at least we are getting to see him play so have, at last, something to judge him by.
