Manawatu v North Harbour
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Malakai Hala-Ngatai looks to be in great shape. He's shed quite a few kg's, I'd think, but he's holding his own so far against Sione Mafileo in the scrum so it doesn't seem to have impacted his ability at set-piece too much. He seems like a player who's actually benefitted from regular game time in the MLR.
Also, it's weirding me out how Parsons is continuously referring to Jed Melvin as the veteran. The guy is 24 years old and has played 29 games for Harbour. Even for NPC standards, that's not that experienced.
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And now it got interrupted by a technical glitch. Switched over to the Wahs game anyway
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Back now
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"JP needs to pay his power bill" - Jeff Mctainsh
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Taramai's back!
First game in 1,449 days -
And just like that, we've lost to the Turbos for the first time in 10 years! What an upset!
Last loss was 31-17 on 26 September 2015 -
Turbos have already won as many games in 2025 as they did in 2024.
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@Bovidae said in Manawatu v North Harbour:
Good impact from Sam Coles off the bench.
Yeah, nice cameos from Sam Coles and Jai Tamati off the bench, Coles creating a few line breaks and Tamati putting in some nice kicks in behind. If Coles has been able to improve his defence, I’d like to see him start in the 15-jersey.
Impressed by Kyle Brown as well, really slippery player and good decision-making on attack. Young Turbos are looking good.
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@Bovidae said in Manawatu v North Harbour:
@Duluth said in Manawatu v North Harbour:
3mins 30 secs of TMO
And the wrong decision. Are the cameras not good enough for NPC games?
Well you only got a couple of cameras, and to be fair the knock on although it looked a knock on, the players seemed to be in the way of everyone. It looked an iffy put down to, but thems the breaks, and pleased the Tu boys didn't drop heads.
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Laumape started his AB's return campaign on the right note. First touch was a dinky chip to no space just outside his 22 with no advantage. Lovely.
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Sounds like he'll fit right in
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@Bovidae A big blow for Manawatu losing Jamie Viljoen the PNBHS 1st 5/8 to Taranaki next year.
I'd say he's the most promising player to come out of Manawatu schoolboy rugby in the last few years.
