Waikato v Wellington

[Duluth]

Saturday 2:05pm

[Bovidae]

No McWhannell, Mathis is on the wing. Still a number of players missing.

[sparky]

Peter Lakai starts, even if he's going with the ABs to Argentina

No Lima Sopoaga for Waikato.

[Bovidae]

@sparky said in Waikato v Wellington:

No Lima Sopoaga for Waikato.

He's on a play as needed $1 contract.

[Canes4life]

@sparky said in Waikato v Wellington:

Peter Lakai starts, even he's going with the ABs to Argentina

No Lima Sopoaga for Waikato.

He’s one player that’s desperate for game time to try and get back into some sort of form, especially after a knee injury which are always niggly.

[Duluth]

Starting soon

[Duluth]

Nice offloading Wellington

14-0 after 11 mins

[canefan]

Wellington have started strong. Two tries after 10 minutes, they lead 14-0

[canefan]

Wellington looking strong up front. If not for a dropsie by Proctor they could have been in again

[canefan]

Now the Bus crashes over near the posts. JGB with the extras and Wellington lead 21-0 at the 35 minute mark. Julian highly engaged right now

[Bones]

Promising to see JGB actually starting to look a little bit more like a professional athlete.

[canefan]

Wellington switch off, Waikato go 70m to score a try. Not smart in the shadow of half time

[canefan]

@Bones said in Waikato v Wellington:

Promising to see JGB actually starting to look a little bit more like a professional athlete.

He scored the second try running it into the corner! Amazing

[canefan]

Wind looks pretty strong, the Mooloos will have it in the second half. Wellington lack the discipline to shut Waikato down until the half. They will have one more chance to score after the hooter. Wellington stop the bleeding and hold Waikato out

[Bones]

@canefan said in Waikato v Wellington:

@Bones said in Waikato v Wellington:

Promising to see JGB actually starting to look a little bit more like a professional athlete.

He scored the second try running it into the corner! Amazing

I probably wouldn't be commenting on his appearance without actually being sat watching the game....

[Canes4life]

Chiefs losing a very good player in Mathis. Made some brilliant runs today.

[Bones]

@Canes4life said in Waikato v Wellington:

Chiefs losing a very good player in Mathis. Made some brilliant runs today.

I'm only 23 minutes in but hasn't impressed me so far, nothing ground breaking and man he's a midget for a loose. Looks smaller than that highlanders midget.

TCS is an interesting one for me, would be good to see him get a shot in SR - one player covering the whole backline is pretty bloody useful.

[canefan]

@Bones said in Waikato v Wellington:

@canefan said in Waikato v Wellington:

@Bones said in Waikato v Wellington:

Promising to see JGB actually starting to look a little bit more like a professional athlete.

He scored the second try running it into the corner! Amazing

I probably wouldn't be commenting on his appearance without actually being sat watching the game....

Wasn't disputing you. Just mentioned that he scored, and had to run more than a few metres to do it.

And after a strong second half start from Waikato, Wellington score against the run of play to restore some breathing space at 28-17

[Canes4life]

Lovely run and offload by Lakai, Clarke sprints away.

[canefan]

@Canes4life said in Waikato v Wellington:

Lovely run and offload by Lakai, Clarke sprints away.

Took us 10 or so minutes to emerge from the sheds for the second half. Now we are firing again