BOP v Hawkes Bay
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BOP
1 Benet Kumeroa, 2 Kurt Eklund (C), 3 Tevita Mafileo, 4 Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 5 Jai Knight, 6 Jacob Norris, 7 Joe Johnston, 8 Nikora Broughton, 9 Richard Judd, 10 Lucas Cashmore, 11 Tamiro Armstrong, 12 Seamus Bardoul, 13 Lalomilo Lalomilo, 14 Kele Lasqa, 15 Cole Forbes
Reserves: 16 Taine Kolose, 17 Josh Bartlett, 18 Filipe Vakasiuola, 19 Aisake Vakasiuola, 20 Semisi Paea, 21 Veveni Lasqa, 22 Charlie Sinton, 23 Taine Craig-Ranga
Hawkes Bay
1 Hadlee Hay-Horton, 2 Jacob Devery (cc), 3 Pouri Rakete-Stones, 4 Geoff Cridge, 5 Tom Parsons (cc), 6 Miracle Failagi, 7 Cooper Flanders, 8 Devan Flanders, 9 Folau Fakatava, 10 Lincoln McClutchie, 11 Neria Fomai, 12 Anaru Paenga-Morgan, 13 Nick Grigg, 14 Jonah Lowe, 15 Zarn Sullivan
Reserves: 16 Kianu Kereru-Symes, 17 Nik Patumaka, 18 Lolani Faleiva, 19 Isaia Walker-Leawere, 20 Frank Lochore, 21 Ereatara Enari, 22 Lukas Ripley, 23 Andrew Tauatevalu
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Hard to see anyone scoring a golden point with this amount of handling errors in these conditions.
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@antipodean said in BOP v Hawkes Bay:
Hard to see anyone scoring a golden point with this amount of handling errors in these conditions.
And to make me eat my words, HB patiently set up a drop goal to win.
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@Nepia said in BOP v Hawkes Bay:
@KiwiPie said in BOP v Hawkes Bay:
That drop goal crawled over on its hands and knees
That's the most glorious drop goal I've ever seen.
Tough luck BoP, wasn't a pretty game but was a true Battle of the Bays, see you down in the Bay next year.
When it set off I presumed it wasn't going to reach. Enjoyed that game, the wind really made kicking random fun although Sullivan is a bit of a cheat code with the boot. Shame Broughton lost the ball over the line .....
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Some thoughts:
Sullivan was class all game, especially with the boot. He looks frustratingly lazy at times, but I get the feeling that's more his running style than his actual effort. Excellent positional play all game, turned up at all the threatening BOP kicks.
Parsons was a beast all game, couple of visible efforts from quick ball at the ruck initially but plenty of work in tight too, including a crucial maul turnover at the end.
Two ridiculous 50-22s, Sullivan's went from his own 22 to 15 out on the other side of the park, and McClutchie's (after what looked like a missed knock-on?) somehow squirted over the 22 and the touchline on its last couple of rolls - he kicked it under pressure from a metre in from touch.
Our lineout killed us all game.
Defence excellent, attack OK, but discipline shoddy. If the ref is policing 1ft behind where you think the line is, take a step back. Got pinged so many times for it among other dumb shite.
Brilliant debut for Lasaqa - well done that man.
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Funny how this game is now played with the intensity like a Ranfurly Shield match these days.
Thought knock ons were clearly not in the refs rule book today and perhaps due to conditions often against what everyone else was seeing. Probably went more against Hawkes Bay than for us though.
Not a pretty game at all and FT whistle didnt come at the right time for us, or should I say we didnt set up when we probably should have as we had momentum. Then it changed in golden point it was very one sided.
Well done Hawkes Bay well deserved
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@bayimports said in BOP v Hawkes Bay:
Funny how this game is now played with the intensity like a Ranfurly Shield match these days.
Thought knock ons were clearly not in the refs rule book today and perhaps due to conditions often against what everyone else was seeing. Probably went more against Hawkes Bay than for us though.
Not a pretty game at all and FT whistle didnt come at the right time for us, or should I say we didnt set up when we probably should have as we had momentum. Then it changed in golden point it was very one sided.
Well done Hawkes Bay well deserved
Agree on the Shield point.
Funnily enough I saw more missed knock-ons/forward passes from The Bay than BOP.
Ref communicated well though, picked up a few late tackles others may have missed also.
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@delicatessen Sullivan played very well today, looked very much in control with his kicking and receiving
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Horrible conditions. Corporate boxes evacuated, due to the winds I guess.
Was a little disappointed with Bop tactics, especially after they lost Judd. Wish Lasaqa had seen more ball and wish bop had taken points when on offer.
Sullivan, Parsons and Fakatava v good for Hawkes Bay.
