Auckland vs. Northland
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Could be an upset on the cards here. Northland on a high after last week and Auckland missing Ioane which makes our pack look a lot weaker.
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@African-Monkey big mental hurdle to get over...2 wins over Auckland this century, last one was witj Gus and Holwell on the park, admittedly both wins were in Auckland but still gonna take some effort for them to get one over Auckland.
I just want more of what we saw in the second 40 where we played the footy unlike the first half where BOP dictated things and we couldn't get into the game.
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I think the biggest thing for us is the mental aspect as TR said. The notion of Auckland always seems to psych us out. We usually have a scrap for a while, but then drop the lollies..
Hopefully we can just see them as 15 blokes in blue and white hoops this time.
Our best chance ever albeit a massive challenge.
Would love to actually play them in Whangarei for once though!! How many years since we got them at home?
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@taniwharugby shit, so 8 years ago. Maybe, just maybe we'll get them at home in the next 8 years or so...
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I'm not a fan of the system for determining crossover matches because you can get locked into this lack of variety
However, Northland could have picked Auckland for an Okara park match but opted for Waikato instead (see the round two picks in this article)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11744821 -
Not a terrible 1st half from us. Defence was good but need to improve our exit strategies.
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@African-Monkey I reckon it's looking ominous for you guys, we lack any punch at moment, you guys will get some ball and score.
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@African-Monkey Defence and forward play were good. Need to tidy up areas like restarts.
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And our accuracy at breakdown....
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@Dice ref missing a fair bit of simple stuff...is he the 7s guy?
up this way, always pulls in a few extra fans.
