Taranaki vs Auckland

[Steven Harris]

@nzzp the thing is he did not need to do that,and this try gets scored because of a lack of numbers

[nzzp]

Steven Harris said:

@nzzp the thing is he did not need to do that,and this try gets scored because of a lack of numbers

Totally stupid thing to do, not needed. Poor decision from Nanai, who has been good otherwise

[Steven Harris]

@nzzp great scrum..!

[nzzp]

That was a masive scrum.

Now to kick it over from 50

[Anonymous]

Brilliant decision to fuck up that restart to get the scrum penalty

[nzzp]

Anonymous said:

Brilliant decision to fuck up that restart to get the scrum penalty

The restart was identical to teh Naki one before -- wind must swirl down there

[Tim]

OK, Renata has earned his stripes. The Auckland University converted loosehead is the Blues' backup tighthead.

[nzzp]

However this ends, it's been a cracking game

[KiwiMurph]

Hahahaha. Cant say i'm surprised.

[Anonymous]

Never in doubt

[nzzp]

Great game of footy

[Steven Harris]

I will take that.!,one team i can’t stand with a passion..Taranaki..!

[mimic]

hahahahahaha.. as a blues fan.. im not surprised perofeta missed that (twice).. he's up there with beauden barrett with crap goalkicking

[Bovidae]

nzzp said:

Great game of footy

Yep, enjoyed that game as a neutral.

[nzzp]

Bovidae said:

nzzp said:

Great game of footy

Yep, enjoyed that game as a neutral.

I haven't watched much Provincial rugby fro a few years - has the quality improved this year? TBF, I watch Auckland, and they ahve been unwatchable for a while, but there seems to be a few decent teams running around at the moment

[Tim]

Huge effort from Taranaki. Auckland failed to get up mentally after Ta$man and Canterbury.

Very odd looking ruck at the end when Jackson penalised Auckland. Looked like a lot of Taranaki players on the deck sealing it. But they were at home.

[Dice]

Way to hang in there, team.

I'm feeling excessively proud of the guys. I'm so used to us getting burned in close games.

[Tim]

@nzzp Premiership is better this year with a vastly better Auckland and newly promoted Wellington, but quality is normally pretty high.

[African Monkey]

Hmm one of those wins that felt like a loss haha. Well done Taranaki, played with a lot of enthusiasm and probably deserved the victory. That's 2 weeks in a row where we've finished poorly now. Our attack was still very good with Rayasi and Manu leading the charge. Rayasi and Trainor butchering that try early in the 2nd half gave Taranaki the sniff they didn't need. Still, a wins a win.

[Steven Harris]

@tim still trying to work out how the ball was turned over at that ruck up on halfway could only have been done illegally in my book..in my opinion Auckland deserved their win and would have stiff to have lost,especially given the opportunities they bombed.
Previous Auckland teams would have lost,so really happy to take the points..how important were Plummers conversions from the sideline..?