Southland vs Northland

[Bovidae]

@J77 Highlanders, Canes and Chiefs. Played for Waikato in 2013-14.

He didn't play last year because of major neck surgery.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/114784007/competition-for-southland-stags-no-2-jersey-healthy

[Machpants]

Ugh what a start to the season, NZ's most annoying commenTAAAYTor, who was born X, went to playCENtre at Y, PriMARy at Z, college at ....

[Machpants]

lovely weather. too

[Stargazer]

YC coming soon ..

[Machpants]

@Stargazer said in vs Southland:

YC coming soon ..

Nope wasted

[Stargazer]

@Machpants Yeah, surprised Northland still don't have points on the board.

[Machpants]

A hell of a lot of pressure and territory for no reward

[African Monkey]

@Machpants Ken Laban is a beautiful commentator.

[nzzp]

@Stargazer said in vs Southland:

YC coming soon ..

Dunno what the ref was on saying 'only 2'. They copped 2 offside penalties, followed by 2 straight scrum penalties. Frustrating.

Still, Northland look to have plenty here - should take this one with fitness

[Stargazer]

Typical first game of the season. Lots of handling errors, all looking very rusty. And that's including the ref.

[Machpants]

@African-Monkey said in vs Southland:

@Machpants Ken Laban is a beautiful commentator.

He may well be beautiful, but he's bloody annoying

[Stargazer]

Geez, that was good from Southland. Totally against the run of play, though. First try of the season.

[African Monkey]

@Machpants His pronunciation of Maori/Pacific names is a thing of beauty.

[Machpants]

@African-Monkey true, that's it tho

[Stargazer]

@African-Monkey Are you serious? He so often gets it wrong.

[African Monkey]

@Stargazer Yes I am serious. He's the only commentator who knows how to say the Maori/Pacific Island names properly.

[Machpants]

It's all turning to crap

[ACT Crusader]

@African-Monkey said in vs Southland:

@Stargazer Yes I am serious. He's the only commentator who knows how to say the Maori/Pacific Island names properly.

I’m not a huge fan, but I find him less annoying than others and I agree about the names as well. He seems to take time to learn them.

[Duluth]

Isi should have stopped that try

[Gunner]

After dominating the opening 25 odd minutes we should have had a healthy lead, but somehow conspired to find ourselves 10-6 down.

Really, WTF?

Get the ball to Hyland more, he’s carving up.