Southland vs Northland

African Monkey

@Machpants Ken Laban is a beautiful commentator.

nzzp

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

@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

@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.

Machpants

Jack D passing has been appalling

ACT Crusader

Better from the Taniwha.

Machpants

But still 9 and 10 passing like tits. Still Southland should have a yellow there, even with the try

ACT Crusader

Jack D nails the conversion. Taniwha lead 13-10

Gunner

I wouldn’t mind seeing our backs send it wide, just once....

We keep fucking around in midfield going nowhere.

Hyland, a well deserved try.

ACT Crusader

Got what you wanted @Gunner

It was a good run after a very messy lineout for the Stags.

Duluth

Haha, terrible positioning from the ref.. Matich makes sure he knows

The Silver Fern