Southland vs Northland

[Machpants]

Watching Scott Gregory, he's probably got the highest number of ruck (and maul!) attendance stats for a full back in first class rugby

[Gunner]

Fuck me our passing has been atrocious tonight.

[Gunner]

Terrible option from Gregory with that pathetic chip kick to no one, gives Southland the ball hot on attack.

I think only Northland could be in a position to potentially lose a game when we should be up by 30

[Machpants]

@Gunner said in vs Southland:

Terrible option from Gregory with that pathetic chip kick to no one, gives Southland the ball hot on attack.

I think only Northland could potentially lose a game that we should have won by 30

That was Jack D

[Gunner]

@Machpants I think my feed is on a bit of a delay...
Was definitely Gregory who I was talking about

[Machpants]

@Gunner said in vs Southland:

@Machpants I think my feed is on a bit of a delay...
Was definitely Gregory who I was talking about

Yeah I'm via Hong Kong so I was looking at the kick straight to the guy in the 22 to mark

[Gunner]

The fucking basic skills seriously lacking tonight from Northland.

We are determined to keep Southland in it.

[Machpants]

@Gunner can't believe the ref didn't stop it when the ruck went over an injured player, that's appalling

[Stargazer]

Brave from Southland there at the end, they deserved that bonus point. Unlucky. Great defence from Northland though, who deserved their win.

[nzzp]

Well done Northland.

Enjoyed that game - and well done Southland. Gutsy as anything, no right to be in that game

[shack]

I can’t recall Johnson or Leilua touching the ball all game

[Machpants]

Pretty tense, messy tho. Can't believe the wasn't a yellow

And WTF with the mascot? That's embarrassingly awful behaviour

[Stargazer]

Ray Nu'u was really good for Southland; Te Tamaki also played well.

[Dice]

Southland should've just taken the easy 3 to get the bonus point at the end. They wanted to get the bonus point the hard way and came away with nothing. Silly.

[African Monkey]

@Gunner Yeah not easy tbf on a cold night but they still did some good things out there too. Think they'll be better for the run.

[Steven Harris]

Good way to start the season for the Taniwha Boys..best for Northland I thought were Josh Goodhue, really good in the air and got through a ton of work around the paddock, loved the fact that he tracked all the way a nailed Isaac Te Tamaki in a tackle

Jordon Hyland was all power on the wing..
Plenty to work on but good to get the W first up ,well played Southland

[Dice]

@Stargazer Yeah, impressed by Nu'u. Marty McKenzie had an un-Marty McKenzie game and had a pretty solid game too.

[Gunner]

@Machpants yes not ideal.

Kane Jacobson can’t get a break, he didn’t play a single club game this year due to a concussion he picked up in M10 last year, now he was helped off with what looks like could potentially be a serious leg injury.

Boy oh boy did we make hard work of that. But a win is a win as they say.

Pretty simple job for the coaches this week, practice, practice and practice again some of the basics of rugby, like passing, catching, holding on to the ball in contact.

Lineout needs work too.

As I mentioned earlier, wouldn’t mind our backs sending it wide once or twice either. Where was the Northland flair?

Gonna have to step up big time if we want to compete with Auckland next week.

[Gunner]

@Machpants said in vs Southland:

Pretty tense, messy tho. Can't believe the wasn't a yellow

And WTF with the mascot? That's embarrassingly awful behaviour

Which mascot? What happened?

[Machpants]

@Gunner said in vs Southland:

@Machpants said in vs Southland:

Pretty tense, messy tho. Can't believe the wasn't a yellow

And WTF with the mascot? That's embarrassingly awful behaviour

Which mascot? What happened?

During the captain's interview the Taniwha stood right behind him, and shoved a shield with adverts on it to the side of his head. The cameraman eventually zoomed super close to mats face, then the director cut away. Needs a kicking, the mascot idiot