Northland v Canterbury

[taniwharugby]

Ball came out of their scrum they take it back in and win a pen??

[Gunner]

@taniwharugby said in Northland v Canterbury:

Ball came out of their scrum they take it back in and win a pen??

Same thing happened earlier

[kev]

We are so dumb. Kick.

[taniwharugby]

@kev yep, our attack is poor so we try to run it 100m?

[Stargazer]

It may have been asked before, but why is Inga Finau starting at 12 for Canterbury? Is Bateman injured? Can't say I rate Finau.

[Nath Jac]

I am unsure what training the taniwha currently do but completeing skill work and structures under fatigue at training should eliminate those basic errors, i see they resorted to the pod system crap again, too easy to defend,

[Gunner]

What an awful kick for touch, wasn’t even close to being out.

[taniwharugby]

Curious as to what the AR actually do

[kev]

These guys have got to learn. Reduce mistakes. Make good decisions. Build pressure.

[Chris]

@Stargazer rested along with Romano and Harmon
And yes he’s shit so is Cameron
Cullen Grace goes ok Crusaders May look at him as a 6 first.

[Gunner]

Wow some rare Northland attacking spark from Roberts Te Nana. He’s had some nice touches tonight.

And then we turn it over.

[taniwharugby]

@kev said in Northland v Canterbury:

These guys have got to learn.

Too many words

[Stargazer]

That "try" should have been checked by the TMO.

[Gunner]

Men against boys in that try scoring movement.

Cambridge blue jerseys were flying everywhere after being bumped off attempting tackles.

[kev]

these guys are offside every ruck

[kev]

What do you say about that? Expected but still frustrating. Mistakes, soft penalties, losing the ref. Watched that last passage of play and Canterbury were offside at every single ruck. Good sides manage that with ref.

[Gunner]

I said to a couple of people that we’d be doing well to keep them under 50, so I guess I have to say we’ve done well.

Being a Taniwha fan is depressing this season. We don’t even have our usual attacking flair that we can at least enjoy watching even if we lose.

There were positives out there, Matiu again was outstanding, Caird good. Tua looked like he might be finding a bit of form and Roberts Te Nana had some nice touches.

We just give away too many penalties and make too many mistakes, it’s as simple as that.

[kev]

@Gunner Rugby has become harder with defensive lines improving. We lack an effective strategy / execution to deal with that:

-speed of clearance
-play close to line
-kicking behind
-moving ball to space

We are running into contact most of the time with slow ball or losing ball in turnover.

We have been out coached this year.

[Duluth]

[ACT Crusader]

Official website doesn’t have Northland scoring...

http://www.mitre10cup.co.nz/Fixtures