Auckland v Waikato

[Tim]

That was classic Jacobson!

[Tim]

@Chris-B Love it.

[Dice]

Not much in it. 14 - 7 to Auckland at half time.

Good to have Rayasi and Faiane back. Two of our better players in the first half.

[Mokey]

Waikato fullback and hooker letting down the side big time.

[Dice]

Seems Faiane picked up an injury and now Hickey has replaced him.

[Dice]

Great defense by Rayasi to save a try.

[African Monkey]

Messy game so far. We have them at set piece time but can't seem to string anything more than 3 phases at a time.

[Tim]

Scrum right call.

[Tim]

Rayasi has got to get some game time in 2021 Super Rugby.

[Tim]

Great to see Plummer kicking well.

[Tim]

Off the ball tackle from Messam.

[Kirwan]

What a fucking great try

[Dice]

Sweet. Bonus point in the bag.

[Dice]

Also, back to the top of the table.

[Kirwan]

Awesome scrum, Plummer kicking everything, great defence. Fun Saturday night.

[Tim]

Closer game than the score suggests, but some nice skill out there from Auckland.

[Tim]

Tuipulotu had a good 2nd half.

[Snowy]

Three MoTm decisions not too difficult for me.

[Bovidae]

I mentioned that Waikato's lack of size out wide (Waaka and Coombes-Fabling) might be exposed and so it was. Waikato got out-muscled up front too, so never had much go-forward.

If Tupaea had scored the game might have been different but Waikato looked a little off the pace all game.

Not the end of the world but a big game against BOP next Sunday.

[bayimports]

@Bovidae said in Auckland v Waikato:

I mentioned that Waikato's lack of size out wide (Waaka and Coombes-Fabling) might be exposed and so it was. Waikato got out-muscled up front too, so never had much go-forward.

If Tupaea had scored the game might have been different but Waikato looked a little off the pace all game.

Not the end of the world but a big game against BOP next Sunday.

always a big game between Waikato and the bay, in this weird season it has significant impact for both teams in terms of the comp let alone rivalry