Auckland v Northland

[nzzp]

righto, here we go.

Want Auckalnd to get up, and frankly Northland seem to have a mental block about city slickers.

[nzzp]

also, amusingly, Sky Sport Now sent me an email telling me that Auckland were travelling up to Kaikohe for this ... impressive new stadium in Kaikohe

[Dice]

That Rayasi pass to Tuipulotu looked good to me.

[taniwharugby]

and again, our compressed defence leaves our wing exposed

[taniwharugby]

great touch finder by Cooper, then looked like a forward pass by Auckland

[Dice]

Injuries are piling up. Not good leading into the playoffs.

[taniwharugby]

some aimless kicking by Northland and poor handling, agian

[Dice]

Both teams look terrible on attack. Very disjointed.

[taniwharugby]

tough call there I reckon

[taniwharugby]

messy by Auckland as Northland manage to disrupt a maul!

[taniwharugby]

another tough one there!

[taniwharugby]

Northland hanging in off Auckland errors

[Dice]

Crap. Now we've lost both our hookers. Adams to play hooker.

[taniwharugby]

and uncontested scrums and they play with 14??

[taniwharugby]

and another dropped ball

[Tim]

@taniwharugby Do they play with 14 for the whole game, or from the scrum until the next stop?

[taniwharugby]

@Tim no idea!

[Dice]

Plummer's having a tough day.

This is a great opportunity for Northland to beat us.

[taniwharugby]

@Dice so far not looking like we will be good enough even with 14

[Dice]

@Tim We play with 14 for the whole game.