Auckland v Hawke's Bay

[Nepia]

I hate Ioane.

[Duluth]

Zinzan like control

[nzzp]

That was a good effort. PT otherwise I suspect

[KiwiMurph]

He's always had excellent control at the back of scrums has Akira.

[Stargazer]

Too many injuries in our frontrow stocks. I hope we get Farrell back, next week.

[Stockcar86]

Tiatia has the same good sense in kicking the ball away as BB

[Stargazer]

The blue sea just opened up! Shimada gets a try on debut.

[nzzp]

@Stargazer said in Auckland v Hawke's Bay:

The blue sea just opened up! Shimada gets a try on debut.

great short ball

[nzzp]

that's a very weird 'held' call. Looked like his momentum didn't stop.

[BerhamporeNinja]

why RTS has not played like this from the get go!

[KiwiMurph]

Tangitau is a talent but gee he is sloppy. You just wait for the error.

[Stargazer]

Sam Smith again.

[Stargazer]

We're playing Northland next week. Can we give Cooper Flanders a debut? He can't be worse than Sam Smith.

[Duluth]

Auckland player of the match voting:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/6208/auckland-motm-v-hawkes-bay

[Stargazer]

Yuck. Tiatia throwing that intercepted pass. You can go, too!

[Nepia]

Congrats Auckland, much better side in this match.

I think the Magpies should just spend the week on defence.

I really don't see the value in taking our starting 9 and 10 off. We need the best players on the field in the last 20 minutes.

[KiwiMurph]

Zarn looking a little more comfortable at 10 as each week goes by.

[Stargazer]

Our defence is terrible. I don't know how many tackles we missed, but it's a lot.

Great game from Fakatava and Godfrey. McClutchie, Flanders, Thompson and Rakete-Stones good, too. Young Tuifua not bad either.

Visinia, Sapsford offered nothing in this game. Balekana quiet.

Some players were awful.

[Duluth]

@KiwiMurph said in Auckland v Hawke's Bay:

Zarn looking a little more comfortable at 10 as each week goes by.

Yeah he’s a little better each week.

Good to see obvious progress in general. Bates has the pack going well, they have the triggers right on when to hit the breakdown and when to hold off. Attack is clicking more often.. I like the depth they used this week

Defence needs to tighten up

[African Monkey]

Should have had the game wrapped up by halftime but got there in the end. RTS looks a far better player with a bit more space, as does Evans. Choate and Akira were huge, as was the scrum. Lineout needs a bit of work.