Northland v Hawkes Bay
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And I thought we played badly against Auckland
@Stockcar86 That was only the beginning ...
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Best Magpie was McClutchie again. He's having a great season. I hope he gets a new SR contract, because he sure deserves it.
@Stargazer said in Northland v Hawkes Bay:
Best Magpie was McClutchie again. He's having a great season. I hope he gets a new SR contract, because he sure deserves it.
I assume Morgan has got a long term contract so the Canes wont be able to admit they made an error and finally select McClutchie?
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Jonah Mau’u gets my man of the match ,outstanding over the ball ,deadly with ball in hand a full 80 minute performance
Nock was very good , one of his better performances for the Taniwha wish he could turn up to the Blues with this game , Rob Rush lead by example and was superb .
I do wonder if Jonah has been signed by MP , he would be handy back up to Dalton at the Blues
Commiserations to the Magpies , i do wonder if having to roll all their key guys all the time with so many injuries and few tight games along the way have taken their toll
Flanders always impresses me and did again tonite . -
@Stargazer said in Northland v Hawkes Bay:
Best Magpie was McClutchie again. He's having a great season. I hope he gets a new SR contract, because he sure deserves it.
I assume Morgan has got a long term contract so the Canes wont be able to admit they made an error and finally select McClutchie?
@Nepia said in Northland v Hawkes Bay:
@Stargazer said in Northland v Hawkes Bay:
Best Magpie was McClutchie again. He's having a great season. I hope he gets a new SR contract, because he sure deserves it.
I assume Morgan has got a long term contract so the Canes wont be able to admit they made an error and finally select McClutchie?
Morgan has still one year on his Canes contract. Brett Cameron, too.
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Jonah Mau’u gets my man of the match ,outstanding over the ball ,deadly with ball in hand a full 80 minute performance
Nock was very good , one of his better performances for the Taniwha wish he could turn up to the Blues with this game , Rob Rush lead by example and was superb .
I do wonder if Jonah has been signed by MP , he would be handy back up to Dalton at the Blues
Commiserations to the Magpies , i do wonder if having to roll all their key guys all the time with so many injuries and few tight games along the way have taken their toll
Flanders always impresses me and did again tonite .@Steven-Harris said in Northland v Hawkes Bay:
Commiserations to the Magpies , i do wonder if having to roll all their key guys all the time and few tight games along the way have taken their toll
We've been badly affected by injuries, but it's also the bad signings by Josh Syms last year and the RWC with several players in the Tonga and Samoa squad.
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Outclassed tonight. Very average performance. We could easily be winless this season. Thankfully we aren't.
That ref was mediocre. Didn't look like she would have the pace to keep up. Not saying she caused us to lose. Wouldn't want to see her get any more games though.
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Sounds Canadian
@Stockcar86 said in Northland v Hawkes Bay:
Sounds Canadian
Yes, Maggie Cogger-Orr. She has been in NZ since 2014, and was recently appointed the Women’s Referee Development Manager at NZR.
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The first 10 minutes I thought we were in big shit..but we just flicked a switch and chucked on the jets. Hawkes Bay didn't go away, but we just managed to keep choking them at crucial times.
Mau'u and Nock were massive! Also very pleased with our tweenies Anderson and Woods. Shows what can happen when you give the young ones a crack. The future looks good if we still have an NPC in years to come.
Now, let's back this up in Dunedin..got to put two in a row on the board this time.
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Stoked for Tama Anderson, that drop at the end of the 1st aside, was very good.
Great play to keep the ball in play that lead to a try
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Who would have thought we would play that badly WITHOUT Chase Tiatia in the side
@Stockcar86 said in Northland v Hawkes Bay:
Who would have thought we would play that badly WITHOUT Chase Tiatia in the side
Tiatia with all his flaws, is still better than Grigg and Kienan Higgins.
I wonder if all of Lowe, Makene and Tiatia are injured. Why else leave them all out?I also think Parsons is not having a good season and would like to see Cridge and Lochore get the start together. We probably have to wait for Weber to return for that to happen, unless they give the captaincy to someone else.
What's hurting us most is the constant squad changes, I think.
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Northland MOTM poll here
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/6224/northland-motm-v-hb
WIll update table later
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Well, that was another of from the 'where did that come from' book.
Jonah Mau'u was outstanding, absolutely huge out there, as was Rob Rush.
This kid Woods looks the business, add a few kgs to his frame, and he'll be good.
Nock was excellent, one of his better games on both sides, and Milo-Harris was superb when he came on too.
Goodhue provides a good option at 12, just runs straight and makes good decisions on both sides of the ball, Tua had a bit more life tonight too.
As above, really stoked for Tama Anderson, thought he copped a raw deal being overlooked earlier in the season, but he did really well out there, played smart, good under the high ball and picked up a good double as he overshadowed his wing counterpart Murray who was solid.
Thought the ref missed some stuff both ways, that try Flanders scored, but called back from the ref in the way, was off a crooked lineout, Moulds balked one earlier, some long static mauls and a few scrums i thought she let do nothing but otherwise thought she let things flow pretty well.
Did they call on the TMO in that game?
