Northland v North Harbour
-
Stevenson having a shocker, Evans and Reihana pulling the strings off the back of the pack setting a platform
-
@taniwharugby said in Northland v North Harbour:
Stevenson having a shocker, Evans and Reihana pulling the strings off the back of the pack setting a platform
They look classy. Reihana running more and looks good.
-
-
We stopped playing rugby for a.period...but I think that should seal it
-
-
@Bovidae yeah we didnt play that well, scored a few good tries, but we missed alot of first up tackles, whereas most other weeks our first up defence has been pretty good but the unstructured stuff we fell apart.
But gee, NH were poor today, we were better fortunately.
-
@taniwharugby said in Northland v North Harbour:
@Bovidae yeah we didnt play that well, scored a few good tries, but we missed alot of first up tackles, whereas most other weeks our first up defence has been pretty good but the unstructured stuff we fell apart.
But gee, NH were poor today, we were better fortunately.
My thoughts as well. NH were awful. I think our starting team was probably the best mix we have our on the field this year. Just need to nail lineouts on attack and we would have scored more points.
-
@taniwharugby said in Northland v North Harbour:
@Bovidae yeah we didnt play that well, scored a few good tries, but we missed alot of first up tackles, whereas most other weeks our first up defence has been pretty good but the unstructured stuff we fell apart.
But gee, NH were poor today, we were better fortunately.
Missed tackles were 27 Northland to 25 NH
I think some of Harbour's defensive errors didn't count as missed tackles because the defenders were so far away
-
@mikey07 said in Northland v North Harbour:
Anyone wondering why Stevenson isn’t an All Black that pathetic attempt at a tackle is why.
I spent a lot of time watching him, he's great on attack and has an awesome kick. But he's lazy and sulky, once NH was having a mare he had a face like a slapped arse and really put fuck all effort in.
Very enjoyable game, fun tries. But no panhead, only in the posh lounges I guess,
-
@kev yeah I think I prefer Nichols outside Evans, better balance.
Think Nock getting dropped fired him up as he has looked sharp when he came on last week and today, I know he never will, but needs to direct his pack better.
That said, the pack went pretty well and has been for a few weeks, particularly at scrumtime, so kudos to Ross Wright, he's doing some good work, both young props Lemisio and Fono looking good after both had struggles at times.
LIneout is largely good, but when Moulds goes off, it is largely average, or is it Caird too as they both seem to go at the same time, is interesting the lock subs, while Craig has a huge workrate, I think he just lacks a bit of aggression that both Caird and LHE bring with thier own big workrates.
I think Fish needs to start, he has shown glimpses off the bench, showed some fire today but play didnt go his way in the 2nd half, Murray is all class, but bounces not falling for him this year and dropped a couple this season with try line begging.
Trainor is a safe pair of hands at the back (he's better than safe, but best way to describe him I think) low error rate.
