The Silver Fern

Explanation of the TMO call yesterday.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360844392/or-out-call-dividing-rugby-after-wellington-awarded-contentious-try-npc

@Bovidae said in Taranaki v Wellington:

Get Brad Cooper in the ABs as the attack coach.

And Jarrod Hoeata around the forwards!

Big win for Wellington . Happy Days. 😎

@taniwharugby yeah, how many years have we not kicked on after winning a few games. What we are seeing is so much more grit - starts with defence.

@Duluth said in Hawkes Bay v Wellington:

Sullivan's form has fallen away a lot in the past 2 years

Yeah, injuries, mixed with not knowing where his best position is, it looks like he'll just slowly move to Japan eventually.

A talent that has just gotten stuck in the mud.

Ruben Love was all class yet again.

Damn this weekends tipping must be on track to be one of the lowest...

So good seeing Casey going from carving up at club level to doing it NPC too.

Him and Pledger have just gone straight in as key guys. Both them need to play big minutes.

Those face balls from Millar are his nicest attacking moves. He has done it plenty of times with Hurley as well. Good to play to his strength with those plays.

@pakman said in Waikato v Wellington:

Only based on highlights, but Numia seemed to have a good game.

Yep he seemed back to his lively self. Carried strongly all game. Hopefully the Lions get Aumua back soon as he’s likely to play a full NPC with Wellington coming back from injury.

@Steven-Harris said in Wellington v Canterbury:

@Crazy-Horse Runs great lines for smallish loosefoward ,thought he was the Lions most effective forward.

Looks like a centre in the way he runs the ball.

@pakman said in Wellington 2025:

Extraordinary! But if bones set wrong initially it is very difficult to correct. Hope he gets back to 100.

I remember in the post game he said he just had a dead leg and was confident he would be right but then it was actually worse once the dust settled. Not sure if it was a fracture or a break but he’s been out for a while now and it didn’t sound like he was returning this NPC. A shame because our midfield is mud with Savea at 12.

@Canes4life said in Wellington Lions 2025:

@SouthernMann said in Wellington Lions 2025:

The party starter is all grown up!

It’s funny he walked passed me the other day and I thought to myself that he could be the new coach. And now he is. Crazy how the world works.

Strangely Wellington and the Canes do better out of former Landers and Otago players as coaches than we do

@DurryMexted said in NPC Final: Wellington vs Bay of Plenty:

You know your 7 is awesome when every other teams supporters hate him. Kirifi a lions legend

There aren't many players that put their body on the line like Kirifi. Two championships as a Lions captain, he'll always be a Wellington legend.

You know we've finally got our shit sorted when we've been able to finish the business. A winning % of 85% over the last three seasons is pretty good going. Hopefully we can keep the core of this group together for another couple seasons yet.

@ARHS said in Wellington vs Waikato (SF):

Pleased that was such a close contest.
I think Mathis truly has dibs on the nickname Kwagga! Future AB for sure.
Kirifi, Preston and Savea all great for Wellington. Waikato awful lineout decided the game though. It was so poor without Mcwhannell and with average throwing and calling.
Unlike other posters, I thought Roe and Cruden were brilliant in controlling the match given the lineout woes and forwards inexperience. Don't get all the criticism of Roe. He has better field vision than any other 9 in NZ and possibly the best boot. He will throw the odd dodgy pass because he is in two minds while evaluating. But his 50 22s this year have been regular and his wide cutout pass is great. He jackals well too, but often only scrag tackles. If he improves technique there I feel he is the closest challenger to Roigard and Ratima, and is a good leader to boot.
I hope Ollie Norris can improve his scrummaging because everything else is top notch and compares well to Numia and Co.
I presume that Wellington fans have seen far better displays from Harkin, Solomon and Clarke. BOP will take heart there.
I wonder whether Wellington can contain Ah Kuoi, Narawa and Carter next week?

Yeah Harkin, Clarke and even Higgins were all pretty poor in that Semi Final, I can't see them being that poor again. Hopefully they can bring their best for the final next weekend.

@DurryMexted said in Wellington vs Counties (QF 1):

@Canes4life i missed this game due to travel, how much time did Love play at 10? How he look?

He played about 5-10 mins right at the end of the game. I reckon he would go well at 10 if he wanted to play there, definitely has all the skills, just needs time in that position.

@pakman said in Counties Manukau vs Wellington:

@Mr-Fish said in Counties Manukau vs Wellington:

@pakman who is Lalauki?

Spell checker’s version of Peter Lakai!

Haha I haven't been watching all of the NPC and wasn't sure if it was someone slipping under the radar.

@Chris-B Mate it's the shield, and shit happens. As I said you want to change to something it never was and I like it being special. I want it to keep it's mistique,let's just leave it at that.
I enjoy tradional things in game and I think it's been changed enough.