Otago v Tasman

[Chris B.]

@Stargazer Could be a long night at the office if Perry isn't released to play. We'd have four rookie props!

Drew Petelo is another new name to me.

Quentin Strange recovered from his 'flu will hopefully help the lineout.

[Stargazer]

From Ta$man's twitter feed:

"Late change for Mako$ v @OtagoRugbyTeam today: Tom Hill to 1 jersey for Tim Perry. Tyrel Lomax in 18. #OTAvTAS #FinzUp"

[Rapido]

James Lowe's ass, which has grown at the same rate as he has grown his hair, causes an HIA.

[Stargazer]

Great game to watch, with some great tries. Ta$man leading 22-13 after 33 minutes.

[Chris B.]

Best 40 minutes of Ta$man's season so far.

Otago scored a very good try - otherwise we'd have this well in hand!

Good game.

[Higgins]

I'm sorry, but I do not agree with that being awarded as a penalty try. It looked like it was a genuine attempt at an intercept.

[Stargazer]

Penalty try and YC. Harsh call IMO.

[Chris B.]

That's the way it's been ruled all year.

If you don't make the intercept in that position you're in trouble.

I don't necessarily agree with how it's being ruled, but we lost a man to the bin for the same thing in an earlier game, so swings and roundabouts for me.

[Stargazer]

@Chris-B. I have more trouble with the penalty try than the YC. There was very little room down there and IMO not certain that a try would have been score.

[Chris B.]

@Stargazer Pretty likely though.

Ainley with a completely dumb-arse play to even up the numbers.

[Stargazer]

That could be a red for Levi Aumua ... tip tackle.

[Stargazer]

And it is red.

[Chris B.]

Jesus - these guys have a suicidal impulse!!!

[Stargazer]

15 against 13 players at the moment,

[hydro11]

Why is time keeping so poor in the Mitre Ten Cup? Quite poor for a national competition.

[Higgins]

That looked like he blew for the held up prior to the 80 minutes being up (by two seconds) but the referee is sole judge of time so there can be no disputing it. If they decide time is up, then time is up no matter how long has elapsed.

[Chris B.]

These Ta$man guys are determined to raise my blood pressure this season.

What should have been a comfortable win gets turned into a nail-biter by some idiocy from Alex Ainley and some clumsiness by Aumua.

Still - would have been an injustice if we didn't get the points from that. Onward and upward.

[KiwiMurph]

Great game to watch as a neutral.

[Chris B.]

Man of the match for Ta$man - Mitch Hunt. Honourable mentions for Guyton, Lowe, Taufua and Blackadder. Several others pretty good.