Magpies v Tasman

[Steven Harris]

Magpies needed a much better chase..that was a real opportunity missed

[Higgins]

@Steven-Harris said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:

Very good set move from the visitors..bugger...!,I really believe this is going to be one of these games where the magpies need to stay in the fight until Crocket and Lomax depart ..

Just looking at the team lists I look to have marginally the better front row bench, touch wood! Your guy Waa looks to be the weak link at the moment.

[Steven Harris]

@Higgins Waa is no May as a scrummager ..

[Higgins]

Pity the tighthead was not binned as then we could run on Ben May as the replacement.

[Higgins]

As I type that May is indeed subbed on for Waa. Hopefully that will shore things up a bit fpor this defensive scrum five metres short of my try line.

[Higgins]

And the Ta$man front row goes down but no penalty.......................

[Magpie_in_aus]

if May drops in this scrum will he get binned?

[Nepia]

Ta$man scrum collapses and no penalty to us.

[Steven Harris]

@Higgins great call from the coaching staff to pull.

[Nepia]

Too many Faigaanuku's!

[Bovidae]

Christie takes some poor options at halfback.

[Nepia]

@Bovidae said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:

Christie takes some poor options at halfback.

Yep, I'm enjoying his play.

[Steven Harris]

@Nepia just looked at the replay of that scrum..definitely went down on Crocketts side of the scrum..immediate impact from May on the right hand side..Hawkes Bay guilty of 3 things ,Chase game has been rubbish, kicks needs to find touch from turnovers and the tackling on the big wingers on the flanks needs to be low.

[Higgins]

Even if the fend was firmly planted on the defenders mush. Not allowed to tackle head high but you are allowed to fend a guy in the head if you are the ball carrier! Still hopefully the sea breeze might pick up a bit to favour the Magpies a bit in the second half.
HB 14 - 19 Ta$man at the break

[Nepia]

@Steven-Harris said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:

just looked at the replay of that scrum..definitely went down on Crocketts side of the scrum

Yep, if that had been the Pies scrum we would have been penalised for that. Therefore penalty to us, no try scored ... real, moral score 14- all.

[Stargazer]

Our first half against Ta$man has been much better than that of other teams playing the Mako. Hope we'll be the first to score in the 2nd half.

[Bovidae]

@Nepia said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:

Too many Faigaanuku's!

That's what happens when you play midgets on the wing.

[Higgins]

@Stargazer Taranaki went ok againt them from memory

[Chris B.]

Slow and sloppy start by Ta$man - letting Flanders score that try was especially soft. They didn't look completely up for the game.

However, the tight five have got into their work and are winning the set pieces - other major differences are the big Fainga'anuku brothers on the littler HB wings. And Nankivell is having a very good game.

[Nepia]

@Bovidae said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:

@Nepia said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:

Too many Faigaanuku's!

That's what happens when you play midgets on the wing.

We don't have any big wingers in the region currently.