Magpies v Tasman
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One thing Ta$man does better than any other team in the Mitre 10 cup ,is move the ball wide at speed..I know your all gonna think I am on drugs, the one team i would like to see them play them again is Auckland , I do believe Auckland has a backline that can match Ta$man ..and I think they have physicality in the forwards, Dalton Papalii did not play in the first game and was quite outstanding and was very impressed with the Aucks against a very determined Taranaki team last night..
I am not saying Auckland could possibly win, but they will bring some heat ..and I suspect that 40-0 thumping will be enough motivation after their last outing
Only issue for me with Auckland is at scrum against a very good Ta$man tight five. -
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@Steven-Harris I'm anticipating that you'll get your wish. And anything can happen in play-off rugby.
Ta$man is good, but not unbeatable. And look at what Canterbury is rolling out as the season reaches the pointy end.
That said - 48/50 points for the regular season!!! Woo hoo - what an effort. Convincingly Minor Premeiers - and you gotta bank those wins when you can!
Freddie seems to have written some lyrics specifically for this game...
You say black, I say white
You say bark, I say bite
You say shark, I say hey man!!!
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Boy, that is an impressive Ta$man team, both individually and collectively, but you'd have to say that HB were shown up in certain areas which must be a concern going forward. I really thought they would front up better.
The semis will be absolutely fascinating. Getting top spot on the ladder is a huge advantage so you would have to say that favouritism has swung back towards BOP.
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@Bovidae said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:
@Chris-B Just as well you didn't include the next 2 lines. You might have triggered @MN5 and @Rancid-Schnitzel.
Now I want to know what the last two lines are.
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@Bovidae said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:
@Chris-B Just as well you didn't include the next 2 lines. You might have triggered @MN5 and @Rancid-Schnitzel.
If Hawkes Bay had stuck with Zac, I could have carried on to the chorus!
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@Nepia said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:
@Bovidae said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:
@Chris-B Just as well you didn't include the next 2 lines. You might have triggered @MN5 and @Rancid-Schnitzel.
Now I want to know what the last two lines are.
Do you know the song?
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@Snollygoster said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:
Boy, that is an impressive Ta$man team, both individually and collectively, but you'd have to say that HB were shown up in certain areas which must be a concern going forward. I really thought they would front up better.
The semis will be absolutely fascinating. Getting top spot on the ladder is a huge advantage so you would have to say that favouritism has swung back towards BOP.
I think we know our issues, we're fine with the ball but less so without it. We definitely need to tighten our defence.
Clearly we couldn't compete with the Invitational XV scrum, but it's less of an issue with the Championship teams we'll face.
Probably our biggest area of concern is we let teams get away from us when a few decisions go against us ... both BoP and the Cheque Books got rolls on that we couldn't peg back.
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@Bovidae said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:
@Nepia said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:
@Bovidae said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:
@Chris-B Just as well you didn't include the next 2 lines. You might have triggered @MN5 and @Rancid-Schnitzel.
Now I want to know what the last two lines are.
Do you know the song?
Nope - otherwise I wouldn't be asking what the two lines were.
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@Snollygoster You can try to talk us down all you like. I think we had a very good game. Some weak passages of play, including 10 minutes with 14 men, but also some brilliant rugby. No team has scored that many points against Super Rugby team Ta$man as we have. I expected our young squad full of youngsters to get hammered much more than they were.
We'll get Evans and Allardice back for the semis., and hopefully McNicol, too Only injury concern is Toala. We'll be very competitive in the finals, also against the Steamers if we both reach the final.
I'm happy to give you the favourites tag for the final though. We perform well as underdogs. People have underestimated us all season.
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@Chris-B I tell what you what , it’s one thing to have a team with a whole lot of names and you can see that with Auckland , they have some talent I would gladly have in the Taniwha Squad, it’s another thing getting them to perform ..and that’s what this Ta$man team are doing..also being a supporter of Hawkes Bay , they should be pleased with that effort, they could have folded , but came back and scored a couple of tries ..I think there’s 2 boys in the Ta$man team who have got All Black written all over them ..Nankervill and Parkinson ..
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We definitely need
@Chris-B said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:
@Nepia https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/queen/bicyclerace.html
Hmmm, seems I only know the chorus, might have hated Queen if I knew those two lines!
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@Steven-Harris I'd add Leicester Fainga'anuku. Especially if Rieko can't get back to his old level.
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@Steven-Harris And Will Jordan.
@Stargazer - Big Leicester is starting to look like a young Julian Savea.
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@Stargazer said in Hawke's Bay v Ta$man:
@Snollygoster You can try to talk us down all you like. I think we had a very good game. Some weak passages of play, including 10 minutes with 14 men, but also some brilliant rugby. No team has scored that many points against Super Rugby team Ta$man as we have. I expected our young squad full of youngsters to get hammered much more than they were.
We'll get Evans and Allardice back for the semis., and hopefully McNicol, too Only injury concern is Toala. We'll be very competitive in the finals, also against the Steamers if we both reach the final.
I'm happy to give you the favourites tag for the final though. We perform well as underdogs. People have underestimated us all season.
We definitely need Toala back for that midfield punch, although Fomai was dangerous with the ball. Also, I'd be tempted to play Evans at 7 and keep all three of our 8's in the team.
