North vs South

[Rebound]

@junior plus he missed the initial effort. That's bad considering Saves was penalised for the same thing earlier in the half

[Mokey]

Some really great tries scored tonight. Shame that Ash Dixon saved his worst game for the North. Ioane was good (he and McKenzie worked well together), Will Jordan will probably be an AB sooner rather than later, Caleb Clarke also. Whitelock was the better captain.

Few current ABs that really went MIA though.

[antipodean]

@Rebound said in North vs South:

@antipodean clearly it's not a a matter of understanding the law. Your link to the laws governing a maul does not back up your case. Because the only things in this instance that you can claim to being in place for the maul to continue. Is point 13 & 13 of the laws. Defending players internationally leaving the maul. Neither happened. So like the ref, my interpretation is the maul is over the moment the attacking team broke off.

That wasn't the ref's interpretation - he penalised them for Laulala's actions.

I'm uninterested in explaining this to you any further.

[Toddy]

Was great to see Hoskins step up at this higher level. A few north towards did themselves no favours. Ardie & Patty we're average as. Aioane was real disappointing. Seems to have so much potential but can't find it consistently. Worst loosie on the park tonight.

[antipodean]

@Toddy said in North vs South:

@antipodean True. Just look at what he and his captaincy ability brought to the Chiefs this year.

So by the same measure Whitelock isn't a good captain, he's just surrounded by better players.

[Rebound]

@antipodean where did the ref say this. I might have missed it, but he explained that he's opinion is the maul was over and the players Infront of the ball carriers caused obstruction. that's what he explained to the captain

[Bovidae]

All those praising Whitelock's captaincy at the end are going overboard. Coltman throws another crooked lineout and we are saying why did he choose to kick to the corner. He would have been holding his breath like the rest of us.

[Yeetyaah]

I've seen someone on facebook say that this game is the reason why Whitelock would be a better AB captain. Because they won and All Black trial match? Pretty silly analogy.

[Bones]

@gt12 said in North vs South:

@Machpants

Stocks went up:

Sanders
Clarke
Rioane
Dmac
Jordan

Best on park:

Whitelock
Rioane
Clarke
Smith

Ok had to stop reading the thread here. Wtf??

[Bones]

@Siam said in North vs South:

Jordan might be a smokey for the AB's tomorrow?

Oh yeah that would be such a massive surprise...

[PecoTrain]

@sparky said in North vs South:

@Yeetyaah said in North vs South:

Ardie you beast

Ardie wins you tight matches.

Followed by an Ardie penalty that contributes the the loss.

[Toddy]

@Bones you have to read it with a Chiefs lens. Makes sense then

[Bones]

Don't think Roane or Aoane did themselves any favours today. Reiko had a couple of nice touches though and was still the best 13 on display.

Awesome to see Sotutu step up with ease. What can't he do?

How many pens and fuck ups from Ardie?

DMac is just utter shit.

Nice to see ALB get a little bit of form back.

A Smith didn't have his greatest game.

[Chris B.]

@ACT-Crusader said in North vs South:

Fai is not a centre.

Thrown in the deep end. I'm not sure I've ever seen him play centre before.

Even at school I think he played wing and then fullback.

[KiwiMurph]

@Chris-B said in North vs South:

@ACT-Crusader said in North vs South:

Fai is not a centre.

Thrown in the deep end. I'm not sure I've ever seen him play centre before.

Even at school I think he played wing and then fullback.

He played midfield multiple games for Crusaders this year off the bench.

[Chris B.]

@KiwiMurph Did he?

I obviously didn't pay enough attention - but, I watched a few games in the pub!!!

[Bovidae]

@Chris-B Seems to suggest they wanted to continue to look at Jordan on the wing. Moving JB to the midfield, Jordan to fullback and putting LF on the wing was the obvious changes.

DMac going into 1st 5 also says to me that J Ioane will be surplus to requirements in the 35-man squad.

[Bones]

@Bovidae said in North vs South:

DMac going into 1st 5 also says to me that J Ioane will be surplus to requirements in the 35-man squad.

[Stargazer]

[PecoTrain]

@Bones said in North vs South:

Don't think Roane or Aoane did themselves any favours today. Reiko had a couple of nice touches though and was still the best 13 on display.

Reiko had no real competition at 13 other than Umaga-Jensen who looked good when he came on.

Uninjured centres have been a real issue for us in recent years so we end up with Goodhue (doesn't seem to get injured) and whoever is available out of Laumape/ALB/Reiko/Umaga-Jensen,

I don't think we've seen enough of any of them together (Laumape/Umaga-Jensen most be the close to most games together?) to know. ALB/Reiko get the nod at the moment but there are likely to be better combinations.