Auckland v Wellington
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Wow, would not have picked that final score line..you just sence Auckland were always playing catch up..it’s staggering to think Auckland had the dominant scrum, but it will be Wellington’s loose forwards , Ardie and DuPlessis especially that will be takeaway in this game..a couple of really key moments,Fifita sacking the maul and Soututu with the quick tap, game was still very much alive in those 2 occasions ..
TJ and JGB ran the cutter and Afaso Amua was like the energiser bunny in the loose ..Thought Choat and Clark were Aucklands best...and Plummer tried his best.. -
Commiserations to Auckland. You have a great young team, but they'll need to defend better than that.
Great news to wake up to. I'm going to have a smile on my face all day. Congratulations to the players and everyone connected to Wellington Rugby.
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Commiserations to Auckland. You have a great young team, but they'll need to defend better than that.
Great news to wake up to. I'm going to have a smile on my face all day. Congratulations to the players and everyone connected to Wellington Rugby.
@sparky was good hit back from the Lions after last week..they play a good brand of footy when they get it right..
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I was pleasantly surprised I thought the AB laden Auckland side would have too much for us especially after they scored the 1st try, very proud of the effort the boys put in
@mikey07 said in Auckland v Wellington:
I was pleasantly surprised I thought the AB laden Auckland side would have too much for us especially after they scored the 1st try, very proud of the effort the boys put in
relaxed I think after early dominance, and then played stupid footy. Didn't use scrum or maul dominance to enough effect.
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I was pleasantly surprised I thought the AB laden Auckland side would have too much for us especially after they scored the 1st try, very proud of the effort the boys put in
@mikey07 said in Auckland v Wellington:
I was pleasantly surprised I thought the AB laden Auckland side would have too much for us especially after they scored the 1st try, very proud of the effort the boys put in
Auckland tight 5 dominated, Ruru needs to be kicked out, Wellington kicking game was on point, Trainors positional play was terrible.
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One of the better games I’ve seen JGB play.
Aso needs to be on the wing.
Scrafton I thought was busy. Choat was the pick of the Orc forwards
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@mikey07 said in Auckland v Wellington:
I was pleasantly surprised I thought the AB laden Auckland side would have too much for us especially after they scored the 1st try, very proud of the effort the boys put in
Auckland tight 5 dominated, Ruru needs to be kicked out, Wellington kicking game was on point, Trainors positional play was terrible.
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@number9 It was funny how they were talking up Trainor and definitely wasn’t his finest game
@mikey07 said in Auckland v Wellington:
@number9 It was funny how they were talking up Trainor and definitely wasn’t his finest game
in some ways good to show that Rugby is still a skills and rugby nous game. Strength and speed only get you so far.
so frustrating to lose so limply, with dominance we didn't even try hard to exploit.
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@mikey07 said in Auckland v Wellington:
I was pleasantly surprised I thought the AB laden Auckland side would have too much for us especially after they scored the 1st try, very proud of the effort the boys put in
Auckland tight 5 dominated, Ruru needs to be kicked out, Wellington kicking game was on point, Trainors positional play was terrible.
@number9 said in Auckland v Wellington:
Auckland tight 5 dominated, Ruru needs to be kicked out, Wellington kicking game was on point, Trainors positional play was terrible.
Yeah Trainor was struggling with positional play. Wellington obviously spotted that during the week and exploited it well. I was expecting an early sub.
Ruru needs to be dropped, he's getting worse. Tusitala is ok but agree with @Dice its time to look at Funaki
Choat was great. I presume Gibson will be the 6 in the AB-less pack. The season will hinge on how well whoever gets the nod at 8 goes and what happens at halfback
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Yeah I was getting tired of the anti-Ruru stuff at the beginning of the game, but he was fricking terrible. Time to draw a line through his name.
Trainor cost us the game though, and I'm a fan of his. We never recovered from the early kicks that exposed him badly. And even the ones he did take he was running in from miles away.
Dumbest moment of the game as Sotutu's quick tap. That cost us a yellow card, and potentially a PT/Try and be only one score behind. Who know what could have happened with an increase of pressure on Wellington, as they were giving away an avalanche of penalties.
Right result anyway, we got blown away.
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@Frank I would say PUJ for the second time this year, however, Ioane's performance was nothing to be sneezed at. Both players are in fine form.
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@Frank said in Auckland v Wellington:
Who won the battle between Reiko and PUJ?
PUJ is the sort of player than never seems far from the action.
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@Frank and I'd say Reiko. He was a shining light for the blues, dangerous all the time. PUJ played well but minus the try (which was laid on a plate) he wasn't a standout.
