Hawkes Bay vs Northland (RS)
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@taniwharugby not really angry but its the basics - when you can’t kick the ball out on penalties, you knock the ball on after scoring and your lineout doesn’t work, its terrible. It means that all the effort is wasted. For a lot of what we are doing ( e.g. defence ) the team is so much better this year. Just want us to go the next level.
@kev yeah they seem to have a great team spirit and fight to the death each week, but yeah those silly schoolboy errors really hurting us.
That knock early on by Hohaia and then Hohaias knock in Nocks break out...both in prime position, 1 we know woulda been a try, the other was building...then that fucked lineout 6m out and they take it and charge 60m downfield, then that mess up after we score a try, results in a HB try...if we ever want to make that next step up, its that kind of shit we need to tidy up
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ah well, I never expected to win it, plus we always bottle it in these games.
I think we played some good footy, got ourselves in the right parts of the field, but some very poor errors kept handing advantage back to HB.
I think we have been scored against several times this year on the restart after we scored.
Could see the drop in intensity when they scored after the break though, what energy that was left looked to leave through the east gates!
Pickerill was his usual self, but he wasnt a deciding factor in the game, which I think he should take as a compliment haha
@taniwharugby I thought this game after Southland was a step too far. We just got across the line then looked banged up and very mid season out of ideas. Just want the Coaches to makes some positive moves. Hope they have some courage.
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@kev yeah they seem to have a great team spirit and fight to the death each week, but yeah those silly schoolboy errors really hurting us.
That knock early on by Hohaia and then Hohaias knock in Nocks break out...both in prime position, 1 we know woulda been a try, the other was building...then that fucked lineout 6m out and they take it and charge 60m downfield, then that mess up after we score a try, results in a HB try...if we ever want to make that next step up, its that kind of shit we need to tidy up
@taniwharugby Sam Nocks best game in the Northland jersey. He was awesome.
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@taniwharugby Sam Nocks best game in the Northland jersey. He was awesome.
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@taniwharugby Sam Nocks best game in the Northland jersey. He was awesome.
@kev yep, I said early in the thread and every other thread, he needs to run more, he poses much more threat to them when he does that, instead of kick or pass, and he has gas, and I liked that play in the 1st half where we went Matich to Nock to punt down field
One big error from Tom, too slow off the side of the scrum letting Flanders storm 50m down the field.
Matich worked his arse off as usual, Olsen so good round the park, but his lineout...
Thought Wright and Tuiloma stood up well in that first 40 too
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@kev yep, I said early in the thread and every other thread, he needs to run more, he poses much more threat to them when he does that, instead of kick or pass, and he has gas, and I liked that play in the 1st half where we went Matich to Nock to punt down field
One big error from Tom, too slow off the side of the scrum letting Flanders storm 50m down the field.
Matich worked his arse off as usual, Olsen so good round the park, but his lineout...
Thought Wright and Tuiloma stood up well in that first 40 too
@taniwharugby he is by far our best kicker at the moment.
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Never in doubt. :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
How awesome were Flanders and Fakatava! Mikaele-Tu'u, McClutchie, Dixon and Ili, too!
For Northland, Sam Nock stood out. Almost as good as Fakatava. :winking_face:I kept hoping Baker would do his hammie with one of his kicks. And just when I was shouting that at the tv, he left the field as if the coaches heard me.
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told you guys last week, you can lock it up for the summer!
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If Flanders continues to play like this, and gets more game time for the Hurricanes next season, he will be an All Black sooner, rather than later. Flanders, Sotutu and probably Grace will most likely be the main contenders for the 6, 8 and 20 jerseys over the next few years.
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If Flanders continues to play like this, and gets more game time for the Hurricanes next season, he will be an All Black sooner, rather than later. Flanders, Sotutu and probably Grace will most likely be the main contenders for the 6, 8 and 20 jerseys over the next few years.
@Stargazer I'd say Robinson will be pushing too (for 6 and back up lock)
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@Stargazer I'd say Robinson will be pushing too (for 6 and back up lock)
@taniwharugby I was about to add that. Big Red has a lot of impact.
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@taniwharugby I was about to add that. Big Red has a lot of impact.
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was a great battle between the bleached blond 9s though, both with a nice swift pass, Fakatava is a tough nut and attacks the breakdown, Nock had his running shoes on, also put a couple of big hits in and also got a timely turnover, showed all thier cards.
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was a great battle between the bleached blond 9s though, both with a nice swift pass, Fakatava is a tough nut and attacks the breakdown, Nock had his running shoes on, also put a couple of big hits in and also got a timely turnover, showed all thier cards.
@taniwharugby said in Hawkes Bay vs Northland (RS):
was a great battle between the bleached blond 9s though, both with a nice swift pass, Fakatava is a tough nut and attacks the breakdown, Nock had his running shoes on, also put a couple of big hits in and also got a timely turnover, showed all thier cards.
Yep, they were in a hot battle across the park including shittiest haircut on the field. I think Fakatava edged the honours with his haircut win getting him over the line.
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How Flanders didn't get a regular start at the Hurricanes is beyond me. Sometimes I feel our coaches in NZ can be way too conservative, they need to trust the young players a bit more and select them.
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@J77 said in Hawkes Bay vs Northland (RS):
@kev Yep, big red will be in a black shirt sooner rather than later. The guy doesn’t stop.
The TV footage only showed a glimpse, but after Rene did that quick tap after a full arm penalty, made an okay run then threw an offload to a team mate who got isolated and HB win a penalty. It looked like Big Red went and put his arm around Rene and had a couple of words.
In my view it wasn’t a great decision by Rene given where they were on the field and it put his team under a bit of pressure.
Not sure what was said but the image was good.
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@taniwharugby not really angry but its the basics - when you can’t kick the ball out on penalties, you knock the ball on after scoring and your lineout doesn’t work, its terrible. It means that all the effort is wasted. For a lot of what we are doing ( e.g. defence ) the team is so much better this year. Just want us to go the next level.
@kev when you make basic errors , you make things easy for the opposing team and that’s exactly what Northland did .
Scott Gregory made 3 or 4 which were absolute coach killers ..when we were humbled Ta$man , we were beaten by a team that gave us absolutely nothing and punished our every mistake , the big difference Between a premier team and Championship team ..
I actually thought I was back covering Auckland club rugby , running into lolagi Visinia , Stacey Ili and Josh Kaifa..lolWould love to see Northland give Johnny Cooper a run , If we are to select young home grown players , let’s give them a crack ..
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@J77 , he’s got an amazing engine big Red,I hope Northland keep promoting young guys , it will pay off down the line
