Otago v Northland
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@kev I think it is more clarity around the game plan, they really need to take it back to the basics.
It seems too much of our game is based around the miracle balls we throw all the time or one player doing something special (or players are just doing thier own thing) yet in reality, the strength of this team is that, the team!
They just need to cut out the bloody unforced errors and the rest will come.
ON paper I think this is one of the stronger squads we have been able to put together for many years, but we just arent gelling, the handling errors and poor decision making just knocks us back every week, often when we are in great field position.
The amount of times we win a great turnover, only to hand it back with poor handling or a silly kick/pass.
Not sure what happened to our defence last night either, particularly our maul defence, which for the most part, our defence has been solid (bar our wide defence - and look where at least 2 tries were scored) was a very poor night at the office.
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@taniwharugby I think losing Josh Goodhue early had a big affect on the defence. He gets through a lot of work...
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@Chiefy07 yea he does, particularly around the fringes.
Glad he passed his HIA and thought it was smart of the coaches to keep him off given his history.
After watching the AKL/NH game last night we are gonna have to step up our physicality a few notches too.
MOTM POLL
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/compose?p=/topic/4257/northland-motm-v-otago/3
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@taniwharugby said in Otago v Northland:
After watching the AKL/NH game last night we are gonna have to step up our physicality a few notches too.
That’s a tough last three rounds
Harbour/Auckland/Waikato
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@Duluth yup, not gonna be easy, made tougher by the limp performance on Friday.
Otago have a tough run in too, Cant (A) SOuthland (A) Ta$man (H)
Reckon Southland have probably the best run in, Manawatu (A) Otago (H), Counties (H)
Depending on naki's result today, they finish with Counties (H) Manawatu (A) HB (H)Potentially be tight for 2nd-5th (although Otago in the box seat for 2nd) with HB pretty much sealed as top
