QF - North Harbour v Auckland
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Was it Jack McTavish commentating tonight? So much better than the usual idiots. Just enthusiastic for the game, accurate calls, no agenda.
@Tim said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
Was it Jack McTavish commentating tonight? So much better than the usual idiots. Just enthusiastic for the game, accurate calls, no agenda.
Like him too Tim.
Anyway game was messy as, but Auckland showed having a bit more depth would do the job, and forwards usually win games. -
@ACT-Crusader Yes we did, especially in the first half, but we controlled the game in fairness apart from a 10 minute spell at the end of the first half.
Our set piece proved to be vital in the end and we did finish stronger as the game went on.I do feel that Taefu's missed penalty in the 2nd half was a bit of a turning point. 18-6 with Harbour having all the momentum would have been hard to come back from for Auckland imo, but instead, Auckland seemed to get a bit of confidence after that miss.
@African-Monkey And Stevenson going for the lineout instead of kicking a penalty right in front.
Auckland definitely benefitted from the Williams lottery in the last 10 mins. Dalzell comically dived straight off his feet right in front of Williams at a defensive ruck, and he ignored it.
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The game changer was Bryn Gatland getting injured and not being able to play the 2nd half.
Aoake's stupidity had a huge impact on the QF, but he only copped a yellow for what could have been a red.
@Stargazer It looked like a cross between an old league trick and a way too slow effort to get under the ball.
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Hodgeman said something to the ref in the first half and Williams targeted him for the rest of the game. Incredibly petty and very unprofessional.
Some of the calls were embarrassing.
Loved the tight work from Akira, really rolled his sleeves up and did the dirty work. Well taken try too.
Him and Patrick were making the advantage line with ease.
Scrum and lineout went great, 100 backline injuries messed up any fluency. Looking forward that 9 backing up Christie at the Blues next year.
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Hodgeman said something to the ref in the first half and Williams targeted him for the rest of the game. Incredibly petty and very unprofessional.
Some of the calls were embarrassing.
Loved the tight work from Akira, really rolled his sleeves up and did the dirty work. Well taken try too.
Him and Patrick were making the advantage line with ease.
Scrum and lineout went great, 100 backline injuries messed up any fluency. Looking forward that 9 backing up Christie at the Blues next year.
@Kirwan said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
Hodgeman said something to the ref in the first half and Williams targeted him for the rest of the game. Incredibly petty and very unprofessional.
Was mainly watching the Breakers so didn’t see what was said. I saw a couple of penalties against Hodgeman in the second half that seemed fairly straightforward calls.
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Hodgeman said something to the ref in the first half and Williams targeted him for the rest of the game. Incredibly petty and very unprofessional.
Some of the calls were embarrassing.
Loved the tight work from Akira, really rolled his sleeves up and did the dirty work. Well taken try too.
Him and Patrick were making the advantage line with ease.
Scrum and lineout went great, 100 backline injuries messed up any fluency. Looking forward that 9 backing up Christie at the Blues next year.
@Kirwan said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
Scrum and lineout went great, 100 backline injuries messed up any fluency. Looking forward that 9 backing up Christie at the Blues next year.
Will be interesting to see how much gametime he gets with Nock re-signing.
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How do you have an former AB 8 on the coaching staff and a completely dominant scrum and your 8 struggles off the back of the scrum?
Push seems someone who look busy all the time but seems pretty ineffective with what he does.
If Auckland can get the connection between 8-10 going better they could keep winning.
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Not a game to watch twice, but in case you missed it - a full replay -
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@Kirwan said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
Hodgeman said something to the ref in the first half and Williams targeted him for the rest of the game. Incredibly petty and very unprofessional.
Was mainly watching the Breakers so didn’t see what was said. I saw a couple of penalties against Hodgeman in the second half that seemed fairly straightforward calls.
@ACT-Crusader said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
@Kirwan said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
Hodgeman said something to the ref in the first half and Williams targeted him for the rest of the game. Incredibly petty and very unprofessional.
Was mainly watching the Breakers so didn’t see what was said. I saw a couple of penalties against Hodgeman in the second half that seemed fairly straightforward calls.
There was a string of super pedantic calls against him. The one that sticks out is him being on his feet leaning on a ruck and was called for losing his feet. That law seemed to disappear when Harbour players were launching like missiles into rucks later in the game not even trying to stay on their feet.
Ref was also talking to Alex about “almost” penalties. He had a boner for him most of the game.
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@Kirwan said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
Scrum and lineout went great, 100 backline injuries messed up any fluency. Looking forward that 9 backing up Christie at the Blues next year.
Will be interesting to see how much gametime he gets with Nock re-signing.
@African-Monkey said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
@Kirwan said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
Scrum and lineout went great, 100 backline injuries messed up any fluency. Looking forward that 9 backing up Christie at the Blues next year.
Will be interesting to see how much gametime he gets with Nock re-signing.
He’s way better than Nock IMO. Certainly more consistent and a better kicking game.
Nock has had a million chances, time to move on.
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@Nogusta said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
@Tim Hickey 10, Plummer 12
, Lam 13, RTS 14"Late change for Auckland with Hickey at 10"
More like
"Team is as @Nogusta suggested 4 days ago".
@KiwiMurph said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
@Nogusta said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:
@Tim Hickey 10, Plummer 12
, Lam 13, RTS 14"Late change for Auckland with Hickey at 10"
More like
"Team is as @Nogusta suggested 4 days ago".
Yea strange why they didn't just list them with their actual playing numbers the last couple of games?
