Japan XV v Māori All Blacks

[African Monkey]

No try

[Bones]

Jonah can't stop scoring tries. If only he was as good as Springer.

[KiwiMurph]

TMO the fun police

[Mr Fish]

@Mr-Fish said in Japan XV v Māori All Blacks:

Comedy of errors that all paid did not pay off.

[nostrildamus]

Brown has certainly had a big impact tonight.

[booboo]

Shame about that ... but correct

[booboo]

Too much skill

[nostrildamus]

Yeah that non-try wasn't a great advert for having locks in the backline..

[Bones]

Jonah toying with them.

[nostrildamus]

I like Cruden as commentator.

[nostrildamus]

Holding up that 6 (I think it was and apologies he has been working all match) was impressive. He looks like he'd be very experienced at beaching.

[nostrildamus]

Will the MABs get a try in the last minute? Very entertaining game methinks.

[nostrildamus]

Trask in, 53-20 with that try. I like his footwork. Japan fell apart in the second half. Now the kick. Missing.

[KiwiMurph]

It was all Japan XV in the first 20 minutes or so - impressive how Maori just kicked into gear after that

[Bones]

This is a pretty bad look for Japan. Am I right in thinking they haven't taken it very seriously? Or is it supposed to be their second team?

[KiwiMurph]

@Bones said in Japan XV v Māori All Blacks:

This is a pretty bad look for Japan. Am I right in thinking they haven't taken it very seriously? Or is it supposed to be their second team?

Second team

Their top team plays Wales next week

[sparky]

Impressive from the Māori ABs given they had such limited prep time.

Howden and Reihana showing again that they are knocking on the door of higher honours.

[nostrildamus]

@KiwiMurph said in Japan XV v Māori All Blacks:

It was all Japan XV in the first 20 minutes or so - impressive how Maori just kicked into gear after that

Was it MAB pressure alone or did that bench really pick up the pace and the pressure? A bit of both I thought.
I missed the first 15-20 but I thought Brown, Sullivan, Reihana, Eklund, sometimes Nock, and sometimes Howden were very good. Forbes and Lowe too. Grace was industrious in second half. Scrum very solid. Lineout great.

[Callcentre Spunk]

Reihana's punting technique ball-to-hand looks a bit unco.

Somehow the J-1st 5 always had 15 seconds left on the shot clock while Reihana seemed to fluff about and be left with 3 seconds.

[Steven Harris]

@sparky

Howden and Reihana showing again that they are knocking on the door of higher honours.

Reihana just needs to improve those kicking stats off the tee other than that has all the tools to push further