I don't think Highlanders can keep the ball long enough to draw a penalty. Will probably need a try.

Tokolahi's lid scares the Bulls and sets up a grandstand finish...

@Yeetyaah said in Highlanders v Bulls:

@Bones There's a criminal charge I can get behind.

Shit. I have the same lid. I'm from welly.

The Bulls did well to waste the last 90 seconds of normal time there pretending to set that scrum...

Fuck I hate draws.

Oh please some Landers can you score

Smith has been bloody shocking.

Bulls alive Landers gone

ball sitting out yet no one allowed ot go for it or Smith

I really don't believe in so many draws. The odds on that must be ridiculous.
$$$$$ definitely talks

@Jailbreak7 what are the odds the Bulls would have back to back draws.

Landers gone, now Blues have a chance but they need a bonus point win and hope the Sharks lose.

So glad Highlanders didn't win. I think New Zealand teams have relied for so long on being better than other teams. So if you are up by seven you can just play how you like. Other teams are bang average so you can just outplay them. Now those margins have tightened they don't have the game sense to close a game out.

@hydro11 Smith shocking in that respect tonight. Perenara playing well above him atm IMO.

@hydro11 Think Bender would have made a difference - calm head for decision making and game management. Impetus. Belief.

If you were picking people on super rugby form Jackson Hemapo and Liam Coltman should be joining Brad Weber on the plane to the RWC..totally underwhelmed by Naholo .just looked absolutely lethargic this evening despite getting over the whitewash

Just too many unforced errors by the Highlanders, but credit to the Bulls, to get 2 draws in NZ in no mean feat ..
Tevita Li summed up the Landers performance,some really good stuff mixed up with some really ugly stuff..
Thought Hemapo,Coltman,Thompson,McKay and Josh Ioane were the best of the home team.

@Steven-Harris said in Highlanders v Bulls:

If you were picking people on super rugby form Jackson Hemapo and Liam Coltman should be joining Brad Weber on the plane to the RWC..totally underwhelmed by Naholo .just looked absolutely lethargic this evening despite getting over the whitewash

Just too many unforced errors by the Highlanders, but credit to the Bulls, to get 2 draws in NZ in no mean feat ..
Tevita Li summed up the Landers performance,some really good stuff mixed up with some really ugly stuff..
Thought Hemapo,Coltman,Thompson,McKay and Josh Ioane were the best of the home team.

Yes, I picked those players, too; and Whitelock. Squire had a promising return. Still a bit rusty, but not bad at all.

@Steven-Harris Yeah I hope Coltman makes the plane over Harris.

Holy shit what a stitch up. Wanted a draw to help the Chiefs out and even chucked a cheeky fiver on it at the 60 minute mark paying $9.50. Highlanders should have had it but they were pissing around with the ball too much.

@hydro11 said in Highlanders v Bulls:

So glad Highlanders didn't win. I think New Zealand teams have relied for so long on being better than other teams. So if you are up by seven you can just play how you like. Other teams are bang average so you can just outplay them. Now those margins have tightened they don't have the game sense to close a game out.

Haha! What are you on? Yeah shit imagine relying on being better than the other team...

@Stargazer I thought Whitelock was fairly underwhelming.
Britz and Snyman were bloody annoying buggers and it would have helped the Landers cause had they had a big bulldozing 8 coming off the back of that scrum, making dominant tackles and taking the ball up. Bllody hell Hemopo was a bit of a lone ranger there