@foobaNZ said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):

Harsh on Harkin who's been brilliant. But am I surprised? No. Unfortunately not.

I guess Love is cover for 10 so they don’t need an extra 10 on the bench. It should be JGB that misses out though. Harkin should be starting.

@Canes4life yup. He should be at 10.

Been very impressed with Harkin, is he signed to the Canes? Shame he is missing out.
And Savea at 14, can't we just be done with him.

@Canes4life said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):

Lol check out these teams for the Shield match between these two sides in 2008.

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Ta$man with equal amount of HOBM players. Quelle surprising

Caleb Delaney with the Nr.6 jersey, his best position IMO, the one which could (should ?) lead him to higher honours.

Keen to hear how Delaney goes at 6, hopefully gets some mongrel on. Not broadcast here so keep us updated @Canes4life

@Bones said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):

Keen to hear how Delaney goes at 6, hopefully gets some mongrel on. Not broadcast here so keep us updated @Canes4life

I’ve got my daughter’s birthday party at the Pav with no coverage so will provide feedback albeit delayed.

@Canes4life said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):

@Bones said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):

Keen to hear how Delaney goes at 6, hopefully gets some mongrel on. Not broadcast here so keep us updated @Canes4life

I’ve got my daughter’s birthday party at the Pav with no coverage so will provide feedback albeit delayed.

I'll let it slide this once.

Strange injured in the first few minutes

Great Ta$man try

Came from a poor error from Love.

JGB just kicking all the ball away. Keep it in hand ffs

I have to watch the rest later damnit.

How slow is Savea haha

Nice lineout steal Delany

I hope Razor is watching this game

Funny how Parata can miss from directly in front from close in this week!

I know I keep harping on. But how did Savea not score in the corner. And then kicks it out on the full.
What does he even bring to the team?
Has to be the worst player on the field.

Ta$man's lineout is in a shambles since MacDonald went off.

Really enjoyable half of rugby

Ta$man 8 Wellington 3

JGB‍️ we need Harkin and should've started Muriwai .otherwise Lions forwards are on

@KiwiMurph A shambles since Strange went off!

They need to sort out some short throws at hgalftime, because we've lost our best thrower and our best target.

Ta$man hanging on really.

Some great desperation but Wellington helping us a bit!

Not very optimistic all of this will continue.

3 more for Ta$man

11-3

Nice Wellington try.

Proctor showing his class.

Always impressed by TJay Clarke

11-10 Ta$man

Well done Christie

Christie has had a strong game. Quick thinking and quick tap gets a try.

Ta$man 16 Wellington 10

Brilliant turnover by Lakai. He really should be in the ABs.

Excellent grubber by JGB

Higgins try

16-15 Ta$man

15 to play

No try. Foot in touch

I don't understand why TMOs need 10 views for something that is clear on 1 or maybe 2 views?

A couple of poor tackle attempts

Wonderful individual try by Taumoefolau

Bad misses by Clarke and Higgins

Parata great sideline conversion

23-15

8 mins to play

One player that has disappointed to me is Delany.

Certainly nothing special.

Ta$man finish strong.

Deserved defence. Better side today.

Good shield game. Deserved win by Ta$man and good on them. Now just make sure you beat Auckland , because then the Naki is coming!!!

@Dan54 I'm just glad Auckland get a challenge - first challenge since 2015

Havili did SFA in this game. Shalfoon stepped up big time. Again Coxon plays pretty much the whole game.

TJ must have shot his load numerous times in commentary.

Oh, and I think that the new law about knock-ons needs refining. Higgins did look he made a genuine attempt to catch the pass. Proctor - not a chance.

@KiwiMurph said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):

@Dan54 I'm just glad Auckland get a challenge - first challenge since 2015

Pleased to do you guys a solid and get you a challenge - even if it's incidental to the main plan.

It's a bit shit in a 14 team competition that some teams can go 10 years without a challenge - and it would only take a minor bit of juggling and effort to ensure that didn't happen.

Perhaps not such a piss off when you've had the Shield for hundreds of challenges.

Plenty of big rugby fans in Ta$man who died before we won it!

@KiwiMurph said in Ta$man vs Wellington (RS):

Christie has had a strong game. Quick thinking and quick tap gets a try.

Ta$man 16 Wellington 10

Probably the player of the match for me - along with Tavatavanawai - but, Finlay more involved. Dominated his opposite.

Ta$man lineout fell apart, but then Wellington's was pretty dodgy as well in the second half.

Got on top in the scrums - especially once Numia left - which was important.

Thought the Ta$man midfield edged the Wellingtonians as well.

Fucking typical Welly.

I hear Higgins had a great game on defence... Baffled at Patafilo being on the bench and a makeshift wing starting.

Heard Delaney got stuck in, worth persevering with at blindside? Also heard the lineout was shit.