@taniwharugby Hooper was our best player last week but Peita was good when he came on. Basically we got nothing going last week - Rivez was shoddy so expecting a better game from him. Forwards weren’t too bad against a strong Taranaki pack except for lineouts when Mullan came on. Hopefully everyone has introduced themselves and we hang on to the ball ( reduce errors, don’t kick it away poorly ) and we win.
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Southland
Nothing between the sides in the 2020's. Two wins each and a draw. Northlands last win over Southland was in 2022
@Duluth said in Northland v Southland:
Nothing between the sides in the 2020's. Two wins each and a draw. Northlands last win over Southland was in 2022
@Duluth said in Northland v Southland:
Nothing between the sides in the 2020's. Two wins each and a draw. Northlands last win over Southland was in 2022
Last time we had a big lead at half time and got run over.
@taniwharugby Nocks not a great sniping halfback so relies on forwards to create momentum and space. For the Blues they had him passing quickly from base but can be slow to pick his runners. Reihana missed the line on multiple occasions - dreadful kicking game which is unusual. You add to that combo some dropped ball and missed line outs and we got nothing going last week. I expect better tonight.
Shaun Kempton in line for a possible debut for the Stags but in jersey 23 so doubt he will see much gametime lol
@Grooter said in Northland v Southland:
Shaun Kempton in line for a possible debut for the Stags but in jersey 23 so doubt he will see much gametime lol
He has the challenge over the next year of putting on a fair bit of weight without losing his explosiveness.
@Grooter said in Northland v Southland:
Mika on already, injury disasters for the Stags backs this week
Looks like he is playing fullback. Gregory to centre
@Grooter said in Northland v Southland:
Mika on already, injury disasters for the Stags backs this week
Hasn’t looked out of place in his first 10mins tonight. Lovely kick and chase into the corner earlier too.
@Landers92 said in Northland v Southland:
@Grooter said in Northland v Southland:
Mika on already, injury disasters for the Stags backs this week
Hasn’t looked out of place in his first 10mins tonight. Lovely kick and chase into the corner earlier too.
Kid looks absolute quality with ball in hand. A bit lost defensively at fullback. Which is expected.
That was a gift. You can't take that long to kick, especially if it takes two laboured passes to get to you.
Nock isn't helping his ball-runners with some poor passes.
Muliaina has looked tidy cleaning up some kicks.
@delicatessen best out there
@Frank said in Northland v Southland:
How's Simon Parker going?
Reasonably well, some telling tackles ....