Expecting a big game from Lucas Casey against his home province. Hoping him and Pledger continue to standout like dogs nuts.
Otago
Match thread
Northland
Do commentators get a bonus everything they describe an all Maori/pacific islander midfield as “powerful”?
It’s a good game to watch but the lack of innovation on attack by both teams will likely mean they won’t be able to compete with the top 2-3 teams
Man we have seen some awful kicks from hand by Reihana this year...if we stop kicking the ball away and put some phases together a few wide, we have a shot but if we keep giving them the ball, the heat will be too much
Man we need to get some linking from thier kicks instead of just kicking it straight back to them.
Think that will be the game, too much defending in the first 46 and now only 14 men...lastbweek we conceded 19 while down a man
@taniwharugby said in Otago v Northland:
Man we have seen some awful kicks from hand by Reihana this year...if we stop kicking the ball away and put some phases together a few wide, we have a shot but if we keep giving them the ball, the heat will be too much
Completely different player to what we saw for the Crusaders
Some awful discipline from Northland. Otago really need capitalize on it. Line out maul 5m out isn’t working but the scrum is.
Took Salmon off for Balekana...yet to see anything of him to warrant his signing unfortunately
@Landers92 said in Otago v Northland:
Lucas Casey you good thing. Showing his speed yet again
The Kerikeri Express!
He’s looked sharp. Him and CLW have been very prominent in the second half.
Shit Whaanga has put on some good size. Looking a fair bit bigger than last season. Great turnover
Tackle, looked like no arms by Evans...dumb dumb dumb play by us.
Had no ball all night, Otago have had.great continuity yet we kick it away, over and over
Pretty much every player from Otago has played well. I honestly can’t remember a time where I’ve seen this team just grind a team down and then blow them out at the end of the game.
Only concern is the defensive breakdown. Have been killed there
Renton looks sharp, certainly more decisive than Nock, but we have just been so poor with our decision making, disipline and again, poor handling
Otago.too good, much smarter and disciplined.
@ACT-Crusader said in Otago v Northland:
Pledger’s pass is pretty swift
He is reminding me of a young Aaron Smith, he gets feet into good position and just gets ball from the ground to his target real quick.
I was wondering why Hastie was going to Force, I think I can see why .
He will be third halfback behind Fakatava and Pledger. I honestly would almost think lennox would actually be ahead of him too almost.
Great bonus point win. Good way to end a Friday. Lots of positives to take from that, guys like Te Hiwi and Timu having good games and Whaanga coming on and showing the promise we’ve been waiting for. Forwards solid and reliable again across the board.
Big challenge against the Naki next week, should be a belter.
