@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

Rightncall to take points, breather and soak up time with Rush in the bin.

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

Jake Te Hiwi’s best game in an Otago jersey by a country mile. Been really good so far

Lucas Casey you good thing. Showing his speed yet again

Very fortuitous but well taken

@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.

A couple of tight forwards looked they were out of gas on defence

I'd have subbed Moulds, R Rush and Nock by now

Terrible hospital pass by Otago. Northland on the spot to win the turnover.

Pledger’s pass is pretty swift

All that defending is telling, poor decisions and execution.

Balekana not interested in passing to Alaimalo for any particular reason?

Man we have not been smart at all tonight.

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.

Those two botched attacking lineouts by Northland prevented any chance of a comeback. Very few chances otherwise.

Otago's defence was very good.