Hawkes Bay

1 Pouri Rakete-Stones, 2 Jacob Devery, 3 Joe Apikotoa, 4 Geoff Cridge (C), 5 Tom Parsons (C), 6 Miracle Failagi, 7 Sam Smith, 8 Devan Flanders, 9 Folau Fakatava, 10 Lincoln McClutchie, 11 Neria Fomai, 12 Le Roux Malan, 13 Nick Grigg, 14 Jonah Lowe, 15 Zarn Sullivan

Reserves: 16 Kianu Kereru-Symes, 17 Hadlee Hay-Horton, 18 Manahi Goulton, 19 Isaia Walker-Leaver, 20 Frank Lochore, 21 Ereata Enari, 22 Anaru Paenga-Morgan, 23 Andrew Taua Tevalu

Taranaki

1 Jared Proffitt (C), 2 Bradley Slater (C), 3 Reuben O'Neill, 4 Fiti Sa, 5 Josh Lord, 6 Hemopo Cunningham, 7 Michael Loft, 8 Arese Poliko, 9 Logan Crowley (C), 10 Josh Jacomb, 11 Taniela Rakuro, 12 Meihana Grindlay, 13 Daniel Rona, 14 Adam Lennox, 15 Jacob Ratumatavuki-Kneepkens

Reserves: 16 JJ Pokai, 17 Perry Lawrence, 18 Marika Parker, 19 Jesse Parete, 20 Olly Lawson, 21 Ben Dufficy, 22 Brayton Northcott-Hill, 23 Vereniki Tikoissolomon

Late Changes:
Hemopo Cunningham - out - concussion
Vereniki Tikoisolomone - out - illness

Jesse Parete to 6
Jayden Sa to the bench
Kaylum Boshier to the bench

Replacing a back with a forward on the bench. Sa and Boshier were both originally out with injury.

Expecting a big game from Jacomb he has been the talk of the town after all

JRK's short kicking game is one of his biggest assets.

@Grooter said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Expecting a big game from Jacomb he has been the talk of the town after all

He’s started very well.

Dragging a tackled player over the line should be a penalty for not releasing.

This ref misses so much

Hawkes Bay 12 from Namibia? Having a good game

@Grooter said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Hawkes Bay 12 from Namibia? Having a good game

Yeah the guy who got smashed when we played them

Shame for Fakatava. Hes had a great game

Taranaki 8 having no luck at all

@Grooter said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Taranaki 8 having no luck at all

Hes a solid looking unit.

@Grooter said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Taranaki 8 having no luck at all

Poliko's hands do let him down often.

McClutchie looking pretty good at halfback

Sullivan has been showing JRK how its done in the first half.

That looked like an incredibly dubious call. Try. No forward pass.

Bit of a shame, surely business end of the competition deserves a bit more consistent officiating than what’s on display in this game.

Naki losing the collisions. They need fresh legs.

Take the 3

@brodean said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

That looked like an incredibly dubious call. Try. No forward pass.

Blame Dan Waenga, the local AR. You see him motioning it went forward.

YC?

A good example of why IWL has never gotten a genuine shot at test level

@KiwiMurph said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

A good example of why IWL has never gotten a shot at test level

So unnecessary. Not like JJ is that small.

Looked good

Rough on Naki

Ref was in a terrible position

Need a score in the next 90 seconds.

Terrible LO tactics in that situation.

@KiwiMurph said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

A good example of why IWL has never gotten a genuine shot at test level

Yeah it was silly however his arm first connects with Jacombs forearm then rides up to a seatbelt so probably only a penalty. Low degree of danger.

Still hes not quite good enough for higher honours for mine.

@KiwiMurph said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

A good example of why IWL has never gotten a genuine shot at test level

If he wasn’t so lazy and actually had brains he’d surely have gone on to higher honours. A shame really.

Zarn has had a stormer

Rona, hospital pass.

@KiwiMurph said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Rough on Naki

Makes up for the other Hawkes Bay try thay was disallowed

Jacomb isn’t the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy

@jimmyb said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Jacomb isn’t the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy

Eh?

Once again, it is beyond me how Fakatava is rated so poorly by our national selectors.

@jimmyb said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Jacomb isn’t the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy

Jacomb and Kneepkins have been absolutely schooled by McClutchie and Sullivan on how to run a backline attack.

@ACT-Crusader said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

@jimmyb said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Jacomb isn’t the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy

Eh?

As in the reference or did you think Jacomb was any good?

Jacomb reminds me a bit of Perofeta in that in wide open games he can look a million bucks but it doesnt always translate in tighter games

I do think the hype is over the top - of course that's not his fault.

He's still young so let's hope he continues to improve.

@KiwiMurph Yep. He's a Sopoaga level talent, not say B Barrett level... that said, the All Blacks are crying out for someone of the level of Sopoaga (circa 2014-2017).

Playing week in week out under pressure should hopefully iron out some of the kinks. Didn't think he was terrible tonight, but hard behind a pack which was going backwards.