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.

@KiwiMurph said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

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.

I take your point about Jacomb.

Remember Perofeta did create that try in the first test against England last year to break the game in a tight test match

Last time HB kept Taranaki tryless was 1972.

Anyone who thinks Jacomb is responsible for that loss has holes in there head. Our forwards had one of their dumb and dumber games tonight. The ball when they let it go was in almost every case shit!
We have had a few games this year we have done that, and have relied on Jacomb to pull us out of shit.
Unfortunately we had Poliki at 8, who when he is at 6 or 8 just tends to lose ball and make wrong decisions.
Gut that's the way it goes, some real dumb decisions made altogether, Hawkes Bay were down to 14 with halfdack off and we took kick for goal (got it), then we are the team down one we take a scrum from right in front and Poliki loses the ball picking it up off the scrum after picking it up when we had HB scrum back pedaling .
Still been a good season and I can relax and ebjoy rest not worrying too much who wins.

@Dan54 said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Anyone who thinks Jacomb is responsible for that loss has holes in there head. Our forwards had one of their dumb and dumber games tonight. The ball when they let it go was in almost every case shit!
We have had a few games this year we have done that, and have relied on Jacomb to pull us out of shit.
Unfortunately we had Poliki at 8, who when he is at 6 or 8 just tends to lose ball and make wrong decisions.
Gut that's the way it goes, some real dumb decisions made altogether, Hawkes Bay were down to 14 with halfdack off and we took kick for goal (got it), then we are the team down one we take a scrum from right in front and Poliki loses the ball picking it up off the scrum after picking it up when we had HB scrum back pedaling .
Still been a good season and I can relax and ebjoy rest not worrying too much who wins.

Yeah not sure what the Canes have seen in Poliko to offer him a 2 year extension.

@KiwiMurph said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

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.

Priabbaly a little more robust on both sides of the ball than SP. SP did have some silky moves though.

Some bewildering performances in that lot. Naki tight forwards started well, but the lineout became a disaster.
Grindlay lacks vision and finesse.
And IWL keeps up his reputation for dumb things at crucial times.
Really impressed by Sam Smith, McClutchie and Sullivan, and Fomai ran hard.

@Dan54 said in QF: Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Anyone who thinks Jacomb is responsible for that loss has holes in there head. Our forwards had one of their dumb and dumber games tonight. The ball when they let it go was in almost every case shit!
We have had a few games this year we have done that, and have relied on Jacomb to pull us out of shit.
Unfortunately we had Poliki at 8, who when he is at 6 or 8 just tends to lose ball and make wrong decisions.
Gut that's the way it goes, some real dumb decisions made altogether, Hawkes Bay were down to 14 with halfdack off and we took kick for goal (got it), then we are the team down one we take a scrum from right in front and Poliki loses the ball picking it up off the scrum after picking it up when we had HB scrum back pedaling .
Still been a good season and I can relax and ebjoy rest not worrying too much who wins.

I dont think anyone has blamed Jacomb but he certainly didn't do himself any favours. Taranaki had good ball and were dominant for the first 20 minutes and Sullivan kicked Hawkes Bay out of trouble - something Ive never seen Jacomb do when his team are relentlessly under the pump.

The commentators said Hawkes Bay had made 58 tackles in the first 20 minutes and Jacomb did nothing of consequences with that ball.

Jacomb does not look good when his team are under pressure and he does not have the game management yet for the next level.