What a magnificent sight seeing my team walking down the stairs amongst the crowd to take the field for this game. Something essentially old fashiond almost cricket like in a way. Anyway battle commences.

@Higgins said in Battle of the Bays: Bay of Plenty v Hawke's Bay:

What a magnificent sight seeing my team walking down the staris am,ongst the crowd to take the field for this game. Something essentrially old fashiond almost cricket like in a way. Anyway battle commences.

I saw it as a sneaky plan by Of Plenty to try and make some our players trip before making the field.

Early try to Of Plenty after a lot of ball in the 22.

Does anyone know why Ash Dixon isn't starting?

Edit: and who is our hooker on the bench?

Goodness, this is a very Philpottesque start as the score balloons out to 14 nil.

well, fuck

Chase Tiatia is ripping Hawkes Bay a new one. Sheesh HB look piss poor on defence.

@Canes4life said in Battle of the Bays: Bay of Plenty v Hawke's Bay:

Chase Tiatia is ripping Hawkes Bay a new one. Sheesh HB look piss poor on defence.

On defence implies there is defence.

If anyone interested in a fultter the NZ TAB currently offering $8.00 for a HB win.

I'm going to start ragging on the sub standard facilities to cover my anger at the start.

How can an NPC ground have players walk down from the grandstand and the coaches box is a trestle table?

@Nepia And probably no big screen for replays either. Having said that the ball did look held up about a couple of millimeters abouve the ground.

Yep, there are high schools with better facilities than what's on offer today! Where the heck are they anyway? Whakatane?? Opotiki??

@shark Tauranga Domain

Looks like a 20 point wind

We are certainly off our game today. Normally a lineout five metres short of the line would almost be a certain try but without Ash Dixon it went nowhere and eventaully the ball was turned over in front of the posts and hooferd down to half way. This is not going well!

@Nepia said in Battle of the Bays: Bay of Plenty v Hawke's Bay:

I'm going to start ragging on the sub standard facilities to cover my anger at the start.

How can an NPC ground have players walk down from the grandstand and the coaches box is a trestle table?

There are probably extension cords running from those laptops to a generator out the back. I hope it doesn't rain.

@Higgins noticing the fact Walker-Leawere isn't there either. He provides so much grunt in the tight five.

@Canes4life Became a father during the week (or very close to being one) so off on paternity leave

I'd love to see Chase Tiatia at 10. Maybe the Canes should move him there in Super.

@Stockcar86 said in Battle of the Bays: Bay of Plenty v Hawke's Bay:

Looks like a 20 point wind

I don't think having the wind at our backs will sort out our poor defence and pedestrian attack.