Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!

I hope Toala is OK, but it didn't look good

Well done the Bay, I didn't know what was happening with the rules at the end, but if I were the holder of the shield and a potential rule change impacted that, I would be pissed. So happy for you to win on the scoreboard legit.

Thought we might win given our dominance in the second 40, but you guys held strong. Anyway well done from this BoP supporter

Well done Hawkes Bay. Bop made too many critical errors to deserve it. Poor effort by Trask on the high ball. HB seemed to have greater commitment throughout. But Ratave and Selby Rickit had tremendous games.

Thought this game would be close ..and $5 draw was just too tempting

@yeetyaah said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

Hawkes Bay are now The Bay

This.

Can the mods now change the thread title and the tags, please.

Hawke's Bay and of Plenty for the next 12 months. :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

I think you all need to check the small print. I think Hawke's retain the Ranfurly Shield due to a draw on 80 minutes. It has been that way for over a century and some marketing fuckers do not change that with their pathetic golden point which absolutely nobody wants.

Likewise the Battle of the Bays is retained in the same way .....

Thought Hawke's Bay were slightly the better team in a very well matched game. Otere Black turned it for us and I'm still angry about the offside that allowed it to be level. You literally had one job at that point and even I could see the idiot was a yard offside.

@kiwipie Haha. Nice try, but just take your loss as a big boy. We had to suck it up for a while now; now it's your turn.

@stargazer wheres the Baron..?.

You can't be changing the names retrospectively. But from this week...

@bovidae Can Should change the tags though.

We're the Bay forever!! You can prise it from our cold dead hands.

The shield is overrated anyway

Fuck

Fuckers. We was robbed. Again.

@steven-harris said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

Deserved win to the Magpies ,thought they were the better team throughout the contest ..
My man of the match was Jonah Lowe .
Superb way to round out an awesome weekend .

Jonah Lowe missed two tackles which led to two BoP tries. Hard to give him this title in these conditions !
By the way, Ratave is a serious weapon in attack.

@steven-harris said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

@stargazer wheres the Baron..?.

Voluntarily left the Fern in April 2020. Unlikely to be drawn back by that result I suspect

@mariner4life said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

We're the Bay forever!! You can prise it from our cold dead hands.

The shield is overrated anyway

Fuck

Fuckers. We was robbed. Again.

Haha, as expected from you Of Plenty fans.

@chris said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

Shield is still on the line.

Fucking NZR will do anything to screw the Bay. Where's my bloody tinfoil?

Anyway, only just watched the game so will need some time to digest and get my heart rate back down.

@nepia said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

@chris said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

Shield is still on the line.

Fucking NZR will do anything to screw the Bay. Where's my bloody tinfoil?

Anyway, only just watched the game so will need some time to digest and get my heart rate back down.

Your heart rate ok now, All under control Sheild is still in the Bay.

@nepia said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

@mariner4life said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:

We're the Bay forever!! You can prise it from our cold dead hands.

The shield is overrated anyway

Fuck

Fuckers. We was robbed. Again.

Haha, as expected from you Of Plenty fans.

I didn't sit at the domain as a young fulla with my dad (after half time when it was free) calling "come on the bay of plenty" and I'm fucked if I'm going to start now.