Little grubber would’ve been better there.
Blocker reckons we tried to go around Samoa in the first half, and went up the guts in the second. Who knew that the direct approach works best?
Nikora is some player. Defensively he’s basically as good as Mannering but on attack he has a bit of Shontayne Hape in him.
Very satisfying win after a brutal physical first half. The crowd and support for Samoa was fever pitch and it was good seeing our boys stay in the fight.
Second half we really stepped up our attacking intensity. Our bench forwards bought some heat and I think stayed on a little longer because of how they were performing. Then our starters came back on and it was lights out.
Our left side was dominant.
Just watched it, without knowing the result.
Wow what a performance from the Kiwis.
Weathered a fucking horrendous Samoan storm in the first 20-30 minutes, but started getting on top towards the end of the first half.
That second half, some of the best league I’ve seen. 30 unanswered points, just well and truely shut the door on Samoa, didn’t give them a sniff.
Stoked for Foran to sign off with the fairytale ending.
What a shame we don’t get to play Aussie, the form we’re in, we’d be bloody hard even for them to stop.
Oh and what an absolute dog shite cunt Luai is.
I forgot who it was on, but that headlock tackle was bad. It was deliberate and prolonged, by far worse than any accidental head contact that gets the culprit 10 in the bin.
Scum
That was a quality game of footy.
We were good for that win and that margin. Can't undersell Foran's knowledge about when to not try something and just dig Samoa in to the grind they were losing.
Brown good. Kini good. Bench very good. Nikora good. Things are looking up for next year if Hughes is fit.
Jerome Luai can get in the bin, mouthy grub who is also a diver, and frankly he had a shit game today.