Philip_Smith007
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Riki stuffs up play the ball 10m out!
Better than expected before the game.22-10, them. Final.
pretty good summation.Better than expected before the game.
But felt we in it for a lot of it.
Just missing a decent half, attacking fullback and threat at dummy half.
Glad you came away happy too, and the Breakers beat Sydney as well! (But I can't remember if you're a big Breakers fan? I know R & S on here is).Just home from the game. A loss, but I come home happy, I was expecting much worse than that
A few simple little lapses on D, and their star power the difference, case in point the Tom break for the try (little odd the ground DJ played Eagle Rock for a few mins after that)
Pre match watching them warm up, alarm bells ringing as Shaun and his side were running through their plays, and it looked like they had just me. A few mins in it looked the same as Crossland threw a perfect ball from dummy half and for some reason SJ was looking away.
We kept turning up on D and putting the effort in which is all you can ask. Attack was pretty dour for the majority but they sparked to life a bit and threw it round near the end.
Interesting reading the takes on kini, live at the ground he looked really dangerous and always involved through the middle trying to create, he was struggling to keep his feet though. Amazes me how in a professional game that looks at every minute detail, we are happy to send player onto slippery surfaces with small moulded blades rather than the old school studs
When they were going through the teams pre match, if amazed me how popular CNK is, 2nd biggest roar of the day for him.
My young fella came home with a couple of flags and won a kiwis ball so he is absolutely stoked. Full marks to Papalii and Whyte as well, plenty of people stayed around on the fences to see players afterwards and they were the only 2 that came around
Nice, hadn’t caught that result ! I’m a supporter of them and going to all their Chch games this season. Worried about a couple of their imports but a nice bounce back tonight because they were awful a few days backGlad you came away happy too, and the Breakers beat Sydney as well! (But I can't remember if you're a big Breakers fan? I know R & S on here is).
Kini was losing his feet a lot!Just home from the game. A loss, but I come home happy, I was expecting much worse than that
A few simple little lapses on D, and their star power the difference, case in point the Tom break for the try (little odd the ground DJ played Eagle Rock for a few mins after that)
Pre match watching them warm up, alarm bells ringing as Shaun and his side were running through their plays, and it looked like they had just met. A few mins in it looked the same as Crossland threw a perfect ball from dummy half and for some reason SJ was looking away.
We kept turning up on D and putting the effort in which is all you can ask. Attack was pretty dour for the majority but they sparked to life a bit and threw it round near the end.
Interesting reading the takes on kini, live at the ground he looked really dangerous and always involved through the middle trying to create, he was struggling to keep his feet though. Amazes me how in a professional game that looks at every minute detail, we are happy to send player onto slippery surfaces with small moulded blades rather than the old school studs
When they were going through the teams pre match, if amazed me how popular CNK is, 2nd biggest roar of the day for him.
My young fella came home with a couple of flags and won a kiwis ball so he is absolutely stoked. Full marks to Papalii and Whyte as well, plenty of people stayed around on the fences to see players afterwards and they were the only 2 that came around
Tweaks are a threat to the line, offload threats, angle runners, threats from dummy half, I just don't think we have the talent to do it.Disappointing but promising. Even our understrength side physically dominated Australia for most of the game. Our cohesion on attack once we went more than 1-out was hopeless though.
Every chance with a few tweaks we can win a final. What’s scary though is that the performance was very 2024 Warriors-esque, with 2024 SJ running the show to boot. There’s also every chance we lose next week or in the final after dominating territory and possession and scoring 8 points.
At least Silver Ferns got it done. But amazingly they had neutral refs!
Very tough. Katoa's kicking game v Roos was terrible and IMO played a key part in them dropping that game.Feel like Tonga have us covered in most areas
Back 5 even
Halves on 2024 form probably even
Starting front row we get them
Backrow they smash us
Bench they look stronger too
Going to be a very tough game