Northland v Wellington
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@Duluth yep, he makes errors, but has more spark and makes the gainline better than any of our other backs, in contrast, Balekana touched the ball about 4 times and turned it over 3 of them last week in his time, so shouldnt be promoted on that....if they are dropping him due to errors, I'd expect the same off Balekana, which should mean someone from the dev side should be promoted, or Nichols who has started on the wing plenty for us.
The decisions around signing Balekana and Mau'u in particular have pissed me off.
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@taniwharugby you and me both. We seemed to have picked up the smallest / slowest Fijian winger available while not playing our best young player. Salmon has been awesome and I thought he would be pushing for a S15 contract this year. Can’t do that if he is not playing.
Jonah just looks fat.
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Extremely disappointing.
Salmon actually looks like he could step up to the next level.
And as for Balekana; bringing in a winger from outside; no matter how f'n good, is not guna be a game changer for where the Taniwha are right now.
Reminds me a bit of Gregory; thought he had a lot of potential; never was brought on correctly. Salmon at the Stags next season . . . fuck that!
Biggest game so far; noticed he's gone 6-2 on the bench. Pretty much the season here.
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@Bovidae said in Northland v Wellington:
NZR is making use of WR refs being in the country again. Angus Gardner is the ref. He will be an AR in Wellington.
Should be good for his development.
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Been raining last couple of hours, so only us hardy fools gonna be here....
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@kev Reihana is good with ball in hand, but gee his kicking from hand this year has gone from very good to awful in minutes...and his handling is a worry, similarly Moulds.
But yeah, good to see some physicality from our boys, also good to see Salmon with a bit of game sense there, could so easily have just rested on the advantage.
Our backs outside Evans saw bugger all though, Brady does well pressuring kicks and gets about alot, gone from being someone I didnt want out there to playing well this season.
Renton looks good though, but Heenan probably my MOTM
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@taniwharugby I like the way Evans took it on himself to win the advantage line, which he did. On a wet night it was smart.
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@taniwharugby yeah, how many years have we not kicked on after winning a few games. What we are seeing is so much more grit - starts with defence.
