Northland v Wellington

[Bovidae]

NZR is making use of WR refs being in the country again. Angus Gardner is the ref. He will be an AR in Wellington.

[antipodean]

@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.

[mohikamo]

@taniwharugby said in Northland v Wellington:

smart rugby needed...

haha . . . you wish!

[taniwharugby]

Been raining last couple of hours, so only us hardy fools gonna be here....

[Higgins]

Just got in but no news yet, what's happening here?

[kev]

Northland always looked the better side. But kept letting Wellington back in.

Forwards dominated. Good kicks and chase (Brady Rush was great). Heenan was classy.

Like the way we are winning the physical battle - scrums, tackle, ruck.

[taniwharugby]

@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

[kev]

@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.

[taniwharugby]

@kev while we still kept leaving the door open for them, this side does have a little bit more to them.

Loving what our loosies are bringing, particularly Peita and Heenan.

Plus, we have a good bench.

[kev]

@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.