@Dan54 overall in general obviously but in Bells case the John McGlashen old boy getting the chance to play in a final against Otago of all teams is an opportunity gone begging 🙂 as an Otago fan however more than happy to not see George or Sam next week lol
@Steven-Harris , Yeah, its part of Reon Grahams job description to do all of that work around development and working with other rep coaches. Some provincial coaches spend the first part of the year at Super rugby level or the new ones aren't even appointed at that time. As a recent Premier club coach, he would be fully aware of the talent in the province.
Nice, thats what keeps you in the game.
Nearly knocked off the team top of the table.
Have to think the forwards will be stoked by those numbers.
More of that this weekend.
@Landers92 Pretty bang on with what you said mate. Otago seem to reaping the benefits of investing in youth over last few years. I a Naki man, but could be quite happy to see Otago go all the way in NPC.
I quietly suggest JJ has had this young fellas (especially from the region, but from around country too) and I suspect you will see even more pay for that policy in next few years.
Also how good is Pledger, reminds me of a young Aaron Smith, has his feet is such a sweet position as he gets to rucks etc and just sweeps ball off ground and lets it go, can pass both ways well too.
@Goffman
Its an old one (30 years old) but they are a class above, because they are pretty much just a SR side rebadged.
More so than the other 4 SR/NPC combos. A bit of a surprise to me that they dont win even more than they do!
I am half Cantab (and half Tas) so I know.
Hadlee Hay-Horton had quite a game ! He can scrum and he can run. If the Highlanders or the Blues are in search of a good LH prop, then he could be the man.
A couple of mis-kicks but he seems to have good distance at least. Way too many kicks were going straight to hand without much pressure on though. Most of the contestable kicks came from Funaki
Pleasently surprised, the BOP has always had the danger out wide but lacked startch/execution up front to really match it with the big boys consistently.
The final presents the neutral fan with a golrious oppertunity to watch two teams famous for losuing things up as soon as they get tagged as favourites desperatly trying to out-do each other on the big stage,
I'll be watching this one from behind the couch...
