Taranaki v Hawkes Bay

[antipodean]

For a whistle happy ref, his judgement of these mauls leaves a lot to be desired.

[Higgins]

Lineout drives for a try are wonderful things when it your team benefitting. This time is was the thing of joy as D FLanders does the honours and McLutchie suprises us by converting

Taranaki 19 - 12 Hawkes Bay at halftime

Where are you @Stargazer?

[Nepia]

@higgins said in Taranaki v Hawkes Bay:

Lineout drives for a try are wonderful things when it your team benefitting. This time is was the thing of joy as D FLanders does the honours and McLutchie suprises us by converting

Taranaki 12 - 12 Hawkes Bay at halftime

Where are you @Stargazer?

The real score.

[Higgins]

@antipodean said in Taranaki v Hawkes Bay:

How shit is Enari's passing?

You are speaking to veterans of Chris Eaton so we are quite experienced in things like that. Thankfully F Fakatava fortunately does not show similar attributes.

[Higgins]

@nepia Agreed, there was no way their try should have been given, from my point of view anyway.

[Nepia]

Looked like a legit try to the Naki there. Magpies started 2nd like the first.

26-12 to the Naki.

[Higgins]

And now a drive over try that is not in the splendid category
Taranaki 26 - 12 Hawkes Bay after fifty minutes

[Higgins]

I am pretty sure the penalties awarded and the penalty advantages signalled have now exceeded the total of points scored (38) as 'Naki attempt yet another penalty shot at goal. It misses, no change to the score after sixty minutes

[Nepia]

Magpies player taken out in back play not even looked at. May have been nothing but looked dodgy in real time.

[Higgins]

Another lineout drive try coming up? On no, somehow it did not happen. Still two tries apiece.

[Nepia]

The maul referring is, um, interesting in this match.

[Higgins]

Score still Taranaki 26 - 12 Hawkes Bay after sixty seven minutes

[Higgins]

Hold all tickets - Ash Dixon in for the try

[Nepia]

Dixon in, didn't want to risk the maul collapse so charged from the back of the mail to go over.

[Higgins]

@nepia Even better was the conversion being successful

Taranaki 26 - 19 Hawkes Bay with about ten minutes or so to go and another lineout drive coming up!

[Nepia]

Is the Naki defence awesome or is our attack just really ponderous?

[Higgins]

Aaaargh, not straight from an attacking lineout

[Nepia]

Now the TMO might have screwed us, looked like Falcon got the ball down before going out. Even that female pro Naki commentator commented she thought it was a try.

Followed up by us making an error we shouldn't and normally don't make.

[Higgins]

I know the Olympics but this guy seems to be going for the gold medal in the number of penalties awarded in a game of rugby?

[Higgins]

Another lineout drive coming up and oh no another one cocked up with a lost forward during it.