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So beach weather then :)
Be interesting to see what the Crusaders do team wise. They have a bye for round 18 so they can either give some guys 2 weeks off, or go full strength and get things back on track before finals knowing they still get a rest the week after.
Matching that with who the...
That does annoy me, you see how many Kiwis come out of the woodwork when the Kiwis teams visit (Hurricanes game last year)
I'm a Kiwi, grew up Waikato and Chiefs supporter. I support the Rebels because they are my local team. I had 15 years of the only rugby I got to see was 1 test a year and...
From what I saw the yellow was for a high/late tackle?
Didn't look like much to me - just waiting for the mini replay to appear on Kayo
That bloody Masirewa is a weapon though - that's 5 tries in the last 2 weeks.
Adam was gone, I could see it from the 3rd Level in the stand. His legs were wobbling all over the place as he tried to move back into the defensive line.
I'm guessing maybe because the scrum was slightly stronger in the second half against the Highlanders when Abel and Gibbon were on, but you can't begrudge Rangi his workrate, he really does hunt that ball and make some tackles.
It does make a pretty good bench, maybe Wessels is hedging for...
I think our confidence was pretty high at the beginning of the 2017 season coming off 7 wins 8 losses. I wasn't expecting the title, but I was looking forward to finally winning more than we lost. Then we started playing.
Other than kick it to the opposition.
I played as a junior in NZ (in bare feet in those days) but then got into swimming and then water polo as a teenager and into my 20's.
I went to Hamilton Boys High School, so rugby was prime, played a few games at lock for the 4th XV in 6th form.
My Dad played provincial rugby in his prime...