NZ Domestic comps

[waiopehu oldboy]

Mako keeping their powder dry ahead of the Shield Challenge?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

How can a guy with 30 AB & 142 Super Rugby caps not know that the ball isn’t dead when it hits the corner flag ~1/3 of the way up? Gifted Chapman the try ffs.

LOL then his bro kicks the restart dead.

Edit: kinda redeems himself by getting a hand to one the Cantab thought was going dead.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Faaaaark, beaten in the 84th minute, took Cantabs 25 phases to advance ~8m but Bell eventually got over. The fuckers.

 

[KiwiM]

Another pleasing outing by Auckland's youngsters. Funaki and Rico Simpson pulled the strings well in the second half in the halves.

Credit to Segner - feels like captaincy suits him. Che Clark backs up last week with another strong outing.

 

[zer0]

Given the turnover in the Blues backs going into next season, surely Simpson and Tito-Harris will join Lam and Taele.

Simpson has a good punting range. Just needs to learn some of those shallow slicing kicks from Zarn Sullivan. Good to see the Papali'i Punisher (park the openside on the sideline and hoist a high kick for him to go flatten the winger fielding the kick) continue to yield success for the final try.

Norrie also went well, especially for a guy who apparently wasn't even originally supposed to play. He had the right idea going for a few 50-22's, just under-cooked the kicks. Might not have the athleticism for Super Rugby though.

Still very much looking forward to seeing the Lam-Taele midfield.