NZ Domestic comps

[waiopehu oldboy]

Rugby Park Invercargill appears & sounds to be pretty full up.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Shield time!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Not the game I was hoping for but no doubt @Dan54 found it bloody good!

Next challenger is Waikato on 23/08. Should be a cracker.

 

[Dan54]

It was a bloody good game I thought WOB, I was more than happy with it. Thought the Taniwha ran out of ideas etc, though I suspect that had a lot to do with the Naki defense. It was quite brutal at times. By geez Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens is bloody good at exploding into any little gap , and Naki forward were hitting fairly hard. For the Taniwha Corey Evans looked the best at creating gaps, but I genuinely think Nock and Rehana (in particular) would of been disappointed with their games. Jacomb looked a lot better 10 than Reihana.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Another decent turnout for arvo footy even if the result was a little hard to take....

There was a telling stat put up at 10-0: BoP two visits to opposition 22, Mako five. Gotta turn those visits into points.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

 

[Dan54]

Geez WOB the results didn't go your way did they. I was a little surprised at scoreline of the Bay/Tasman game, but seemed pretty well how game went. Was well worth coming straight home from golf to catch game, as I thought it was entertaining .

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Round 2

Friday 8 August 2025

19:10 Northland v Southland

Saturday 9 August 2025

14:05 North Harbour v Taranaki

14:05 Waikato v Wellington

16:35 Tasman v Manawatū

19:10 Canterbury v Auckland

Sunday 10 August 2025

14:05 Counties Manukau v Bay Of Plenty

16:35 Otago v Hawke's Bay

 

[Dan54]

@waiopehu oldboy had an interesting thought yesterday. People talk about crowds at NPC (which were good again I thought), bit I reckon in general more people in NZ go to NPC live games than go to Super games or probably even test matches if you think about it.

 

[KiwiM]

by christ both wings for Auks looked rapid.

Blues need a winger to replace Telea. I really hope they can snag Tito-Harris. He looks a serious talent - I actually think he showed great body control to actually score the try that was disallowed - it deserved a closer look.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Farah Palmer Cup Round 1

Saturday 9 August 2025
14:05 Auckland Storm v Waikato Women
14:05 Taranaki Women v Northland Women
14:05 Tasman Women v Wellington Pride
Sunday 10 August 2025

11:35 Counties Manukau Heat v Bay of Plenty Volcanix
13:05Canterbury Women v Manawatū Cyclones
14:05 Otago Spirit v North Harbour Hibiscus

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Stags should be filthy about losing that, made far too many errors & many of them unforced.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Super Saturday is here...

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Caught the end of Christchurch Boys v Christ's College, what a one-sided Final.

 

[Dan54]

I caught that after the Naki/NH game too @waiopehu oldboy , Christ college certainly ended their underdog run, they were 6th qualifier and meant to bow out before that. Been a while since we seen players look tha muddy isn't it?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Yeah, the ball ended up looking like an old-school leather one & even the ref's jersey had mud on it. Footy like it used to be back in your heyday, Dan.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

 

[Dan54]

Yeah, the ball ended up looking like an old-school leather one & even the ref's jersey had mud on it. Footy like it used to be back in your heyday, Dan.

Yep but don't tell anyone huh WOB, they will think I was playing in the 60s and 70s!! Lol and may or not have been what I was laughing to Mrs when I saw it.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Aux are on a five-match losing streak, their last win was v Southland in R7 last year. They've got 'naki this week so you'd think that'll push out to six...

 

[Dan54]

Aux are on a five-match losing streak, their last win was v Southland in R7 last year. They've got 'naki this week so you'd think that'll push out to six...

Well we hope so anyway WOB!!

Geez did you see that Sivlerstream/Wellington college match on tv? Was pretty impressive rugby in those conditions, some bloody good young kids on show. As Laban kept saying you have to remember they only kids, but the skills and rugby nous was bloody impressive.
Was mightil impressed with Solomoana(7) and that kid Cooper at 10 for Silverstream, and Schwalger for Wellington look to be worth keeping eye on!