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