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You know what we should do with this next phase......... A couple of unders passes then cutout to the wing.......... they won’t see that coming.

The whole attack strategy of throwing the long cutout pass to the winger play hasn’t worked for 65 mins, but let’s keep trying it..........

So, we tried to throw it to Hooper at the front of the lineout, and of course it’s pinched by Etzebeth.......... and then we attempt to use Hooper at the front again to try and pinch it off Etzebeth? How have we become so dumb at the lineout?

Oh my.......,,,.

Ah k, I didn't have the commentary on and didn't see that bit so thought he was just being carded for what seemed like a genuine turnover attempt executed wrong...............

Que? o_O

I'm not sure how the Force flogging teams from Sri Lanka, China or........ Korea (?) is going to make for a great spectacle. You need realistic goals, and teams that are going to be competitive......... which the likes of NZ and Fiji can provide.

The Rising do what they've done so well in the second half and drop the ball, and that's the game.

A different story in the scrums in the second half......... Vikings scrum puts the Rising on rollerskates and after driving them back 10 metres they get a penalty. Mcinerney bags his second try from a maul......... Lonergan converts from out wide. Vikings 31 - 21 With 2 mins left that...

Surprise surprise........... Mcinerney scores off a Vikings maul. Vikings in the lead for the first time tonight. Lolesio misses the conversion - 24 - 21

Mitch Tye has come on for his debut and he looks pretty damn happy about it......... And initiates a turnover off a counter ruck in his first play of the game.

Simone gets lucky as he puts in a terrible kick which Ruru spills (neither player having a great game), Ikitau recovers and scores in the corner.............. Hawera hits the post and the Rising just in front 21 - 19

Taliauli slaps down a Rising pass near the goal line and it's another yellow card and a penalty try......... Rising 21 - 14

Someone correct me as I might be acting like a one eyed Vikings supporter, but I don't see how that was a yellow card for Mcinerney? A penalty, sure......... but a yellow card for a stock standard ruck penalty in the middle of the field?

A cracking run from Hawera from just in front of their own goal line, followed by a perfect kick from Taliauli sees Powell tackling a Rising player just in front of their goal line, and the subsequent Vikings pressure at the breakdown leads to a penalty......... Vikings get a penalty try from...

Swain bags a well deserved try......... Rising 14 - Vikings 7

I'm not sure if its the changes to the team but the Vikings look very disjointed, and their set piece a mess............. The Rising a lot sharper in attack. And Tuipulotu scores against the post and it's 14 - 0.

It happens again, but it's the Vikings own fault as they should get the ball out of the scrum........

15 mins in....... Rising 7 - Vikings 0 Peni and Leber both blew what should've been a definite try to the Vikings. Swain does a stellar job to hold up a Rising player to get a Vikings scrum 5m out, but then they get penalised for on live viewing seemed to be a very pedantic scrum penalty...

He was delisted by North Melbourne a few weeks ago.........