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2012 – ITM CUP - NZ's 3rd Tier Competition

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Hugh Jarse

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Rocky Elsom (76)
ACR said:
Anybody watch Wellington v Hawke's Bay yesterday? Was a cracker I thought with plenty of highlights, Hika Elliot's run and offload just being one.

Auckland v Canterbury today, hope they belt each other ;).
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Bugger missed that. HB vs Wellington has the Jarse household split down the middle for support. Hopefully it is series linked on the IQ. Keep forgetting that there is a game on nearly every day.
 
ACR

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Desmond Connor (43)
Hugh Jarse said:
Bugger missed that. HB vs Wellington has the Jarse household split down the middle for support. Hopefully it is series linked on the IQ. Keep forgetting that there is a game on nearly every day.
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Don't worry if you missed AK (Andrew Kellaway) v CANT. What a boring bloody affair. Canterbury still has a license to infringe at will, so they just endlessly disrupt the opposition ball then just kick it out of their half and wait for mistakes. So slow you could watch the goal posts grow.
 
qwerty51

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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Tana Umaga could turn into a great coach. Doing wonders for this Counties Manukau team. They're playing brilliant rugby, it's very AB-like.
 
Hugh Jarse

Hugh Jarse

Rocky Elsom (76)
^^^^ Not happy that they are demonstrating that level of skill against my Hawkes Bay team.

Gee that oval at McLean park is looking in good condition.

Just noticed that the Hawkes Bay boys are playing in club socks a la Barbarians style.

I'm not sure that they did this in the other game I saw vs Auckland. Is this Grass Roots week or something like that?
 
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Desmond Connor (43)
Ranfurley Shield on right now. Taranaki v Tasman.

Taranaki will defend it against Tasman, then lose it to Hawke's Bay who will defend it against Bay of Plenty then lose it to Otago!!

You heard it here first.

Update: 3 try's in the first 8 minutes, absolute cracker opening.
 
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Desmond Connor (43)
If you haven't watched any of this match you're sure as hell missing out. A log match, with terrific ball runners and mediocre defences, props finishing like wingers and 7 tries in the first half so far.
 
Dam0

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Dave Cowper (27)
The defence from both teams is a bit shaky, but then you get that at this level. Tremendous ball skills and breakdown aggression on display from most of the teams thus far.

32-30 to Taranaki at half time.
 
ACR

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Desmond Connor (43)
Jeez. Second half starting just like the first, turnover ball, off to betham who is a live wire, round beauden barrett who can't tackle and an offload to quentin mcdonald who is another fatastic ball running hooker. The whole Tasman front row has scored if I'm not mistaken.
 
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Dave Cowper (27)
The amount of offloading and the ball movement in this game is crazy. The amount of dynamic interplay between backs and forwards is pretty amazing. The short passing game in contact seems to have filtered down from what the AB's were trying to do, but is having more success due to poorer defensive patterns.
 
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Dave Cowper (27)
Take the Bloody Points!!!!! 10 minutes to go and trailing by 4. WTF are they thinking?
 
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Desmond Connor (43)
tigerland12 said:
If I was there coach, they would be receiving a mighty spray about these decisions.
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Absolutely ridiculous, even the last penalty where the 8 tapped instead of kicked for the corner, just a lack of composure. The 8 who tapped it was Jordan Taufua (either 20 or 21 y/o), who is a promising player but perhaps significantly was part of this years u-20 crop, notorious for making poor decisions.

Well done Naki, it's still on track for an Otago challenge at least ;)
 
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Dave Cowper (27)
ACR said:
Well done Naki, it's still on track for an Otago challenge at least ;)
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Don't do it ACR. It's not worth getting yourself excited for what will be an inevitable last-minute heartbreaking loss.
 
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