Chiefs vs Highlanders - Live Chat & Banter

Chiefs have a penalty.

 Chiefs up by 3.

 Penalty to Landers, easy kick.
3 all after 13 mins.

 ... JW the Landers really need to win this one for any chance at the title..

 I feel for them Brycy but not enough to want them to beat the Chiefs.

 ...Some good matchups in this one,  Cruden vs Sopoaga....Ngatai vs Fekitoa...B.Smith vs Big Jim DMac....Weber vs A. Smith..

 Charlie is having a good game so far after his return from injury.

 The match ups are good for sure but will they negate each other. I think McKenzie is doing well so far.

 Penalty to Landers 24 mins gone, kick is good. 3 - 6 to Landers. 

 Shot at goal for the Chiefs. Mckenzie taking the long range kicks. Missed it.
Landers loose head prop scores try for Landers. Looked like a fumble but not ruled, chiefs relaxed so defense not effective.
13-3 to Landers.

 Bird makes another mistake in ball handling. 2 that have been significant so far.

 Chiefs handling is letting them down in this half.

 Very unfortunate yellow card. Maybe letter of law, we will see but not a fair call. Chiefs will play the first 10 mins of the second half with 14 men.

 Marshall get's it wrong again in the yellow according to the half-time discussion. They say Chiefs were lucky it wasn't a red.

 Chiefs are wining the stats for attack and Landers have missed 16 tackles but the scoreboard it what counts, Landers are ahead.
We will see if Chiefs can handle being 1 player down, will have to keep the ball in Landers half.
Handling errors let the Chiefs down, 13 turnovers for the Chiefs in first 40.

 ...anyones game still JW...Chiefs will keep attacking that;s why everyone likes watching their games...our record against the Landers is not good though...

 Naholo scores a try from a scrum in their own half. Chiefs could not hold on in defence. 18-3 to Landers, 46 mins gone.

 ...if I had put Naholo in my fantasy team he never would've scored that ...but he needed to put on a good show for the AB selectors and now he's done that they should take him off I think...

 Ngatai back on, cost the Chiefs 5 points & they have to get out from in front of their goal in this play.

 Cruden score, great play from their own half & handling probs disappeared Landers up by 10 now.

 Sounds to me as if the hapless highlanderrs are sticking it to the more hapless  wee chiefies
Go Highlanders but for mercies sake p lease take it easy in the scrums!

 Naholo scores another try. Chiefs were too stretched & defence couldn't hold.

 Beeno, welcome... to a real rugby game

 Kick is not good 8-23 Landers after 64 mins.

 I see wee Cane being cained. Hahhahahaha
Looks like the chiefiesa re being cained as well - score 23-8.
Has the chiefies bubbled burst?

 Chiefs winning all offensive stats but turnovers are the problem.

 Nice to see my good friends JW and Brycy supporting their team in a loosing cause.

 Chiefies get yellow card. Cynical oaks - listen to Justin Marshall. Honest JM. As opposed to JW. THe upside down M makes all the difference!

 Chiefs receive a yellow. Up hill battle now. Landers pressure is what is disrupting Chiefs play. Not their day to day.

 Glad wee Beeno has finally had the courage to watch real rugby, he didn't watch his poor wee stormers much this season but can you blame him?

 Chiefis penalised and look cooked. Highlanders going for bonus try.
Highlanders look organised on defence.
7 minutes to go

 Chiefs penalsied again. If only we had refs that would blow up the kiwi sides for illegal play against Sa sides !!!

 Looks like the Landers will still be in the running for the wildcard. Don't count them out for the finals, they did it last year. Chiefs have had an off day, this will motivate them for upcoming games.

 They havent found away through JW - listen to the commentators!

 Next week Higlanders versus Crusties. Could be worth a watch, in between the tennis!

 Chiefs won't win bonus point.

 Congrats to the Highlanders, they show why they were the Champions last year.

 chiefies score consolation try.
Highlanders almost score a try but in touch and its game over. Good away win. Chiefies tried hard but were outclassed from what I saw.

 wee sharks vs Canes later today, that should be a good one.
Chiefs just had a bad day Beeno. Landers played good defence & Chiefs made too many mistakes.