Highlanders V Force Live Thread

highlanders
15 Ben Smith (co-captain), 14 Richard Buckman, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Kurt Baker, 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Nasi Manu (co-captain), 7 Shane Christie, 6 John Hardie, 5 Joe Wheeler, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 3 Chris King, 2 Liam Coltman, 1 Kane Hames.
Reserves: 16 Ged Robinson, 17 Matias Diaz, 18 Craig Millar, 19 Josh Bekhuis, 20 Elliot Dixon, 21 Fumiaki Tanaka, 22 Hayden Parker, 23 Phil Burleigh.
vs
force
15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Junior Rasolea, 12 Kyle Godwin, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Matt Hodgson (c), 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Kieran Longbottom, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Heath Tessmann, 17 Tetera Faul kner, 18 Ollie Hoskins, 19 Adam Coleman, 20 Brynard Stander, 21 Ian Prior, 22 Zack Holmes, 23 Marcel Brache.

this should be a cracker of a match, good luck highlanders, :o)

hey im taking on warhammer in the head to head, and he had barret, le roux and sadie, so some nice points coming his way.

hope folau kills it for the waratahs, need him to give the uchiha clan a good jump start power boost, :o)

Hi Naru San & 3ku1, missed the Canes game - too early in the morning my time but am looking forward to this one!
Congrats on the Canes game - you 2 have been long suffering fans, lol

nathan charles try, nice attack from the force, early days yet but ive got a uh-oh feeling, :o/

7-0 to the force, 5mins gone

hi dr win and thanks, :o)

 Charles, thanks mate for the Fantasy points, lol

good defence from the force.

penalty to the highlanders, 9 mins gone 7-3 to the highlanders.

nice run from buckmand, and nice hit on coltman moments later.

red zone penalty is whats keeping the force in front at the moment.

nice 50m penalty from sopoaga, highlanders lead 9-7.

 Landers are doing ok

 Force are getting too many penalties.

 try ebosen Force 12-9

 Great intercept, unfortunately

nice try force, they are continuing with their great from from last wek.

14-9 to the force, 27mins

should have taken the thre, not nthe scrum, smart rugby wins games, and this is not smart rugby from the landers.

Another red zome penalty. "Cheating"? , lol

 What a beauty - great try!

but they get the try so i will shut up, lolz, :oP

nice kick from smith, best answer to rushing defence, crubber in behind.

16-14 highlanders lead 33mins

ebherson is having a cracker.

force are a real force as mcalman gets anice try before halftime, coltman got bowled.

halftime force lead 21- 16.

 Wow, that half went fast!

@dr win,

games involving NZ teams always go fast, as we play an exciting brand of rugby, not always, but 99.9% of the time.

its why the games in the republic, especially their darbies seem to drag on forever,

 Something has to change for the Landers, the Force are playing better & will win this game unless there is some change.

24-16 to the force, good start in the 2nd half to the force.

 Landers have a stonger scrum so they have to take advantage of this.

ged robinson needs to come on, coltmans lineout throwing is off.

glen jackson needs to watch the feed, alby hasnt legally fed the ball once .

IMO highlanders are feeling the oinch a little, theyre not patient with anything and keep pushing passes which arent on.

jackspon needs to take a page out of jouberts book when it comes to scrum.

 Good call Naru san!

 force try landers look terrible.

nice try to the force, rossolia with a wicked charge down, but cummins big bang hit was deadly.

 Damn, a series of mistakes & then a great play by the force.

 This game is getting away from the Landers

sopoaga, one day has midas touch, next round is a rugby leper.

force 31- 16 highlanders, 57mins gone.