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ITM CUP - Round 12
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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 528581" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>what a game from waikato! the naki simply had no answer to the Mooloo forward effort. I didn't think waikato had much chance but I had a feeling looking at the pack before the game - they rested Toby Smith and van Leven last game and brought in Romana Graham. Seemed a very deliberate tactic to bring in some quality rested players. Van Leven and Toby Smith were absolutely HUGE, so was Ben May and Alex Bradley. They obviously were not going to keep up the slaughter for 80min but by the time the dominance slowed Taranaki were out of the game and the Waikato pack was good enough to keep holding the line on defense.</p><p></p><p>in the backs the standouts were Renata and his kicking game and obviously Tim Mikkelson who had a huge game. he's struggled outside pretty inept inside back combinations this season so far but I think he showed what he can really do in this game.</p><p></p><p>Clarke looked so gutted, he did not even want to stick around and hand the shield to Bradley. Poor really but I don't think Bradley was too worried about it. bit of a shame they did not stick with that tradition. If your the captian that experiences the joy of taking the shield of a captian in a winning challenge you eventually may have to suck it in and hand it over to a winning challenging captain when you lose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 528581, member: 43875"] what a game from waikato! the naki simply had no answer to the Mooloo forward effort. I didn't think waikato had much chance but I had a feeling looking at the pack before the game - they rested Toby Smith and van Leven last game and brought in Romana Graham. Seemed a very deliberate tactic to bring in some quality rested players. Van Leven and Toby Smith were absolutely HUGE, so was Ben May and Alex Bradley. They obviously were not going to keep up the slaughter for 80min but by the time the dominance slowed Taranaki were out of the game and the Waikato pack was good enough to keep holding the line on defense. in the backs the standouts were Renata and his kicking game and obviously Tim Mikkelson who had a huge game. he's struggled outside pretty inept inside back combinations this season so far but I think he showed what he can really do in this game. Clarke looked so gutted, he did not even want to stick around and hand the shield to Bradley. Poor really but I don't think Bradley was too worried about it. bit of a shame they did not stick with that tradition. If your the captian that experiences the joy of taking the shield of a captian in a winning challenge you eventually may have to suck it in and hand it over to a winning challenging captain when you lose. [/QUOTE]
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