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Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:15 am Gumboot, was it Bull Allen that used to play for Taranaki? That prop going through reminded me of him

Yep, Mark Allen. He was a very popular inaugural captain of the Canes, and picked up a few test caps.

Gumboot wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:20 am

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:15 am Gumboot, was it Bull Allen that used to play for Taranaki? That prop going through reminded me of him

Yep, Mark Allen. He was a very popular inaugural captain of the Canes, and picked up a few test caps.

Ahh, didn’t realise he went on to play for the Canes and get capped, a real local hero. This game bringing back a lot of incredible memories

Go on!

Great try, very much against the run of play

Nice, we need to get Reed into space

Decent first half really.

Must be the first time we have ever had 2 black guys playing

Scotland's kicking has been much more effective.

Good first half that.

Yellow card was a nonsense. We’d had a couple of penalties in that sequence, fewer than the Māori had when we were attacking early.

This is worth a watch

Scotland scoring a few tries from kicking behind the defence. Some sublime, some lucky!

Good to see some of the fringe players showing up. Also a lot of them from the Premiership.

Biffer wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:28 am Good first half that.

Yellow card was a nonsense. We’d had a couple of penalties in that sequence, fewer than the Māori had when we were attacking early.

In the red zone after a warning from the ref.

Penalty count means nothing as a defense against persistent offending. You know this.

Some crap HT analysis. The phrase ‘The Scots are very much in this’ when we’re 12 points up is a bit, well, odd.

Guy Smiley wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:32 am

Biffer wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:28 am Good first half that.

Yellow card was a nonsense. We’d had a couple of penalties in that sequence, fewer than the Māori had when we were attacking early.

In the red zone after a warning from the ref.

Penalty count means nothing as a defense against persistent offending. You know this.

Persistent offending usually leads to a penalty count. Didn’t hear him giving repeated advantages for the infringing. Māori gave away four in seven minutes when we were down the other end. Feels off to me.

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:23 am

Gumboot wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:20 am

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:15 am Gumboot, was it Bull Allen that used to play for Taranaki? That prop going through reminded me of him

Yep, Mark Allen. He was a very popular inaugural captain of the Canes, and picked up a few test caps.

Ahh, didn’t realise he went on to play for the Canes and get capped, a real local hero. This game bringing back a lot of incredible memories

I have fond memories of Scotland's 1996 tour. Went to the Whanganui game which Scotland won well. My mates and I smuggled in a couple of hip flasks, and carried on into the night post game - bumped into John Hart, who had just begun his ABs coaching tenure.

Scotland didn't fare so well in the test series. Up against an excellent ABs side tbf, featuring newbie Christian Cullen scoring tries at will.

Happy days!

I thought you were allowed to whack it out the back

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:44 am I thought you were allowed to whack it out the back

You can kick it, not whack it, or throw it

I understand taking the scrum but it really eats into your time with the advantage.

All they are doing is running down the clock against 13

That’s dreadful

Fuck sake Hastings

There’s a reason none of these guys start for a full strength Scotland

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:48 am

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:44 am I thought you were allowed to whack it out the back

You can kick it, not whack it, or throw it

That makes sense

What a fucking try!

Great try!

Nasty bang on the back of the head as he landed there.

Should really have taken more advantage of the 2 man advantage. Why not quick tap?

Biffer wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:01 am Nasty bang on the back of the head as he landed there.

I mean, I hope his heads OK, but shouldn’t that be another yellow?

Fergus Burke on. That hurts.

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:03 am

Biffer wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:01 am Nasty bang on the back of the head as he landed there.

I mean, I hope his heads OK, but shouldn’t that be another yellow?

I thought it would be.

Out of time on conversion?

Deveron Boy wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:08 am Out of time on conversion?

He made contact as the clock hit 0

Odd thing for the tmo to bring up the knock on in the ruck when he missed that Scotland were on penalty advantage for the restart after the injury to the MAB player

Clock went from 72mins back to 66mins?

Deveron Boy wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:16 am Clock went from 72mins back to 66mins?

Weird

Deveron Boy wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:16 am Clock went from 72mins back to 66mins?

Yeah I thought I was seeing things

Quite a few cheap shots and off the ball hits from the Māori

Deveron Boy wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:16 am Clock went from 72mins back to 66mins?

I wondered what happened, was counting down the minutes to go back to bed

Piss weak carry off the tap.

Would like to have seen a scrum and Masibika have a rumble off the base.

Scotland being Scotland. Failed to take their chances.

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:23 am

Deveron Boy wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:16 am Clock went from 72mins back to 66mins?

I wondered what happened, was counting down the minutes to go back to bed

Clock was running during a couple of stoppages earlier I think. Tv not keeping up with the ref.