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Head shot, taking players way beyond the ruck, tackles off the ball

Good win! Not like Scotland to actually hang on

Good defensive stand at the end.

Yaaaaaasssssssssss

Terrific win that, particularly with no regular test starters. Hastings was normal Hastings, apart from that the backs were excellent, front row wood up really well which is encouraging, thought Masibaka looked good too. Lot of positives to take from that not least our first ever win v the Māori in NZ

TF for that

Well played Scotland, deserved winners!

Masibaka looks like a player, that’s the first time I’ve seen him

Big D wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:38 am Good defensive stand at the end.

Yep, very good D.

Gumboot wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:39 am Well played Scotland, deserved winners!

Yup. Sparkling play. Entertained all the way

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:40 am Masibaka looks like a player, that’s the first time I’ve seen him

Had a shocking first 15/20 minutes (including the yellow) then really grew into it

So let’s give it an hour and see why Tom English thought it was dreadful.

Phew worth getting up for. Number of cheap shots and tackles off the ball by the Maori was typical Kiwi. Great defence by our lads though.

Christie looked great then understandably faded a bit, Turner was very good and Bayliss.

Yet more evidence that Hutchinson has pissed on Townsends shows at some point, class as always

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:46 am Christie looked great then understandably faded a bit, Turner was very good and Bayliss.

Yet more evidence that Hutchinson has pissed on Townsends shows at some point, class as always

To be honest I thought Turner was 50/50 good and poor - his first throws were shocking and running into players instead of space or soft shoulders is so old now, plus he got isolated

I was expecting the pack to struggle in the scrum today. Impressed that they more than held their own.

Ali Price signed for Montpellier yesterday, I missed that.

Thought Hutchinson was anonymous until I noticed his gash cross field kick.

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:52 am

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:46 am Christie looked great then understandably faded a bit, Turner was very good and Bayliss.

Yet more evidence that Hutchinson has pissed on Townsends shows at some point, class as always

To be honest I thought Turner was 50/50 good and poor - his first throws were shocking and running into players instead of space or soft shoulders is so old now, plus he got isolated

Yeah, not sure he deserves to be in the 23 ahead of PH next week. Ph had a beauty of a throw to the tail early in the second half over two pods of opposition lifters.

Gumboot wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:39 am Well played Scotland, deserved winners!

They played an entertaining style of rugby.

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:22 am Quite a few cheap shots and off the ball hits from the Māori

Recorded it and just watched it. Decent win, great game, but I'm astonished that no is talking about the appalling stamp on Smith's face. It's 07mins and 10 seconds into the game.

GrahamWa wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 6:06 am Thought Hutchinson was anonymous until I noticed his gash cross field kick.

It was early, and I seem to have got Turner wrong, but I thought Hutch had some lovely touches throughout the game

I wasn’t able to watch the game, but that’s an encouraging result. Especially when you consider how raw our forwards were in particular, and that the Maori recently spanked Japan (who of course just beat Wales). Well done, lads.

Blackmac wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 6:32 am

Slick wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:22 am Quite a few cheap shots and off the ball hits from the Māori

Recorded it and just watched it. Decent win, great game, but I'm astonished that no is talking about the appalling stamp on Smith's face. It's 07mins and 10 seconds into the game.

Didnt see that first time round just saw Smith rubbing his napper after the breakdown. It looked a deliberate stamp to the head to me and pretty dangerous. Must result in a citing and some punishment?

Overall a good result and excellent performance. Lots of new faces and new combinations yet they looked pretty organized and played well. Lots of good performances and given this was a 2nd/3rd string pretty impressive against the Maori in their own backyard.

Great defensive work by Hansen and Cummings.

Lacking power going forward i thought. A lovely kicking game was the difference