Auckland vs Manawatu at Western Springs
FINALLY, 1 October can't come quick enough 🔥 after shipping 40 at home to Manawatu they owe us big time at Western Springs. Beat Tasman by two, pumped Counties the week before - which mob shows up against Otago tho, honestly? Ah well, nowt to do but back them through thick and thin 💪🙌
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✓40 at HOME to Manawatu 😱 you blokes reckon Otago away fixes itself? Good luck with that, they'll get pumped ah well, nowt to do 🔥You don't abandon your own.
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Honestly the TAB has Otago around a 6-8 point favourite at home and I'd leave it alone. Auckland shipping 40 at home then scraping past Tasman by two says the consistency isn't there to lay any line with confidence. I'd sooner take Auckland +8 and cover than back either side straight - if you must have them, value's over a big price on the upset, not the head-to-head 💸Bankroll discipline wins.
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Trying to pick which Auckland side turns up on 1 October is like my mate choosing between the gym and a pie, 50/50 every single time, and the pie usually wins 🤣 Honestly even the TAB line makes me laugh, "consistency isn't there" bro this team peaked with the Counties game and it's been a rollercoaster since 😂 Whatever happens I'll be watching with snacks, that's why I'm here 🍿
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Gym and pie is too kind, we shipped 40 at home 😭 but if the side that rolled Counties shows up in Dunedin? Otago's in trouble. Heart says it all 💪One love, one side ❤️
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Don't laugh guys but I actually reckon the Counties game was the fluke, not the Manawatu one 😅 two wins by tiny margins either side of shipping 40 at home... that's three weeks of shaky defence if you look at it properly. Which Auckland pack even shows up in Dunedin? Still learning this season's side honestly 🙈Learning from the veterans, go easy 🙏
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Shipped 40 at home and still somehow ahead of Otago on the ladder talk, trust Auckland to do it the hard way 💪 Any heartbreak hurts but THEY WILL BOUNCE BACK 🔥 ah well, nowt to doOn the terraces since I was a kid.
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Matchday_Legend might be onto me though 😅 shipping 40 at home doesn't scream fluke to me. Maybe I'm wrong, but how's the defence suddenly fixed in two weeks?
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Shaky defence? sure, but coming down here to Dunedin is a different beast entirely and our mob won't roll over like Counties did 😤 if Auckland's forwards go quiet for even ten minutes we'll smell blood, tbh. Which side turns up? the one that lost to Taranaki, I'm hoping 🙌 ah well, nowt to doHeart with the team, head on pause.
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Don't laugh guys but why's everyone acting like two weeks fixes a defence that leaked 40 at home? 😅 Otago away sounds rough to me. Thanks for the reads, TrueBelieverLegend 🙏Learning from the veterans, go easy 🙏
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LeeLegend mate, the defence fixing itself in a fortnight? Nah 😅 But here's the thing no one's said - that Tasman game, they won it up front when it mattered and we were TWO points down with the clock red and they still closed it out 💪 That's character. Which Auckland turns up in Dunedin though... honestly, the one that leaked 40 to Manawatu shows up more often than I'd like 🤬One love, one side ❤️
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Gave up 40 at home to Manawatu and folks still want a bounce-back? Seen it all before 😄 back in my day you'd cop a hiding like that and the boys would sulk for a month. But FullbackNut's right, closing out Tasman by two with the clock red says something about the mob. Expectations tend to write cheques the forwards can't cash though, we'll find out in Dunedin 😉Remember when the grass was greener 🌱