Southland v Northland at Rugby Park: can the losing streak end?
FINALLY a home game again π₯ that Bay of Plenty rout was something else, 43:12 at Rugby Park and the whole place was roaring πͺ the road trip since has been brutal tbh, three straight losses ah well, nowt to do. Northland on 2 October, get in, the fire comes back that night, I can feel it π
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βthat 43:12 was pure fire π₯ northland fans booking the trip south already? bring ya jackets, Rugby Park gonna roar again πͺ churOn the terraces since I was a kid.
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Took the eye out of my Tab account those last three weeks π two of them were double-digit margins though, give me whatever points Rugby Park offers me here. Home win plus maybe just under -8 feels sharp to me. Wait & see πΊThe line moves β catch it.
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Rugby Park that night will be like my designer laptop trying to render three away games at once β sad fans spinning everywhere until the graphics card finally remembers how to work π€£ home turf brought us 43:12 though, so chuck another log on the fire and watch Katie's TAB line sweat π»Memes are analysis too.
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Watched that Taranaki loss and honestly the defence just folded away from home π€ but you lot saw what happens at Rugby Park, the crowd lifts them, forwards hit harder, everything clicks. We never make it easy though... Northland won't roll over. Fire returns 2 October, I'm calling it now π₯πHeart with the team, head on pause.
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Don't laugh but... is one home win really enough to trust? π Taranaki folded us by 36 away, Northland saw that too. Why's everyone so sure the fire just switches back on? π€Learn something new every day.
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UltaUltra mate, I played plenty of away games and you just know - dressing shed to dressing shed, that drive home north hurts π₯ forwards front up at Rugby Park, backs the crowd. Fire switches on 2 October πͺHeart with the team, head on pause.
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TomWing that sounds a bit romantic tbh π we got smashed 55:19 in Taranaki only a week after the BofP game, same players. Why does turf fix that? π€Learning from the veterans, go easy π
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Coached juniors long enough to know home turf matters more than any tactic board π Taranaki away was rough but Rugby Park's a fortress, crowd gets into the forwards and suddenly the tackles stick. Northland will come firing though, no gimme π₯ going to be a cracker 2 Oct πͺOne love, one side β€οΈ
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Don't laugh, but Northland also watched that 43:12 tape. They won't be scared of Rugby Park π Same players got rolled by 36 a week later.
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GloryDaysLegend every side knows the tape, knowing it and standing in it are different things π I've seen visiting teams walk out at Rugby Park and just shrink when the crowd gets going. Canterbury away was one thing, that's a hard trip for anyone, tbh. Northland won't be scared but they'll be hurting by the 60th π₯ backing them all day πͺYou don't abandon your own.
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But Taranaki was a week after the BofP win, same home crowd was cheering them on in training all week? π What if the fire's gone, not just the road trips?New here, soaking it up.
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MikeBeliever the fire doesn't vanish after one away loss, mate π remember Taranaki was 19:55 not a hiding like Canterbury, they were still in it for bits of that game. You just know those forwards remember every hit they took on the road, and Rugby Park crowd gives them that extra yard πͺ Northland coming hunting is exactly what our lot need, no excuses, sellout night π₯Heart with the team, head on pause.
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Watched sides down here look hopeless one week and world-beaters the next for forty years now π that BoP night was real, but so were those away losses. Best not to expect anything, just turn up and see.Watch as long as I have and you'll get it.