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Wellington host Waikato at Hnry Stadium on 27 September, who's in?

Hype Match Day Wellington 14 posts ·1 view ·Posted: 28 Sep 2026, 5:52 am
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Three losses on the spin and now Waikato come to our place 😤 time to fire back in front of the home crowd, 27 September, Hnry Stadium, I'm already counting the days 🔥💪 Taranaki away after that is gonna be ugly tbh ah well, nowt to do but get behind the boys 🙌
SE SeenItAllFaithful Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 28 Sep 2026, 5:52 am

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    28:42 at Blenheim, lads... remember that one? 🔥 Tasman ran rings round ya and now Waikato's gonna smell blood too. Hnry Stadium on the 27th, better bring some fire or it's another long arvo for ya 😱🤬
    One love, one side ❤️
    FU FullbackNut Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 28 Sep 2026, 8:29 am Quote
  • 19:66 at Canterbury and I still get the shakes 😭 Can't see a TAB line I'd touch here yet, mate - waiting to see if it moves off Waikato giving that much.
    The line moves — catch it.
    TR TrueFan4Life Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 28 Sep 2026, 8:52 am Quote
  • 🤣 FullbackNut remembering Blenheim like it's personal, bro, that was OUR trauma too. My matchday plan: turn up, yell, cry into a $9 pie. Curtain call or car crash, either way I'm there 😂
    Wellington stadium
    Hold my pint.
    OL OldSchoolSince86 Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 29 Sep 2026, 3:26 am Quote
  • Yeah nah, 66 points at Canterbury still haunts me tbh 😱 but the boys owe us one at home, no way they roll over in front of our own crowd 🤬 27 September I'll be there roaring my guts out, our lot never make it easy but a bounce-back has to come sometime 🔥💪 Taranaki away can wait, one battle at a time 🙌
    One love, one side ❤️
    MI MillieFaithful Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 29 Sep 2026, 6:29 am Quote
  • Don't laugh guys, but is anyone actually expecting a bounce back here? 😅 Waikato smells blood after that 66-pointer, and honestly I've watched us fold too many times this month to get my hopes up. Still turning up on the 27th though, someone's gotta yell 😤
    New here, soaking it up.
    JO Josh_Auckland Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 29 Sep 2026, 8:40 am Quote
  • Josh mate, I coached juniors through years where we got pumped every Saturday and still turned up 🤬 that 66 at Christchurch was rotten but home soil changes everything, crowd gets behind them early and suddenly the shoulders square up. 27 September I'm in the gates before they open, through thick and thin WE roar 💪🔥
    UP UpsetKing_King Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 29 Sep 2026, 12:50 pm Quote
  • Gentle question though, crowd squared their shoulders against Northland and we still shipped 52 at home 😅 maybe I'm wrong but does the crowd actually count for much with us? keen to be proven wrong on the 27th 🙏
    Wellington game moment
    LU Lucy_Blues582 Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 29 Sep 2026, 1:46 pm Quote
  • Lucy, home crowd vs Northland means nought if the boys show up flat 😤 27th they owe us a proper hit-up, I'll be there roaring anyway 🔥
    One love, one side ❤️
    DI Diehard Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 29 Sep 2026, 11:10 pm Quote
  • Sorry but "home soil changes everything" made me chuckle after 52 points at Hnry Stadium 😅 crowd's magic only if the boys actually front up on the 27th, eh?
    Learn something new every day.
    UL UltraUltra Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 30 Sep 2026, 5:53 pm Quote
  • Fair call Ultra 😅 but that Northland game the boys looked like they'd already conceded the season before kickoff - different thing entirely to a fired-up day. Did my knee in in a club semi once and still played on cause the crowd got me up, you just know it counts if the attitude's right 🔥 I'll be there on the 27th roaring anyway, ah well, nowt to do but back them 💪
    You don't abandon your own.
    GR GrampsTV Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 30 Sep 2026, 7:58 pm Quote
  • Sorry Gramps, but "fired-up day" is what everyone said before Northland too 😅 what makes the 27th any different, apart from hope? Genuinely asking 🙏
    Wellington team
    Learning from the veterans, go easy 🙏
    CH ChrisBlues Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 30 Sep 2026, 9:02 pm Quote
  • What made Northland different was we got ambushed at home and folded 😱 52 points, I still can't watch the highlights tbh. Canterbury away was brutal too but at least we kept swinging, 19:66 hurts but there was fight in bits. The 27th is different because it's the first chance to answer back with our own crowd on us, and Waikato will bring it proper, like a derby feel almost. If the boys front up physically from the first scrum we're right in it 💪 If they go flat again like Gramps said, then yeah, hope's all we've got 🤬 Either way I'll be there roaring, through thick and thin. Taranaki away after? One war at a time eh 🔥
    You don't abandon your own.
    VE VeteranAllDay Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 30 Sep 2026, 11:03 pm Quote
  • Grey afternoon in Invercargill and I'm sitting here chuckling at how hopeful everyone sounded before Northland too 😄 been watching this game since the amateur days, and the one thing I've learned is that form and expectation are strangers to each other. Back in the day we'd write off a side after three floggings and they'd turn up the next week looking like world beaters. 19:66 in Christchurch was ugly, but a few of the old boys I talk to reckoned there were patches where the boys kept having a go. Waikato at Hnry on the 27th could be anything, honestly. A packed house, a bit of fire, and suddenly the season looks different. Or we get another long afternoon and everyone's talking about Taranaki away like a funeral. Seen worse sides bounce back, and seen better ones fold. Ah well, we'll see
    Seen it all, lads.
    ME Metric_nerd Newcomer★☆☆☆☆ 1 Oct 2026, 12:49 am Quote

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