Bay of Plenty Times
  • Bay of Plenty Times home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Sport

Locations

  • Coromandel & Hauraki
  • Katikati
  • Tauranga
  • Mount Maunganui
  • Pāpāmoa
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Thames
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Bay of Plenty Times

Rugby: Denied try was killer: Retallick

By Peter White
Bay of Plenty Times·
18 Aug, 2014 10:14 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Steamers captain Culum Retallick took plenty of positives from the opening loss to Southland.PHOTO/FILE

Steamers captain Culum Retallick took plenty of positives from the opening loss to Southland.PHOTO/FILE

Still lots to be taken from ITM opening match

Steamers captain Culum Retallick is not pushing any panic buttons after his team opened their 2014 ITM Championship campaign with a 34-23 loss to Southland in Invercargill on Friday night.

Retallick got through half a game in his comeback from a debilitating knee injury that kept him out of the entire Super 15 competition with the Blues.

He felt it was a game they could have won.

In the end too many mistakes and a tough call that cancelled out a likely try to winger Tino Nemani had proved decisive.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"Our defence was not too bad but I think we have to do some work on our kick-chase," Retallick said. "Our scrum was solid but our lineout probably let us down a wee bit in the first half there. I thought our general play and physicality was really good.

"But the two things that probably let us down as a team were pushing a few passes and we played too much footy around halfway. We didn't play enough territory. We should have played our systems around the halfway, realised we weren't getting anywhere, and then kicked it down and chased to get some field position.

"We didn't do that and turned the ball over and really got caught out. We were guilty sometimes that when we took the ball up wide, we didn't look after it. We took it into contact and lost it straight away, and you can't build any pressure off that."

The call to not award a try to Steamers' winger Nemani after he was deemed to have been held in a tackle, before he jumped up to force the ball over the line, was a critical moment in the first half.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Retallick says it was a harsh call and changed the momentum of the game.

"I think Tino scored that try. He released the ball and I am not sure why the referee didn't go upstairs. If we had scored then it would have changed the swing of the game."

Retallick says they will review what went on this week, so they can ensure they do not repeat the same errors in Sunday's home game against Tasman at ASB Baypark.

Discover more

Rugby: Journey to final story of Bay

21 Aug 06:00 PM

Rugby: Parker excited with high calibre of players

21 Aug 05:55 PM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Bay of Plenty Times

'Needs to be killed': Gang president allegedly ordered fatal attack on fellow member

03 Jul 08:00 AM
Bay of Plenty Times

'Oh hell, yeah': Pensioner moves from leaky caravan to new elder village

03 Jul 07:32 AM
Bay of Plenty Times

Heavy rain warnings: BoP acts like 'scoop' for wild weather

02 Jul 09:19 PM

There’s more to Hawai‘i than beaches and buffets – here’s how to see it differently

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

'Needs to be killed': Gang president allegedly ordered fatal attack on fellow member

'Needs to be killed': Gang president allegedly ordered fatal attack on fellow member

03 Jul 08:00 AM

After nearly three weeks of evidence, counsel have begun delivering closing statements.

'Oh hell, yeah': Pensioner moves from leaky caravan to new elder village

'Oh hell, yeah': Pensioner moves from leaky caravan to new elder village

03 Jul 07:32 AM
Heavy rain warnings: BoP acts like 'scoop' for wild weather

Heavy rain warnings: BoP acts like 'scoop' for wild weather

02 Jul 09:19 PM
'Scary stuff': Locals on crash corner fear it will take a death to get it fixed

'Scary stuff': Locals on crash corner fear it will take a death to get it fixed

02 Jul 09:11 PM
From early mornings to easy living
sponsored

From early mornings to easy living

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Bay of Plenty Times e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Bay of Plenty Times
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP