R18 vs Newcastle | Sun 22nd Feb | 5:00pm | Bellevue Gardens Hotel

It's spitting on and off in the city. Just when it gets heavy enough to suggest a down pour is on its way it stops completely, then starts again about 20mins later. Still good though, waterfront is dead flat and cicadas are out. Everyone's in shorts, plenty of YF and Nix shirts about too

So it'll be a deluge.... of yellow shirts in the Hutt this arvo

Karori Karnival the same. Warm, humid, spiiting on and off.

 Clouds are gathering but.

Lots of Nix gear (young and old alike)

ran into Daniel down at the Brazilian BBQ place at the markets too. The halloumi and honey skewer is great

Well.

About 3 seasons ago I had a conversation with Mark Paston on Oriental Parade when we were trying to fish and he was taking his kiddies out for a walk.

hope they've got the lights on at the hutt wreck? looks like it's going to be rather dark and murky.

They had them all on last week

Wind starting to pick up in Miramar...blowing up the harbour to the Hutt. Dirty southerly on its way. Pants back on....

No rain in Tawa yet. On train now. Got hoodie, no jacket. If it's wet it's wet.

Hey guys - this is the first Lower Hutt game I am attending. Do you need to print out the tickets or can you scan it off your phone like you do at Westpac?

The spotlights will be swinging a bit.

Everyone I saw had printed tickets last week.  Hand held scanners are used to scan the paper tickets - not sure if they could do them off a phone.

I would print them if you can, just to be safe.

We were winning
We played pretty
In Lower Hutt city
When the Nix finished playing
We howled out for more
The floodlights were swinging
Fever drunks they were singing
We missed all our corners 
Then danced through the night

The boys of the Yellow Fever zone

Were singing "Home and Away"

And the bells were ringing out

For Krishna's day

And we have rain on Willis St

Lineup for the Nix: Moss, Muscat, Bonevacia, Boxall, Rodriguez, Burns, McGlinchey, Riera, Sigmund, Krishna, Durante.
Subs:Cunningham, Hicks, Lia, Doyle, Italiano

I never feel good if Boxall is in starting XI

Boxall is a bully and will foul all game come to think of it so will Muscat, putting us under pressure out wide 

sad to report I am underwhelmed with my 'spun potato'.

At the bottom there was not enough spun-ness and it was a bit raw. I went with the chicken salt option. Insist on one with a spread out bottom if you try.

Couldn't disagree more. Boxall gives us defensive solidity over fenton.

Bench is nothing to anticipate...

COYN

Hahasports.com have a few links for the match

do this, 4-0 please

Piney commentating!

Sweet

PINEY!!!!!!!!!!

we've got the best croud signs in the leagueleague

Wow who's that commentator on SKY? Awesome commentary, packed rectangular stadium.

What an occasion! What would I give to have that every home game!

Stop talking Fred. Piney's got this

Why didn't Manny attack that ball! he could of got that right?

On ya dura

Early days yet, but the Jest don't seem to have anything. They're trying to play the long balls + fouls game that MCFC did last week and they're not doing it nearly as well. I predict a win for us.

Yeah I was thinking 4-0 or 0-1!

Dear Sky

You don't often get it right but the decision to have Piney on commentary is tip top. Can you please schedule the Breakers to play at the same time as the Phoenix now and forever so we never have to listen to Dewhurst.

Yours

Mike

"as the croud seek cover"..yeah right.

Love the noise from the croud

Jesus jets have no game other than kick you hard

Fudge