April 5, 2025 • 8 mins
Moana Pasifika are up into the Super Rugby Pacific playoff places after winning back-to-back games for the first time in their history.
They've beaten the Waratahs 45-28 at North Harbour Stadium.
Moana Pasifika halfback Jonathan Taumateine joined Piney to discuss.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from News Talks EDB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
It's Talk from Super Rugby. Majana Pacifica have won back
to back Super Rugby matches for the first time in
their history.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Slade whos had a good game on to Tyler. Oh
my goodness, may the numbrace gone all away? So me
see dupot Dayler straight through past four defenders and the
number eight dots down the crowd of loving it times up,
there goes the honah and the touch from Pellequini and
Mauaa have won back to back Super Rugby games for
(00:40):
the first time in franchise history. They've blitzed the task
in the second half. So when forty five twenty eight
at North Harber Stadium.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Our magnificent call from Nathan Limb on the game yesterday.
After their thrilling victory over the Crusaders last weekend, Mawana
Pacifica have comeback from twenty one to seven down at
halftime to score six second half tries and run out
winners by forty five points to twenty eight over the
Waratahs at Albany. Joining the show by Mona Pacifica half
(01:10):
back Jonathan Tomatin. There, Jonathan, thanks for taking our call
this afternoon. Back to back wins for the first time
in franchise history for Moaner PACIFICA. How big a result
is this for the team?
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Thank thanks for having me on. Yeah, the victory used
to it was what's the mess of for us? And
you know, I see we haven't done back to back
ever to get Devin with a belt and to be
able to throw in front of our.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
People with a maybe after the win over the Carousadoes
last week, I guess there would have been the potential
to get a bit carried away. How important was it
that you you backed up what you did last weekend
back at home yesterday?
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Yeah, what's funny you said there? Final I was real
big on the boys just being grounded after a big
win last week. I made it clear on Monday there
we stay on because we need the war. Times are
going to bust back. It's us to be able to
stay on and they got the wind leave. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
You were twenty one seven down though at halftime. So
how was Tanner at the break?
Speaker 4 (02:15):
It was true, he was till we kind of knew that.
We kind of knew, like fourteen points down we didn't
really play rugby in the first half. We're pretty much
on the defensive end, and when we did have a
chance in the first half, we just one passed away
from scoring points. So we knew were in it. We
just needed a great start and hold on to the ball.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
And was that the main thing that changed in the
second half? You know it was it was night and
day in terms of you know, ball in hand for
you guys and scoring the points. Was that the main
thing that changed after the break?
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Yeah? Pretty much. I mean for our team that that
belief was always there is pretty massive in our group,
and we knew what we could do and the players
we had in our team, we had some great leaders
idea as well at the time, so we just needed
to hold onto the ball.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
And you are the competition's leading points scorers two hundred
and seventy four now in your seven games forty tries
in seven games. Can you give us some insight into
the attack strategy and and why it is so successful?
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Man? All the points, I mean, well, well, pretty massive
on getting one on ones. So I think that's part
of our superpowers as Polynesians. So as long as you
hold the ball on and get it to two people,
who's these three beamers are wide? And then our big
fours is doing your work up front well, scoring off
(03:41):
to all that goes from the fours.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Yeah, we had had Tanner on the show last week
actually after the Crusaders game, and he said that, you know,
he was doing his best to try and blend the
Polynesian flair that you've just talked about there with a
greater structure around the way that you play the game
consistently across eighty minutes. Is that something that that he
is enforcing or you know, imposing on you as well
(04:04):
to try and.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Do yes, definitely. I mean we knew we always love
a bit of razzle and bring our Polly flevoring, but
they're still hard to be done first, so it was
for us to score points and bring on the poly
say that we have. We we firstly have to work
hard and we call it them one and work quick.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
It's also, you know, as well as scoring points, you
have conceidered a few as well. So does defense continue
to be a work on for the team.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Yeah, that's it's just like we we're heavily focused on
our defense, but it's just a little moments where we
switch off take breaks. I guess on a field, I
know why, and then that's what we're leading points in.
We just gotta stay on for eighty Now.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
What about your big front rower felt for our with
a hat trick of tries? Has he started talking about that?
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Man? I think as assignment was to get cover and
I think that's why it just went hard looking for
the more.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
It was awesome. What about the nine ten combo that
you're starting to develop with Patrick Pellegrini, can you talk
a bit about about how much you're enjoying that.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Yeah, he's pretty ragidy man. So all I'm trying to
do is put the ball in front of him and
just just listen to what he wants to do. And yeah,
let him do a thing. I mean he's been he's
been sharply so yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
And have you gotten used to barking orders at Ardie
Savier yet?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (05:36):
For me, I'm doing it in my head my head.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Oh man, But I don't know whether this is true.
You might be a tell us, but who has to
be like a guy like Addie Savia would want us
half back to be in constant communication, wouldn't he.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Yeah, I'm pretty I'm pretty close with for him, So
I guess that A loves me to them a little bit.
I just gotta what's that? And there's always very nice
watch Steve. So I've been good help.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
How big so influence been on this team.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
It's real what I can do, and especially a leader,
and you all see what he can do on field,
but I think it's more the off field that's really
a bit fun. The way our bloys are playing at
the moment. He's leader for us.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
What about you, Ja, So you've been around the game
for a while or remember during your Hurricanes days and
and you know you've you've played with a rugby. How
much are you enjoying it at the moment with Maada
Pacifica compared to you know, the rugby you've played across
your career.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Yeah, I mean, you're really enjoying it right now. Just
being around our people. The course was obviously pretty pretty
big here and just to just be able to help
out and to see where this team is now compared
to three years ago, it's it's amazing. I'm just happy
(06:58):
to be a part of it.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Yeah, I mean, you've you're ideally placed to talk about
the development and the progress as you say, you've been
there since day one. You know, when when it first started,
did you always feel as though the progress would come,
even though you know early on the winds weren't coming.
Did you always feel like days like yesterday and last
week would come?
Speaker 4 (07:18):
I mean of belief was always there. We just knew
that every movement's going to take a take a while
to take off. And it's so good to see that
we're starting to put things together now and starting to
get more wins.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
And the Blues next Eden Park next Saturday. That's going
to be like a home game for you guys.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
Isn't it currently much? Pretty much? I guess.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
I mean, I can imagine, Man, you'll have your people
turning up for that, won't you.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
It'd be so cool. Yeah, it'll be so cool.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
All right, Well, enjoy the weekend or the rest of it. JT.
Good to get the chance to catch up with you.
Congratulations on a terrific performance from the team yesterday and
all the best for the week ahead as you're playing
for the Blues.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Thank you so much, thanks for having me on again.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
No, thank you JT for joining us. Jonathan Tomatin there there,
the half back from Myna Pacific has started every game
this season. Maaana Pacifica are real. They are a real
team now. They could make the six, they really could.
You look at the table at the moment, they're currently eighth,
but there are only two points behind the Waratas, so
(08:22):
they're a win behind. It's really tight. So Chiefs twenty six,
Crusaders twenty four Reds twenty three Force twenty Brumby's nineteen
Waratars seventeen, Hurricanes and Mana Pacifica are both fifteen. Then
Highlanders twelve, Blues eleven, Fiji and Drew have been the
only real disappointment really of this season. Down in last
place with seven points, Mawana Pacifica could absolutely make the
(08:46):
top six. They've got the Blues next Saturday at Eden
Park four point thirty five kickoff. What a contest that
promises to be.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, Listen live
to News Talk zed B weekends from midday or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from News Talks EDB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
It's Talk from Super Rugby. Majana Pacifica have won back
to back Super Rugby matches for the first time in
their history.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Slade whos had a good game on to Tyler. Oh
my goodness, may the numbrace gone all away? So me
see dupot Dayler straight through past four defenders and the
number eight dots down the crowd of loving it times up,
there goes the honah and the touch from Pellequini and
Mauaa have won back to back Super Rugby games for
(00:40):
the first time in franchise history. They've blitzed the task
in the second half. So when forty five twenty eight
at North Harber Stadium.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Our magnificent call from Nathan Limb on the game yesterday.
After their thrilling victory over the Crusaders last weekend, Mawana
Pacifica have comeback from twenty one to seven down at
halftime to score six second half tries and run out
winners by forty five points to twenty eight over the
Waratahs at Albany. Joining the show by Mona Pacifica half
(01:10):
back Jonathan Tomatin. There, Jonathan, thanks for taking our call
this afternoon. Back to back wins for the first time
in franchise history for Moaner PACIFICA. How big a result
is this for the team?
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Thank thanks for having me on. Yeah, the victory used
to it was what's the mess of for us? And
you know, I see we haven't done back to back
ever to get Devin with a belt and to be
able to throw in front of our.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
People with a maybe after the win over the Carousadoes
last week, I guess there would have been the potential
to get a bit carried away. How important was it
that you you backed up what you did last weekend
back at home yesterday?
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Yeah, what's funny you said there? Final I was real
big on the boys just being grounded after a big
win last week. I made it clear on Monday there
we stay on because we need the war. Times are
going to bust back. It's us to be able to
stay on and they got the wind leave. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
You were twenty one seven down though at halftime. So
how was Tanner at the break?
Speaker 4 (02:15):
It was true, he was till we kind of knew that.
We kind of knew, like fourteen points down we didn't
really play rugby in the first half. We're pretty much
on the defensive end, and when we did have a
chance in the first half, we just one passed away
from scoring points. So we knew were in it. We
just needed a great start and hold on to the ball.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
And was that the main thing that changed in the
second half? You know it was it was night and
day in terms of you know, ball in hand for
you guys and scoring the points. Was that the main
thing that changed after the break?
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Yeah? Pretty much. I mean for our team that that
belief was always there is pretty massive in our group,
and we knew what we could do and the players
we had in our team, we had some great leaders
idea as well at the time, so we just needed
to hold onto the ball.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
And you are the competition's leading points scorers two hundred
and seventy four now in your seven games forty tries
in seven games. Can you give us some insight into
the attack strategy and and why it is so successful?
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Man? All the points, I mean, well, well, pretty massive
on getting one on ones. So I think that's part
of our superpowers as Polynesians. So as long as you
hold the ball on and get it to two people,
who's these three beamers are wide? And then our big
fours is doing your work up front well, scoring off
(03:41):
to all that goes from the fours.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Yeah, we had had Tanner on the show last week
actually after the Crusaders game, and he said that, you know,
he was doing his best to try and blend the
Polynesian flair that you've just talked about there with a
greater structure around the way that you play the game
consistently across eighty minutes. Is that something that that he
is enforcing or you know, imposing on you as well
(04:04):
to try and.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Do yes, definitely. I mean we knew we always love
a bit of razzle and bring our Polly flevoring, but
they're still hard to be done first, so it was
for us to score points and bring on the poly
say that we have. We we firstly have to work
hard and we call it them one and work quick.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
It's also, you know, as well as scoring points, you
have conceidered a few as well. So does defense continue
to be a work on for the team.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Yeah, that's it's just like we we're heavily focused on
our defense, but it's just a little moments where we
switch off take breaks. I guess on a field, I
know why, and then that's what we're leading points in.
We just gotta stay on for eighty Now.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
What about your big front rower felt for our with
a hat trick of tries? Has he started talking about that?
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Man? I think as assignment was to get cover and
I think that's why it just went hard looking for
the more.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
It was awesome. What about the nine ten combo that
you're starting to develop with Patrick Pellegrini, can you talk
a bit about about how much you're enjoying that.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Yeah, he's pretty ragidy man. So all I'm trying to
do is put the ball in front of him and
just just listen to what he wants to do. And yeah,
let him do a thing. I mean he's been he's
been sharply so yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
And have you gotten used to barking orders at Ardie
Savier yet?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (05:36):
For me, I'm doing it in my head my head.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Oh man, But I don't know whether this is true.
You might be a tell us, but who has to
be like a guy like Addie Savia would want us
half back to be in constant communication, wouldn't he.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
Yeah, I'm pretty I'm pretty close with for him, So
I guess that A loves me to them a little bit.
I just gotta what's that? And there's always very nice
watch Steve. So I've been good help.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
How big so influence been on this team.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
It's real what I can do, and especially a leader,
and you all see what he can do on field,
but I think it's more the off field that's really
a bit fun. The way our bloys are playing at
the moment. He's leader for us.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
What about you, Ja, So you've been around the game
for a while or remember during your Hurricanes days and
and you know you've you've played with a rugby. How
much are you enjoying it at the moment with Maada
Pacifica compared to you know, the rugby you've played across
your career.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Yeah, I mean, you're really enjoying it right now. Just
being around our people. The course was obviously pretty pretty
big here and just to just be able to help
out and to see where this team is now compared
to three years ago, it's it's amazing. I'm just happy
(06:58):
to be a part of it.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Yeah, I mean, you've you're ideally placed to talk about
the development and the progress as you say, you've been
there since day one. You know, when when it first started,
did you always feel as though the progress would come,
even though you know early on the winds weren't coming.
Did you always feel like days like yesterday and last
week would come?
Speaker 4 (07:18):
I mean of belief was always there. We just knew
that every movement's going to take a take a while
to take off. And it's so good to see that
we're starting to put things together now and starting to
get more wins.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
And the Blues next Eden Park next Saturday. That's going
to be like a home game for you guys.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
Isn't it currently much? Pretty much? I guess.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
I mean, I can imagine, Man, you'll have your people
turning up for that, won't you.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
It'd be so cool. Yeah, it'll be so cool.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
All right, Well, enjoy the weekend or the rest of it. JT.
Good to get the chance to catch up with you.
Congratulations on a terrific performance from the team yesterday and
all the best for the week ahead as you're playing
for the Blues.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Thank you so much, thanks for having me on again.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
No, thank you JT for joining us. Jonathan Tomatin there there,
the half back from Myna Pacific has started every game
this season. Maaana Pacifica are real. They are a real
team now. They could make the six, they really could.
You look at the table at the moment, they're currently eighth,
but there are only two points behind the Waratas, so
(08:22):
they're a win behind. It's really tight. So Chiefs twenty six,
Crusaders twenty four Reds twenty three Force twenty Brumby's nineteen
Waratars seventeen, Hurricanes and Mana Pacifica are both fifteen. Then
Highlanders twelve, Blues eleven, Fiji and Drew have been the
only real disappointment really of this season. Down in last
place with seven points, Mawana Pacifica could absolutely make the
(08:46):
top six. They've got the Blues next Saturday at Eden
Park four point thirty five kickoff. What a contest that
promises to be.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, Listen live
to News Talk zed B weekends from midday or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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