Can we do it? Yes we can, says Tatana

Eketahuna captain Perri Tatana is "absolutely sure" her team can beat Johnsonville in their Wellington premier division women's rugby semi-final match at Eketahuna on Saturday.
But at the same time she respects Johnsonville enough to say that if Eketahuna don't play right up to their best form they will come second.
"It'll be close, we know that", Tatana said.
"Whoever wants it more will win, and hopefully that's us."
Eketahuna and Johnsonville have met twice this season for a win apiece.
Johnsonville prevailed easily the first time when Eketahuna were still in the throes of getting a competitive team together but a more organised Eketahuna turned the tables in the second, albeit by a narrow margin.
Tatana has no doubts Johnsonville will stick to their usual formula for success on Saturday, which revolves around relying on their forwards to dominate the tighter exchanges.
"They are very good at the rolling maul and the pick and go, they place a lot of emphasis there," she said.
Tatana, who herself plays on the flank, is confident, however, that while Eketahuna won't have the size of Johnsonville up front they will be athletic and tactically smart enough to earn themselves at least a reasonable share of possession.
"It's all about us contesting every phase as hard as we can, and retaining what ball we do get," she said.
"We don't want to stand back and let them come to us, we have to mount an aggressive defence in the hope we can turn over ball ourselves."
The Eketahuna skipper is confident too that the home team will have a clear edge for flair and pace in the backs so, not surprisingly, she sees their influence as being crucial to their prospects.
"I think everyone knows that the attacking skills of our backs is our main strength and the more we can give them quality ball to play with the better it has to be for us," she said.
"They (Johnsonville) have talented backs too but they are not as sharp as ours, we definitely have an advantage there"
This is Eketahuna's debut season in the Wellington competition and Tatana has found it to be more physically demanding than what was the case in Manawatu last year when they were beaten finalists in their premier grade.
"There was probably more movement of the ball in Manawatu but in Wellington most teams have big forwards who like to impose themselves on the game as often they can," she said.
"It's a more structured type of rugby, they look to dominate things up front before giving the backs a go."


Tatana is one of four Eketahuna players who have already been named in an extended Wellington provincial squad, along with No.8 Emma Aldworth, first five-eighth Rebecca Hull and utility back Shakira Baker.
 
And others are still believed to be under consideration, probably three more of their in-form backs, Michele Clarke, Jessie Bennett and Maia Tua-Davidson.
Meanwhile, Tatana says there was no real debate within the Eketahuna camp as to where Saturday's semi-final match would be played.
The possibility of it being at Memorial Park was discussed but so pleased have the Eketahuna players and management been with the support given them on their home ground this season they were keen to remain there.
"We've got a lot of loyal supporters around the Eketahuna-Pahiatua region now and hopefully we can reward them with a winning semi-final game," Tatana said.
"They've been a big part in our success up to now, huge really."