Its all or nothing now, says Tantrum

Gary Caffell
Wairarapa-Bush can beat Horowhenua-Kapiti in their Lochore Cup Heartland championship semi-final rugby match in Levin this coming weekend.
That's the word from coach Kelvin Tantrum and he cites two good reasons for expressing such confidence.
First, there was the number of pluses to come out of Wairarapa-Bush's 67-23 win over East Coast at Masterton on Saturday and, second, the fact that Wairarapa-Bush did not play particularly well in a pool game against Horowhenua-Kapiti earlier in the season yet were beaten by only 36-31.
"There is absolutely no reason why we can't win, we are good enough to do it so there will be no excuses if we don't," Tantrum said.
"It's all or nothing now, there are no more second chances."
Reflecting on his team's 10-try victory over East Coast, Tantrum was pleased with the continuity Wairarapa-Bush got into their play, particularly in the second half, and the dominance they had in the set pieces of lineout and scrum.
"We did get into the old habit of trying too much too early in the opening quarter but once we started to build our attacks better we ran in some nice tries," he said. "It was a good example of what patience can do, and hopefully we can learn from it."
Tantrum was not so impressed, however, with East Coast scoring the last two tries of the game, blaming lack of concentration in both instances.
"We dropped our focus and they took advantage of it, we have to show far more discipline than that," Tantrum said.
"They were soft tries and we can't afford that sort of thing."
Wairarapa-Bush's horror run of knee injuries continued on Saturday when experienced prop Dylan Higgison limped off soon after kickoff.
He is now a "very doubtful" starter against Horowhenua-Kapiti.
Serious knee injuries have already sidelined Daniel Griffin, James Bruce and Jared Hawkins from representative play this season with only Hawkins having any chance of making a return before the Heartland campaign draws to a close.
In fact, he is expected to attend training this week and, all going well, could even be part of the starting line-up in Levin.
Another of the loose forwards in the Wairarapa-Bush squad, Mike Wilson, rolled an ankle against East Coast but is expected to be fit by the weekend and also in contention for selection will be midfield back Mike Shaw, who
has recovered from his injury hassles.
Tantrum understands Wairarapa-Bush will go into the semi-final match as underdogs because of Horowhenua-Kapiti's more impressive record in lead up games but, at the same time, he wonders what their surprisingly convincing 36-8 loss to Poverty Bay at their latest appearance will do to
their confidence.
"They will be disappointed by that result and we need to shake them up early to create even more doubts in their minds," he said. "A strong start could be the winning of the game, that's how we need to approach it."
Meanwhile, Wairarapa-Bush fans keen to be on hand to cheer their side to victory at Levin should note a supporter's bus will leave Tranzit on Saturday at 10.30am, providing the minimum of 20 people is reached. Cost is $35 per person and those interested need to register at Tranzit by noon on Thursday.