Highlanders v Crusaders
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In my opinion, Worst 23 I’ve seen named this season. Gonna be an interesting game……
- ETHAN DE GROOT (CC)
- SUANE VIKENA
- SAULA MAU
- FABIAN HOLLAND
- MITCH DUNSHEA
- TE KAMAKA HOWDEN
- SEAN WITHY
- WILL STODART
- FOLAU FAKATAVA
- CAMERON MILLAR
- JONAH LOWE
- JAKE TE HIWI
- THOMAS UMAGA-JENSEN
- TIMOCI TAVATAVANAWAI [CC]
- JACOB RATUMAITAVUKI-
KNEEPKENS
Bench
16. JACK TAYLOR
17. JOSH BARTLETT
18. SEFO KAUTAI
19. OLI HAIG
20. VEVENI LASAQA
21. NATHAN HASTIE
22. SAM GILBERT
23. JOSH WHAANGA(DEBUT) -
I Would rather have Gilbert(who played his best game this season on the wing) in 14 or Whaanga(played plenty there for Otago) on the wing and keep Tavatavanawai at 12. I don’t like the look of this backline at all due to 11 and 12… Here’s hoping they surprise me.
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I want to like Jake Te Hiwi. We have not produced a midfield back out of Otago for decades. If he can get some runs on the board. He can be a decent player. I do feel this is a bit of a hospital pass for him though.
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@SouthernMann from what I’ve seen over the last couple years he’s a fair way away. Not saying he can’t turn things around but it hasn’t been smooth sailing at all so far. Won’t even touch on Jonah Lowe, meh.
Forwards solid as it can get for us at the moment, a shame Renton is out and Haig coming back and starting 2 games - a bench spot was inevitable.
Time for some young lads to show what they have and hopefully lift for a big home game.
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George Bower
(VC) Codie Taylor
Fletcher Newell
Scott Barrett
Jamie Hannah
Xavier Saifoloi
Tom Christie
Christian Lio-Willie
Noah Hotham
Taha Kemara
Macca Springer
(C) David Havili
Dallas McLeod
Sevu Reece
(VC) Will JordanIoane Moananu
Tamaiti Williams
Kershawl Sykes-Martin
Tahlor Cahill
Corey Kellow
Kyle Preston
Rivez Reihana
Chay FihakiBlackadder is injured again
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@Landers92 said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
@SouthernMann from what I’ve seen over the last couple years he’s a fair way away. Not saying he can’t turn things around but it hasn’t been smooth sailing at all so far. Won’t even touch on Jonah Lowe, meh.
Forwards solid as it can get for us at the moment, a shame Renton is out and Haig coming back and starting 2 games - a bench spot was inevitable.
Time for some young lads to show what they have and hopefully lift for a big home game.
The thing with Te Hiwi is he has only played two or three games a season (both Otago and the Highlanders) since his debut. No continuity. Just one game, then a few weeks off. Then another game. This is a bit of a frying pan into fire game for him.
Looks like Renton is just not right according to Joseph.
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@KiwiInLondon said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
The high work rate of the second row and back row will be easily matched by just a bigger, better, and more experienced second row and loose forward trio.
eh?? bigger? I think you have two very heavy props, Holland (maybe second tallest in the comp?), a second lock the height of Barrett, and if stats are still relevant the landers loosies are bigger (or at least taller).
Not sure the Crusaders are that huge in the forwards (their props are heavy but not esp tall).
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@nostrildamus yeah, no idea how big Sailafoi is, but he'd have to be packing a fair bit of weight to make up for the other two loosies. Hannah must have also gained a lot of weight since I last saw him, when he made Jordie look bulky.
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@Chris said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
Sailafo
6ft 5 114 kgs a decent size no.6.
That's about the same as Stodart right? Not enough to make up for the other two midgets 😬
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@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
@Chris said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
Sailafo
6ft 5 114 kgs a decent size no.6.
That's about the same as Stodart right? Not enough to make up for the other two midgets 😬
Yeah pretty much Stodarts size.
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@Chris said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
Sailafo
6ft 5 114 kgs a decent size no.6.
Howden 1.95m 112kg is pretty similar
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@nostrildamus said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
@Chris said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
Sailafo
6ft 5 114 kgs a decent size no.6.
Howden 1.95m 112kg is pretty similar
Yep sounds about right they look similar.
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@Duluth said in Highlanders v Crusaders:
George Bower
(VC) Codie Taylor
Fletcher Newell
Scott Barrett
Jamie Hannah
Xavier Saifoloi
Tom Christie
Christian Lio-Willie
Noah Hotham
Taha Kemara
Macca Springer
(C) David Havili
Dallas McLeod
Sevu Reece
(VC) Will JordanIoane Moananu
Tamaiti Williams
Kershawl Sykes-Martin
Tahlor Cahill
Corey Kellow
Kyle Preston
Rivez Reihana
Chay FihakiBlackadder is injured again
no JOC?
But fair enough to give Reihana a crack.
