Auckland vs Tasman
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@Duluth Our lineout has been pretty poor, as well. If Shane Christie is fit, I expect we'll have a loose forward trio of Koloamatangi, Christie and Samu - none of whom is very tall.
They used Frizell at blindside last week which added some lineout height, but otherwise he didn't impress. Might be worth giving Blackadder MkII a start.
I think Guyton and Banks are better than the Hickeys, but may not get a lot of chance to show it.
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Yeah should be a good game - Ta$man will throw everything at it and after their one great performance this year it's tough to know which Auckland team will show up this week.
Agreed that Moli is a worry - i'd rather see Kaifa at 7 and Akira at 6, i'd like to see Kaifa come on if Moli is poor.
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I'd of gone with Kaifa at 7 and Akira at 6 as well. Put Moli on the bench as a lock and call up Uini Fetalaiga up from the Colts to be the backrower on the bench.
Most games I watch of Fetalaiga, he just sticks out. He reminds me so much of Luke Braid. I was surprised he came back to Auckland after being named Counties U19s player of the year last year.
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The front row looks a lot stronger with Prattley there (didn't think I'd be saying that last year), and as has been said, Renata benefits as a result. Hopefully we won't see much more of Isi Tu'ungafasi as he offers absolutely nothing apart from making the very average Tom McHugh look up to standard.
I thought Moli went quite well last week in the 2nd row but I don't like him at 6. Kaifa should be starting with Moli/Scrafton on the bench. Hopefully we see GPT back soon.
Other than that our side looks ok on paper. I would also like to see someone get a bit of time at 10 for next season but that looks unlikely this late into the comp (unless we plan on playing Fosita there next season).
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We don't have a clue on how to defend with Ta$man playing so flat and Ta$man are struggling to deal with our big ball runners. A 60-60 draw wouldn't suprise me the way this game is going.
Kurt Eklund can't throw and can't tackle. Reminds me of Tom McCartney all over again but worse.
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Annoyingly, Ta$man is a point behind at halftime having played more and better rugby.
Auckland constructed one excellent try and grabbed an intercept - and at the end we're denied a try by some ginger haired clown - like that fucker was going to save the try!
Touchies in for that - but where were they on the totally obvious held back on Makalio. I saw that from 1000 kilometres away!
On the plus side - things are going far better for us than I expected.
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Reiko gonna get a hat trick tonight?
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@taniwharugby one try looks unlikely let alone 3.
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Good to see us addressing our 1st half problems.
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@KiwiMurph said in Auckland vs Ta$man:
Simon Hickey is so fucking shit
His goalkicking is pretty good though
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Don't forget Kurt Eklund.
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Get Jono Hickey off now.
