Crusaders v Sunwolves
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Team to play the Sunwolves:
George Bridge, Israel Dagg, Tim Bateman, Ryan Crotty, Manasa Mataele, Mike Delany, Mitchell Drummond, Tom Sanders, Matt Todd, Ethan Blackadder, Quinten Strange, Scott Barrett, Owen Franks, Ben Funnell, Tim Perry. Reserves: Andrew Makalio, Wyatt Crockett, Chris King, Luke Romano, Pete Samu, Jack Stratton, Mitchell Hunt, Seta Tamanivalu.
Razor rolling the dice a bit with Taylor, Havili, Hall and Sam Whitelock all rested, plus Delaney, Strange and Ethan Blackadder given starts (ahead of Hunt and Samu).
Team still looks, hopefully, solid enough to take care of the Sunwolves and there's a bit of cavalry on the bench.
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Owen and Izzy are back!
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@antipodean Yes, great to have some All Blacks back playing again! I don't like it all that so many are still not playing with the June Series starting in less than 2 months!
The Saders are resting quite a few players at the same time: All Blacks Taylor, Whitelock & Havili, but also Alaalatoa & Hall. Not confirmed, but I assume Taufua is injured (and that Alaalatoa & Hall are not).
Also still injured: Moody, Jager, Read, Mo'unga, Goodhue & maybe some of the fringe players (not sure whether Dunshea is still injured). -
@antipodean said in Crusaders v Sunwolves:
Owen and Izzy are back!
Yes Boy!
It'll be a cricket score, that's a good looking saders - injuries permitting. Just lack of Mo'unga will hold them back a bit.
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Sunwolves
15 William Tupou, 14 Hosea Saumaki, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Michael Little, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Hayden Parker, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Kazuki Himeno, 7 Lappies Labuschagne (c), 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 James Moore, 3 Jiwon Koo, 2 Jaba Bregvadze, 1 Craig MillarReserves: 16 Yusuke Niwai, 17 Shintaro Ishihara, 18 Takuma Asahara, 19 Sam Wykes, 20 Edward Quirk, 21 Yutaka Nagare, 22 Ryoto Nakamura, 23 Semisi Masirewa
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@stargazer That's a pretty international-looking Sunwolves starting 15 to face the Saders.
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@stargazer said in Crusaders v Sunwolves:
Sunwolves
15 William Tupou, 14 Hosea Saumaki, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Michael Little, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Hayden Parker, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Kazuki Himeno, 7 Lappies Labuschagne (c), 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 James Moore, 3 Jiwon Koo, 2 Jaba Bregvadze, 1 Craig MillarReserves: 16 Yusuke Niwai, 17 Shintaro Ishihara, 18 Takuma Asahara, 19 Sam Wykes, 20 Edward Quirk, 21 Yutaka Nagare, 22 Ryoto Nakamura, 23 Semisi Masirewa
Must be awkward for the captain to be named after something a stripper does.
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@machpants said in Crusaders v Sunwolves:
@antipodean said in Crusaders v Sunwolves:
Owen and Izzy are back!
Yes Boy!
It'll be a cricket score, that's a good looking saders - injuries permitting. Just lack of Mo'unga will hold them back a bit.
Interestingly, this week I'm certain we can pick a better starting XV from the guys who aren't playing:
Moody, Taylor, Alaalatoa, Whitelock, Dunshea, Taufua, Harmon, Read, Hall, Mo'unga, Havili, Goodhue, Macilai, Ennor, Jordan
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Thunder, lightning, hail.
@MajorRage Parker and Little are good SW players...
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Or is there a third?
