Mitre 10 Cup 2018
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@kev Good point,while looking over the squad,I completely missed Sweetman,I would imagine he would have been in a battle with Temo Mayanavanua from Waipu as the 4th lock and selectors decided to go with the more athletic man.
As for Tua,he’s gonna have to a bit to win me back over,it was great to see him get some game time for the Blues,but in all honesty if he had not broke his hand doing dumb stuff,he would have got way more time in a Blues Jersey given their injuries and that you can only attribute which I believe is an issue since his elevation to super level,needs to have a very good season and show he has potential.Interesting to see Chris Apoua has been picked up by Southland,I remember Dale MacLeod telling me,Chris has got potential,but fitness was an issue...wish him well apart from when he plays us.
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@steven-harris so Dale likely have dragged Apoua down there.
We never got to see much of Apoua after his brief outing when he got hooked after subbing on a short time earlier in a match when his scrumming really struggled.
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@steven-harris Sweetman was missing from development list as well so I presumed injured? Or...
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Bit worried about Josh Goodhue, he's been on the sidelines since before the June break IIRC!
Who is 19 Lucas Albornoz
FULL TIME - 24 Counties Manukau vs 33 NZ Vikings
FULL TIME SCORE - 24 Counties Manukau vs 33 NZ Vikings 4:12pm FULL TIME 24 Counties Manukau vs 33 NZ Vikings (Ropate...
NZ Vikings Team To Face Counties Manukau This Thursday!
Our 2018 Taniwha team has two pre-season matches this year prior to the Mitre 10 Cup and the first is this Thursday against the Counties Manukau Steelers in Pukekohe.
The Taniwha will be playing as the NZ Vikings for both of these games in recognition of all the great work done by the Vikings to promote rugby for our future Taniwha.
Kick off at Navigation Homes Stadium in Pukekohe is at 2.30pm Thursday 2nd August.
The team is as follows:
1 Isileli Tu'ungafasi
2 Jordan Olsen
3 Jack Straker
4 Tom Robinson
5 Temo Mayanavanua
6 Sam McNamara
7 Kane Jacobson
8 Jaycob Matiu
9 Jono Kitto
10 Myles Thoroughgood
11 Levi Clark
12 Blake Hohaia
13 Rene Ranger
14 Noah Cooper
15 Matt Wright
16 Matt Moulds
17 Boyd Wiggins
18 Ropate Rinakama
19 Lucas Albornoz
20 Kara Pryor
21 Matt Matich
22 Mac Sykes
23 Sam Nock
24 Jack Debreczeni
25 Tamati Tua
26 Tim Blundell
Unavailable due to Super Rugby commitments or injury:
Scott Gregory, Jordan Hyland, Renata Roberts-Te Nana, Ross Wright, Jack Goodhue, Paddy Joe Atkins, Jone Macilai, Murray Douglas, Regan Verney and Josh Goodhue
Article added: Wednesday 01 August 2018
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Hope these injuries and unavailabilities are not too serious
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@steven-harris given Goodhue was out due to concussion prior to the June break, it is very concerning for him (not only his career, but him) if it is still concussion.
Yeah a few key names on that unavilable/injury list; Hyland, Wright, Douglas the main ones for me.
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Result of today's preseason game: Counties Manukau 24 v 33 NZ Vikings (Northland)
From the Taniwha website:
FULL TIME SCORE - 24 Counties Manukau vs 33 NZ Vikings
4:12pm FULL TIME
24 Counties Manukau vs 33 NZ Vikings (Ropate RinakamaTry)4:01pm
24 Counties Manukau vs 26 NZ Vikings (Kara Pryor Try)3:56pm
24 Counties Manukau vs 19 NZ Vikings (Try Counties)3:30pm
19 Counties Manukau vs 19 NZ Vikings (2nd intercept try in 2mins for Counties)3:28pm
14 Counties Manukau vs 19 NZ Vikings (Counties Try)Half Time
3:15pm
7 Counties Manukau vs 19 NZ Vikings (Blake Hohaia Try)3:05pm
7 Counties Manukau vs 12 NZ Vikings (Rene Ranger Try)2.52pm
7 Counties Manukau vs 5 NZ Vikings (Jono Kitto Try)2:51pm
7 Counties Manukau vs 0 NZ Vikings2:30pm
Kick off -
I know it's only pre season but that's a handy result and confidence will help hugely.
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@taniwharugby Josh is still such a young guy and with the right development could join Jack in ABs. 😀👍So hope if it is concussion he gets all the time he needs.
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@taniwharugby yep really good result.
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what are our other pre-season fixtures?
Guess we now know we will be without Goodhue, which isnt really surprising, but be nice for an update on some of the other injuries, some I expect are just niggles that there is no point playing them.
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@taniwharugby I have been checking the site.... they do a much better job nowadays but we are close to start of season so time to provide more information. Get the fans pumped up!
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@taniwharugby yep...I remember when we got nothing. Be good to get some articles on new guys.
