Wellington vs Auckland
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15 Wes Goosen (Old Boys University)
14 Malo Tuitama (Oriental-Rongotai)
13 Matt Proctor (Oriental-Rongotai) (c)
12 Thomas Umaga-Jensen (Wainuiomata)
11 Ben Lam (Tawa)
10 Jackson Garden-Bachop (Northern United)
9 Kemara Hauiti-Parapara (Tawa)
8 Teariki Ben-Nicholas (Old Boys University)
7 Mateaki Kafatolu (Petone)
6 Galu Taufale (Poneke)
5 Isaia Walker-Leawere (Poneke)
4 James Blackwell (Petone)
3 Jeff To'omaga-Allen (Marist St Pats)
2 Asafo Aumua (Avalon)
1 Xavier Numia (Oriental-Rongotai)16 James O'Reilly (Hutt Old Boys Marist)
17 Tolu Fahamokioa (Tawa)
18 Joel Hintz (Old Boys University)
19 Sam Lousi (Marist St Pats) or Will Mangos (Old Boys University)
20 Thomas Waldrom (Avalon)
21 Carlos Price (Petone)
22 Billy Proctor (Marist St Pats)
23 Trent Renata (Oriental-Rongotai) -
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Awesome to see Lousi back, hopefully have him starting at lock and Blackwell to 6 for the playoffs.
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@akan004 said in Wellington vs Auckland:
Still no Coles. Wasn't he expected to be available for one or two RC games?
The original comeback date was late Sep or early Oct but Hansen said recently there was no set date. That's code for a setback in his rehab.
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@dice Or we just get Sione Havili back.
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@african-monkey Looks like he'll be out injured for some time.
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@tim I take that back then haha. Anyone know how Aleks Dabek went in theclub season? He was a star at schoolboy level for St Peter's.
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@african-monkey Dabek captained the champion Ponsonby team and was outstanding. He played pre-season trials with Auckland but missed out on the squad to Adrian Choat (NZ u20 this year). He's still very young and probably needs a years bulking up for first class rugby.
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@canes4life said in Wellington vs Auckland:
Awesome to see Lousi back, hopefully have him starting at lock and Blackwell to 6 for the playoffs.
Agree. Without both Lousi and Fifita our lineout wasn't great. Its a shame that Fidow is out for the full year. But at least Lousi returning should rectify one weakness. Blackwell at 1.90 is just too short
