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Results of the last round of preseason games:
North Harbour 57 - 31 Northland (HT: 12 - 24)
Auckland 33 - 14 Hawke's Bay (HT: 12 -14)
Taranaki 21 - 24 Waikato (HT: 14 - 5)
Southland 19 - 62 Canterbury (HT: 19 - 22)
Ta$man 54 - 19 Otago (HT: 28 - 12)and the above "Game of Three Halves" results.
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@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Southland team to play Canterbury:
Taine Te Whata is clever. Starting and on the bench.
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Wow. The Ta$man box score reads like a Super Rugby side and it's no surprise they thrashed Otago. And then you scroll down and look at the Southland squad (I recognised 3-4 names) and wonder how Canterbury didn't put 100 on them. Such a difference in two provinces of relatively similar size and presumably resources.
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@Stargazer You more into M10 Cup than Super Rugby?
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@shark The Southland corporates must spend all their sponsorship money on the Steel and Sharks.
I might watch the occasional Southland game to see how some players I saw play at schoolboy level perform (e.g., Alaimalo, Te Tamaki and Moorby).
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Rugby park Invercargill today. A warm welcome instore for the Taniwha. Don't freeze your dreadlocks off boys.
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@Daffy-Jaffy I'll have you know there is unlikely to be anyone in the starting line up with dreads, maybe not even the 23! 😎
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@taniwharugby Then it will be but a pale imitation of a real Taniwha team. What not even Ranger? Gregory could easily dread all that hair. You need to hunt down some more Pryors.
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@taniwharugby said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Daffy-Jaffy I'll have you know there is unlikely to be anyone in the starting line up with dreads, maybe not even the 23! 😎
There's some mullets tho, right?
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@Daffy-Jaffy Ranger is injured from round 1 or 2 of super rugby...Yeah Gregory could easily convert @Machpants if Stokes plays he has had an outstanding mohawk/mullet kind of thing going on.
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I'm not sure I would agree with the rankings apart from 1 and 2. Rugby grounds should be rectangular not ovals (looking at you Westpac). Strange to show a photo of Waikato Stadium under construction.
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The Hawke's Bay squad is:
Ash Dixon, Ben May, Brad Weber, Brendan O'Connor, Brodie Retallick, Caleb Makene, Danny Toala, Devan Flanders, Folau Fakatava, Gareth Evans, Geoff Cridge, Hannon Brighouse, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Jason Long, Jonah Lowe, Josh Kaifa, Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe, Kianu Kereru-Symes, Lincoln McClutchie, Marino Mikaele-Tu'u, Mason Emerson, Michael Allardice, Neria Fomai, Ollie Sapsford, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Sam McNicol, Solomone Funaki, Stacey Ili, Tiaan Falcon, Tim Farrell, Timo Vaiusu, Tom Parsons, Will Tremain, Zach Donaldson, Iakopo Mapu, Jacob Devery, Joel Hintz, Namatahi Waa, Ricky Hayes, Saia Paese, Tyrone Dodd-Edwards.
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@Daffy-Jaffy And there we go again, spelling Brendon O'Connor's name wrong again (like they've always done). Who writes this stuff for NZR?
That line-up comes from this:
http://www.mitre10cup.co.nz/News/34501/magpies-ready-to-soar-in-2019
