North vs South

[Tim]

1 Moody
2 Taylor
3 Lomax
4 Dunshea
5 Whitelock
6 Frizell
7 Hunt
8 Sanders
9 Drummond
10 Mo’unga
11 Bridge
12 Goodhue
13 Ennor (in by default)
14 Jordan
15 Barrett

16 Makalio
17 Hodgman
18 Laulala
19 Prinsep
20 Christie
21 Christie
22 Ioane
23 Faingaanuku

[Tim]

@Kiwiwomble Offers more off the bench. Dixon competing with Aumua for the start.

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim Bridge is going to have a busy day on both wings.

[Bovidae]

Taylor is a handy hooker, right?

[Tim]

@Bovidae Yikes, brain-fart.

[Duluth]

@Tim said in North vs South:

12 ALB
13 Ioane

Looking forward to seeing that combo. Hopefully ALB can get that Chiefs stink off of him quickly

[nzzp]

@Duluth said in North vs South:

@Tim said in North vs South:

12 ALB
13 Ioane

Looking forward to seeing that combo. Hopefully ALB can get that Chiefs stink off of him quickly

cleansed with a blue rinse

[Tim]

@Duluth That's some skunk strength stink though.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Tim said in North vs South:

1 Moody
2 Taylor
3 Lomax
4 Dunshea
5 Whitelock
6 Frizell
7 Hunt
8 Sanders
9 Drummond
10 Mo’unga
11 Bridge
12 Goodhue
13 Ennor (in by default)
14 Jordan
15 Barrett

16 Makalio
17 Hodgman
18 Laulala
19 Prinsep
20 Christie
21 Christie
22 Ioane
23 Faingaanuku

probably cant argue with that too much, weber not making it maybe, just being an AB and all

[Canes4life]

So from the players selected I'm going to have a stab at each match day 23.

North: 1. Tu'inukuafe 2. Aumua 3. Tu'ungafasi 4. Tuipolotu 5. Scrafton 6. Ioane 7. Savea 8. Sotutu 9. Smith 10. Barrett 11. Clarke 12. Leinert-Brown 13. Ioane 14. Reece 15. McKenzie Reserves:
16. Dixon 17. Johnstone 18. Ta'avao 19. Vaa'i 20. Papalii 21. Perenara 22. Umaga-Jensen 23. Telea

South: 1. Joe Moody 2. Taylor 3. Lomax 4. Dunshea 5. Whitelock 6. Frizell 7. Hunt 8. Prinsep 9. Webber 10. Mo'unga 11. Bridge 12. Goodhue 13. Ennor 14. Jordan 15. Barrett
Reserves: 16. Coltman 17. Hodgman 18. Laulaula 19. Selby-Rickit 20. Christie 21. Drummond 22. Ioane 23. Tomkinson

[shark]

@Tim said in North vs South:

1 Moody
2 Taylor
3 Lomax
4 Dunshea
5 Whitelock
6 Frizell
7 Hunt
8 Sanders
9 Drummond
10 Mo’unga
11 Bridge
12 Goodhue
13 Ennor (in by default)
14 Jordan
15 Barrett

16 Makalio
17 Hodgman
18 Laulala
19 Prinsep
20 Christie
21 Christie
22 Ioane
23 Faingaanuku

Parkinson for Dunshea, and I'd re-jig the backline to re-unite Barrett and Goodhue in midfield, Ennor to the wing and Jordan to fullback.

[KiwiMurph]

@shark Parkinson is out injured.

[Tim]

@shark said in North vs South:

Parkinson

Injured.

[Tim]

Word just in is that Luke Jacobson wasn't picked because selectors wanted him to go back to Mitre 10 Cup and get some game time logged for Waikato after missing so much time recently. He broke his hand in the second round of SRA and returned for the Chiefs' final game.

[taniwharugby]

is Parkinson injured?

[shark]

Rats, as that would have shuffled Dunshea to the bench and shuffled Prinsep right off. OK, Dunshea then, with Romano off the bench. Or maybe Selby-Rickett.

Not thrilled with Hunt on the openside either. Pity Lentjes is also out. Maybe Harmon. Oh and Weber for Christie on the bench.

[Bovidae]

As both squads only have 3 locks you would expect both young guys to be on the bench. Let's get away from using loose forwards as lock cover.

[Tim]

@shark said in North vs South:

Romano

Did you read the squads?

[shark]

This is what I'd much rather see, based on alternative eligibility criteria, if all fit and available:

15 McKenzie
14 Alaimalo
11 Jordan
13 Collins
12 ALB
10 Mo'unga
9 Drummond
8 Sanders
7 Lentjes
6 Grace
5 Retallick
4 Strange
3 Tokolahi
2 Coltman
1 Moody

[Kiwiwomble]

starting XV's aside as neither will start i think Collins should have got the nod over Sio