North vs South

nzzp

@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

Stargazer

@Gunner said in North vs South:

@Stargazer will be spitting tacks - no MMT...

And Prinsep makes the SI team, WTF?

Spitting tacks, spitting fire , expletives

Stargazer

@Bovidae said in North vs South:

You can also see who the AB selectors want to look at, even if they have had minimal playing time in SRA. TTT, for example.
A number of players were unavailable for selection due to injury, including 2019 All Blacks Dane Coles, Scott Barrett, Sam Cane and Ngani Laumape.
I'd like to see a full list as the likes of Robinson, Jacobson and Grace aren't selected either.

And Gareth Evans, David Havili ...

Kiwiwomble

@Stargazer Jesus! forgot about them too

sparky

TTT, Vaii'i and Selby-Rickit are massive bolters. The rest of the selections are about as expected.

Bryn Hall, Otere Black and GCT should be involved in this game. Do the selectors have a problem with from North Harbour?

I assume D Mac and TJP are First Five cover for NI.

booboo

At the risk of boobooing T-cube is back!

Is that a fuck you to Gats? Or did we ever find out if he'd been injured?

Bovidae

@booboo If BOP published their club team lists we'd know if TTT had been playing for his Rotorua club.

The Silver Fern

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