Tasman v Northland
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woohoo
Fun day ahead for Tua!
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@Duluth said in Ta$man v Northland:
Havili is back and starts at 12
1 Isi Tu'ungafasi, 2 Andrew Makalio, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 4 Mahonri Ngakuru, 5 Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta, 6 Shannon Frizell, 7 Jacob Norris, 8 Hugh Renton, 9 Dwayne Polataivao, 10 Mitchell Hunt, 11 Leicester Faingaanuku, 12 David Havili, 13 Fetuli Paea, 14 Sevu Reece, 15 Will Jordan
Reserves: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Kershawl Sykes Martin, 18 Isaac Salmon, 19 Suafoa Cameron, 20 Braden Stewart, 21 Louie Chapman, 22 Tim O'Malley, 23 Tima Faingaanuku
Terrible looking team, I've never even heard of those two locks or halfback for goodness sakes.
Do good locks not drink craft beer or accept cheques?Northland 17+
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@Chris-B didnt know he was from up here? Although entirely possible going via St Kents!
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@taniwharugby I could possibly be mistaken - it's all just "Up North" to me!
(I'm just gently trolling Gunner for trolling me)!
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@Chris-B I think Tamaiti Williams is form up here and he and Mahonri went through St Kents at the same time, so who knows, tough to keep up these days with the schoolboy stuff.
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@taniwharugby Seems like there's quite a conveyor belt from St. Kents to the Crusaders' Nelson Academy.
Cirikidaveta has come on that path as well. And PPP.
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@taniwharugby Embrace the professional era!
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Much better position for Havili to focus on, hopefully that continues for the Crusaders as well.
A kicking second five would be very useful to the AB backline makeup.
Much less of a logjam in front of him too compared to fullback (Dmac, Jordie, BB, Jordan, just to name a few).
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@KiwiMurph said in Ta$man v Northland:
@Kirwan would also allow Goodhue to shift back to 13 for Crusaders too.
Yep. Another bonus.
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not yet official, but i believe this is our team to face Ta$man
Li, Olsen, Kearns
Goodhue, Caird
Robinson, McNamara, Pryor
Nock, Faiane
Tua, Ranger
Hyland, Gregory, LeiluaAtkins, Pou, Te Whata-Colley, Mayanavanua, Matich, Levien, Cooper, Hohaia
Faiane and Tua into the starting 15 with Goodhue & Hawkins out, Cooper and Hohaia in to replace the 2 promoted.
Unsure why they'd go to Hohaia as an impact player, leaving out Macilai (havent heard he is injured) who is a player who can provide some impact!
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12365792
Hopefully Cooper gets a good run in this game. He could be an option at fullback which would also take some of the pressure off of Wiseguy
If Cooper and Tua go well then they don't need to start Gregory
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@Duluth I just hope regardless of how Wiseguy or Cooper go at 10, we persevere with them, going back to Hawkins isn't going to get us where we need to be.
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They should stick with Wiseguy all year. I've seen a bit of Cooper at club level and he's comfortable at fullback too. If he adjusts well to NPC rugby he could be the starting fullback and cover 10. Hawkins out of the 23.
