Auckland v Wellington

[Kirwan]

@Duluth Fun to see Julian back.

[Duluth]

@Kirwan I'll be watching in person.. just confirmed my restricted covid crowd tickets

[Bovidae]

Proctor back to being a fullback again.

[Duluth]

Alex HODGMAN (Suburbs)
Leni APISAI (Ponsonby)
Ofa TU’UNGAFASI (Grammar TEC)
Scott SCRAFTON (Grammar TEC)
Jack WHETTON (Grammar TEC)
Akira IOANE (Ponsonby)
Adrian CHOAT (Waitemata)
Hoskins SOTUTU (Marist)
Jonathan RURU (University)
Harry PLUMMER (Grammar TEC)
Caleb CLARKE (Ponsonby)
TJ FAIANE © (Pakuranga)
Rieko IOANE (Ponsonby)
AJ LAM (Grammar TEC)
Jordan TRAINOR (Ponsonby)

Mike SOSENE-FEAGAI (Marist)
Jarred ADAMS (Suburbs)
Angus TA’AVAO (Eden)
Liam HALLAM-EAMES (Grammar TEC)
Blake GIBSON (Ponsonby)
Danny TUSITALA (Ponsonby)
Zarn SULLIVAN (College Rifles)
Tumua MANU (College Rifles)

[Tim]

Auckland look to tame the Lions in first homecoming of the season.

Head Coach, Alama Ieremia has made one change to the team that were victorious over Otago in Round 1 of the Mitre 10...

Alex HODGMAN (Suburbs)
Leni APISAI (Ponsonby)
Ofa TU’UNGAFASI (Grammar TEC)
Scott SCRAFTON (Grammar TEC)
Jack WHETTON (Grammar TEC)
Akira IOANE (Ponsonby)
Adrian CHOAT (Waitemata)
Hoskins SOTUTU (Marist)
Jonathan RURU (University)
Harry PLUMMER (Grammar TEC)
Caleb CLARKE (Ponsonby)
TJ FAIANE © (Pakuranga)
Rieko IOANE (Ponsonby)
AJ LAM (Grammar TEC)
Jordan TRAINOR (Ponsonby)
Mike SOSENE-FEAGAI (Marist)
Jarred ADAMS (Suburbs)
Angus TA’AVAO (Eden)
Liam HALLAM-EAMES (Grammar TEC)
Blake GIBSON (Ponsonby)
Danny TUSITALA (Ponsonby)
Zarn SULLIVAN (College Rifles)
Tumua MANU (College Rifles)

[Kirwan]

Patrick still injured?

[Canes4life]

@Bovidae he's been very underwhelming at centre.

[KiwiMurph]

@Kirwan said in Auckland v Wellington:

Patrick still injured?

You need to be extra careful with Achilles.

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/300111200/mitre-10-cup-auckland-wary-of-dangerous-wellington-chasing-retribution

[Tim]

Big praise for Trainor from Parsons on this week's podcast.

Rating Dave Rennie's Wallabies squad | Aotearoa Rugby Pod

[mikey07]

@Canes4life TBH been underwhelming everytime he’s on the field

[Bones]

@mikey07 said in Auckland v Wellington:

@Canes4life TBH been underwhelming everytime he’s on the field

To be fair, his brother took a while to hit his straps, if he's on the same trajectory he could end up being pretty decent eh.

[mikey07]

@Bones Yeah very true maybe that was why they signed him to a 5 year deal

[nzzp]

It's on! Go Auckland, cracking day up here in the big smoke

[nzzp]

... and holy shit Akira has normalised his haircut. No more bleach. Hopefully he lifts again

[Stargazer]

So they swapped JSavea and Patafilo? Tactical decision?

[nzzp]

@nzzp said in Auckland v Wellington:

... and holy shit Akira has normalised his haircut. No more bleach. Hopefully he lifts again

quoting myself, but damn that's my fault. Akira down with blood I think

@Stargazer sounded like an injury in Wellington starting 14?

[Stargazer]

@nzzp From bleached to dark pink. Normalised you say?

[nzzp]

@Stargazer dark pink I don't mind. Bleach like that doesn't do it for me... I did it once myself and looked like a total muppet.

[Bones]

Stoked to see Wellington have worked on their discipline.