Canterbury v Wellington

[Winger]

https://www.crfu.co.nz/newsarticle/95979?newsfeedId=1043163

1 FINLAY BREWIS

2 SHILO KLEIN

3 OLI JAGER

4 LUKE ROMANO

5 MITCHELL DUNSHEA

6 REED PRINSEP (C)

7 TOM CHRISTIE

8 TOM SANDERS

9 MITCHELL DRUMMOND

10 FERGUS BURKE

11 MANASA MATAELE

12 RAMEKA POIHIPI

13 NGATUNGANE PUNIVAI

14 CHAY FIHAKI

15 JOSH MCKAY

16 SCOTT MELLOW

17 TAMAITI WILLIAMS

18 FLETCHER NEWELL

19 SAM DARRY

20 BILLY HARMON

21 EREATARA ENARI

22 BRETT CAMERON

23 ISAIAH PUNIVAI

[Stargazer]

Some necessary changes from last week; I expect this Canterbury team to play better than last week, when Romano didn't play. Christie and Sanders starting with Harmon moved to the bench (he actually wasn't bad against Hawke's Bay) and Douglas dropped; also Burke starting instead of Cameron and McKay shifted to fullback (and Knewstubb dropped). No Lienert-Brown; IIRC he got injured, last week?

I find it hard to predict the result for this game.

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer I’d say it will be fairly close looking at both teams.

[shark]

DLB got injured at training yesterday.

[cgrant]

So we will probably watch Williams coming off the bench. He is a very big unit and was a standout for the AB schoolboys.

[shark]

We're very thin up front now. The young guys are very promising but very, very green.

[Duluth]

Is Sanders staying on?

[Duluth]

Hmmm I think they should take the 10 mins on that one

[African Monkey]

Very willing at breakdown especially Canterbury bringing the intensity up front so far.

Don't know why Wellington didn't go for 3 just before.

[Stargazer]

Burke already showing he's better than Cameron.

[Canes4life]

Fuck sake Hauiti Parpapara, get the pill out faster.

[taniwharugby]

jeez, Cantabs lucky to get away with that, #6 touching the defender

[African Monkey]

Mataele should have been penalised for picking the ball up from the side.

[African Monkey]

Shocking miss from Garden Bachop there.

[African Monkey]

@African-Monkey Which ended up working out well for Wellington.

[Canes4life]

Garden Bachop is having a shocker tonight.

Kicking it far too much, doing predictable lobby passes and misses a penalty in front. Just keep it simple, seems to be trying too hard.

[Nepia]

The Lord Ben Nicholas did well there.

[Canes4life]

Jeez Prinsep is fired up tonight. Put on four big hits so far.

[Stargazer]

Ha, that negative play really did bite Canterbury in the bum.

[African Monkey]

@Stargazer Yep, a try and a YC to Romano.

Big 2nd half coming up, Wellington will be happy to go into the half 6 down.