Tasman v BOP
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1 Isi Tu'ungafasi, 2 Andrew Makalio, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 4 Alex Ainley, 5 Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta, 6 Jacob Norris, 7 Sione Havili, 8 Hugh Renton, 9 Finlay Christie, 10 Mitch Hunt, 11 Leicester Fainga'anuku, 12 Alex Nankivell, 13 Fetuli Paea, 14 Mark Telea, 15 David Havili
Reserves: 16 Quentin MacDonald, 17 Ryan Coxon, 18 Samuel Matenga, 19 Isaac Ross, 20 Braden Stewart, 21 Louie Chapman, 22 Kieran Fonotia, 23 Tima Fainga'anuku
Issac Ross on the bench
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F$$k that invitational XV is strong, I am going to suggest they took a visit from an Indian bookmaker last week..
To be fair Harbour were great last week, so maybe Harbour need to be Drug tested? Think the Bay is going to need the same injecting clinic to get close in this one. -
@bayimports The backs are good.
This year's forwards are just a decent NPC pack, though Lomax should add some starch on last week's pack.
Last week, I think we only had three current Super rugby forwards (and none who are regular starters), where Harbour had probably half a dozen.
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1 Jordan Lay, 2 Nathan Vella, 3 Jeff Thwaites, 4 Stan van den Hoven, 5 Keepa Mewett, 6 Aaron Carroll, 7 Mitch Karpik, 8 Joe Tupe, 9 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 10 Otere Black, 11 Chase Tiatia, 12 Dan Hollinshead, 13 Regan Ware, 14 Emoni Narawa, 15 Kaleb Trask
Reserves: 16 Nic Souchon, 17 Ross Geldenhuys, 18 Tevita Mafileo, 19 Kurt Eklund, 20 Joe Johnston, 21 Leroy Carter, 22 Scott Curry, 23 Joe Webber
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Am watching the replay of this game. Call it fluffing if you like, but David Havili has improved so much over the last two years. His decision-making is outstanding; he's showing Crotty like qualities in organising the defence; has a great boot etc etc. It's a shame they didn't pick him for the ABs. I think he offers more than someone like Dmac.
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@Stargazer said in Ta$man v BOP:
Am watching the replay of this game. Call it fluffing if you like, but David Havili has improved so much over the last two years. His decision-making is outstanding; he's showing Crotty like qualities in organising the defence; has a great boot etc etc. It's a shame they didn't pick him for the ABs. I think he offers more than someone like Dmac.
Come on mate, he was only playing BoP, meanwhile DMac put in a good shit against the high flying all conquering new Wallabies.
I assume he'll come into an extended squad though if they extend it now that he's not injured.
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@Duluth Did not notice him I'm afraid. Forgettable from BOP. But their front row was competitive. Otere Black seems to lack a bit of confidence in the new surroundings - bit flatfooted and ineffective kick options. Ware and Karpik had their moments.
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Much better effort from Ta$man this week, with everyone contributing.
Christie especially looked like he'd shaken off some rust and things flowed better from there.
However, as above, the forward packs seemed reasonably evenly matched. The Ta$man backs just had more firepower and played with more adventure.
I think it will be a lot better for TTT to stay in NZ and play some rugby rather than sitting in an Australian grandstand watching the ABs. On that performance, I wouldn't want Otere Black very near an AB jersey either.
