Championship Semi: Otago v Northland
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someone on the Otago facebook page has claimed Vahaakolo is injured
bit of a blow, Korori and Nareki have have the similar sevens light of foot style...would be nice having a "pin the ears back and make it over the line with someone hanging off you" type winger too -
@Kiwiwomble said in Championship Semi: Otago v Northland:
someone on the Otago facebook page has claimed Vahaakolo is injured
bit of a blow, Korori and Nareki have have the similar sevens light of foot style...would be nice having a "pin the ears back and make it over the line with someone hanging off you" type winger tooSingle source of truth, gents - the esteemed journal known as the ODT.
Vahaakolo injury prompts backline reshuffle
Otago will be without Freedom Vahaakolo for tomorrow night’s semifinal. The electric winger is set to miss the side’s Mitre 10 Cup Championship...
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this is kind of cool, says something about the culture in the team
“But just before the game on Saturday morning, [captain] Michael Collins comes up to me and says, ‘Do you know that Kayne hasn't scored a try in an Otago jersey’?”
“So, I thought, ‘hopefully he can get me one off me today’ and all of a sudden I turn my head and I see him [running a support line] and I think, ‘it's meant to be’, and I gave him the ball.”
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@Kiwiwomble was quite surprising to see him do that, I mean could easy have been put down with Kane not really expecting a pass 2m out form the line...
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@Kiwiwomble was listening to the Country Sport Breakfast this morning ,one of the hosts where the show is broadcast from down In Dunedin reckons they were in the office for meeting that at least a dozen people attended and 20 free tickets were left for people to take , at the end of the work day , not one had been touched..Sad state of affairs , if this game was up in Northland, you would be looking at 6-8 thousand crowd ..after all this is a semi final ..I guess the Taniwha won’t have to worry about the home crowd 😂
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@taniwharugby said in Championship Semi: Otago v Northland:
@Kiwiwomble was quite surprising to see him do that, I mean could easy have been put down with Kane not really expecting a pass 2m out form the line...
obviously a gamble, you'd hope someone running a support line would always be ready for the pass but yes, a gamble. Seeing it worked out im happy to take the good news story
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@Steven-Harris just need to focus on catching the ball and not doing 2m quick throw ins...and he looked shocked when he was pulled up on it!
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@taniwharugby One of the reasons he's not in the 23
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who are we talking about?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Championship Semi: Otago v Northland:
who are we talking about?
Thanks, was wondering that myself.
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@KiwiMurph he was picked the following week though...had been having a decent enough season until that moment.
@Kiwiwomble Pisi Leilua, Northland winger who took a quick throw to himself, but only went 2m, ref pulled him up, Otago scored pretty much straight off the resulting scrum (maybe a few phases later)
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@taniwharugby said in Championship Semi: Otago v Northland:
@KiwiMurph he was picked the following week though...had been having a decent enough season until that moment.
@Kiwiwomble Pisi Leilua, Northland winger who took a quick throw to himself, but only went 2m, ref pulled him up, Otago scored pretty much straight off the resulting scrum (maybe a few phases later)
ok, im with ya now
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Otago has posted a changed line-up on its FB page. Josh Dickson is no longer in the matchday 23! Hill comes onto the bench and Tucker starts. They've also swapped Manu and Nel.
Otago
1 Jamie Mackintosh
2 Ricky Jackson
3 Josh Hohneck - 15th Match (Blazer)
4 Jack Regan
5 Will Tucker
6 Sam Fischli
7 Slade McDowall
8 Nasi Manu
9 Kayne Hammington
10 Josh Ioane
11 Jona Nareki
12 Sio Tomkinson
13 Josh Timu
14 Vilimoni Koroi
15 Michael Collins (c)Reserves:
16 Henry Bell
17 Sef Fa’agase
18 Hisa Sasagi
19 Josh Hill
20 Dylan Nel
21 James Arscott
22 Thomas Umaga-Jensen - Otago Debut
23 Matt Whaanga -
@Stargazer damn
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@Stargazer said in Championship Semi: Otago v Northland:
Otago has posted a changed line-up on its FB page. Josh Dickson is no longer in the matchday 23! Hill comes onto the bench and Tucker starts. They've also swapped Manu and Nel.
Dickson did wind up starting
