Highlanders V Force
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<p>Highlanders team named for Friday night. Looks like a walk in the park, will win by 20 plus. Not really overly concerned about how many we score, just don't want to see them score any. [attachment=2003:highlanders to take on Force.jpg]<br><br>
Also pleased to see Tanaka has returned. Nice that some of our injured players are starting to return, hopefully Banks will be back in the coming weeks, with Naholo three weeks away. Things are starting to look up following a horrific run with injuries to kick the season off. </p> -
<p>Bigger version:</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Force</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Pekahou Cowan 2. Heath Tessmann 3. Tetera Faulkner 4. Ross Haylett-Petty 5. Adam Coleman 6. Angus Cottrell 7. Matt Hodgson (c) 8. Ben McCalman</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Alby Mathewson 10. Peter Grant 11. Semisi Masirewa 12. Solomoni (Junior) Rasolea 13. Ben Tapuai 14. Luke Morahan 15. Dane Haylett-Petty</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Reserves</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">16. Nathan Charles 17. Chris Heiberg 18. Jermaine Ainsley 19. Sitiveni (Steve) Mafi 20. Richard Hardwick 21. Ryan Louwrens 22. Ian Prior 23. Albert Nikoro</span></span></p> -
The Farce will do everything they can to drag the Landers down to their level. Likely a scrappy first half before the Landers pull away in the 2nd 40.
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<p>If he's fit for a run he will play club footy in Dunedin.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="saulityvi" data-cid="568467" data-time="1459331649"><p>
Marty Banks should be fit to play this week, does NZ have a club competition running during soup? He might be playing there</p></blockquote><br>
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<p>From Highlanders twitter:</p>
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<p class="">LATE CHANGE - #<b>HaydenParker</b> replaces @<b>LimaSopoaga</b> due to injury, @<b>BanksMarty</b> moves to the reserves #<b>HIGvFOR</b> #<b>WeAreHighlanders</b></p>
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<p>fuck! is it too late to change our tips?!</p>
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<p>Patty osborne with a howler gifting opening try to the farce</p>
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<p>under pressure now.. not valuing the pill enough</p>
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<p>havent the Force lead against both the HUrricanes and Chiefs in the past 2 weeks?</p>
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<p>Force beaten Highlanders 6/9 times, with last year breaking a 6 year losing streak apparently! </p>
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