Wellington vs Northland

[taniwharugby]

@kev well given both Tua and Macilai seem made of glass they probably will.

[J77]

With the team Wellington have named they should cut loose against us. It’s a safe bet for all tippers to go 17+ with the home side.

I’m hoping Wellington do their usual “have a shitter against a lesser opponent” routine, but seriously with that firepower I can’t see us getting within 20 of them.

If we bring the physicality like we did against Auckland last week we could lessen the damage, but man this is a huge hurdle first up.

Please prove me wrong Northland 🤞

[Darren]

Great looking team for Wgtn. I though Aso might be gone but happy to see he is still around. Glad they are starting Love, still don’t know if he is going to be good or not, he was skipped so much in the Super games but looks to have a good running game.

[taniwharugby]

@j77 you still heading along?

[J77]

@taniwharugby said in Wellington vs Northland:

@j77 you still heading along?

Yep I’m down here at the moment so will head along for a bit of afternoon pain

[taniwharugby]

@j77 probably less pain those those being tackled by or having to tackle Aumua!

[J77]

@taniwharugby haha I wonder how many times that dude will touch down? I’m going a triple or more!

[Machpants]

TJ called into ABs for injured Christie

[kev]

@j77 I know what you mean. Teams usually get us two ways - physically ( less of an issue now ) - and with speed i.e . That difference between club and s15 rugby. We are still vulnerable here especially as the season roles on and we have injuries.

[Bones]

I've stumbled into the taniwha forum?

Like our team, that's pretty shit hot for NPC. Unfortunately I will get to watch about as much of this as I will the Bled.

[Steven Harris]

A late blow for the Taniwha ,Sam Nock has withdrawn from this afternoons match against Wellington, pulled out this morning with a soft tissue injury, not a major , but with the season ahead not worth aggravating as well..
Wil Grant goes into the starting XV , and Dan Hawkins who was running water goes onto the bench ..,halfback cover is either Hawkins or Cooper, hopefully neither 🤞🏼

[taniwharugby]

@steven-harris 80 minutes for Grant then!!

[J77]

@steven-harris Great. So what happens if Grant goes down? He was under a bit of an injury cloud too if I recall.

[Steven Harris]

@j77 good point , it will be either Cooper or Hawkins , Hawkins has the skinniest legs , so will give it to him ..

[J77]

@steven-harris get set to watch those box kicks go backwards!

[taniwharugby]

@j77 I'd like that post if it werent true!!

Grant has a good game, offers more of a running threat than Nock, but yeah I thought a few weeks ago he was injured and likely out for a time, so fingers crossed he can go 80!!

@Bones they are just match threads now, not Province related forums, deal with it

[J77]

@taniwharugby Kaliopasi is my choice for back up half. Pick and go all day boy!

[Canes4life]

@bones pretty decent team at this level. I saw Dominic Bird in Newtown during the week. He is a unit of a man, hopefully his height gives us a good advantage at lineout time.

[kev]

@machpants said in Wellington vs Northland:

TJ called into ABs for injured Christie

That’s what you do when you have an injured halfback. You use your 3rd halfback as cover. Except if you are Northland and you don’t have a 3rd halfback because you couldn’t organise a few drinks in a brewery. Really I mean FFS.

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