Auckland v Canterbury
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@nzzp said in Auckland v Canterbury:
TAB have AKL $1.62 Canterbury $2.20
Home advantage I guess. Such a tough start to the comp for Auckland - 4 roudns will be decisive. Can't afford to get off to a slow start
Those odds look the wrong way around.
Pleased to see Evans at 12.
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I assume Auckland followed HIA protocols with Zarn after the match last week clearing him but I still cannot believe they left him out there last week.
One of the hardest head clashes I've seen in a long while
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Pretty young Canterbury missing a few
Team to play Auckland:
1 Daniel Lienert-Brown
2 Sam Stewart*
3 Oliver Jager
4 Luke Romano
5 Sam Darry
6 Liam Allen
7 Mitchell Gibson*
8 Henry Stowers*
9 Mitchell Drummond (c)
10 Fergus Burke
11 Manasa Mataele
12 Dallas McLeod
13 Isaiah Punivai
14 Chay Fihaki
15 Josh McKay
16 Shilo Klein
17 Finlay Brewis
18 Tamaiti Williams
19 Zach Gallagher
20 Corey Kellow*
21 Luke Donaldson
22 Rameka Poihipi
23 Ngatungane Punivai
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@kiwimurph said in Auckland v Canterbury:
@chris battle of the Gibson brothers.
Yeah that's going to be interesting, is the younger one better or not.
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@chris I've seen Mitch play for HSOB down here and they have very similar styles. Both very physical 7s that throw themselves into everything both in attack and defense.
Sadly Mitch Gibson that day got outshone by his opposite Bill Harmon. Hope for his sake his body holds up a bit better than his brothers especially with the style he plays.
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@african-monkey said in Auckland v Canterbury:
@chris I've seen Mitch play for HSOB down here and they have very similar styles. Both very physical 7s that throw themselves into everything both in attack and defense.
Sadly Mitch Gibson that day got outshone by his opposite Bill Harmon. Hope for his sake his body holds up a bit better than his brothers especially with the style he plays.
I rate young Corey Kellow,It will be interesting how he goes off the bench.
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@african-monkey looks like an average side alot of ex aucklanders is club rugby weak in chch and no noholo
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@george33 said in Auckland v Canterbury:
@chris never herd of half them weres noholo,think they gonna struggle.
McAlister,Prinsep,Grace and Harmon have injuries
Naholo still building his knee up.A lot of Players in this side from the Crusaders academy
They may suprise you, some future Crusaders in there .
I have never heard of half of the Auckland team either
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@kiwimurph Yeah surprised to see him back tbh. Lacks a hard edge.
I'd like to see Dalzell there if fit. I was quite impressed with him last season.
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@chris Jordan lay played for bristol in UK ,sione tuipoluto is Tongan and played against ab,sione vakena is blues hooker. and redlinger-kapa and funaki have played for Auckland and prop Ahio is academy blues wasn't intially named in Bunnings cup squad
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@george33 said in Auckland v Canterbury:
@chris Jordan lay played for bristol in UK ,sione tuipoluto is Tongan and played against ab,sione vakena is blues hooker. and redlinger-kapa and funaki have played for Auckland and prop Ahio is academy blues wasn't intially named in Bunnings cup squad
Cheers Mate
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@kiwimurph think u find he's bulked up and mite surprise a few
