Bay of Plenty 2021
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Close to full strength forward pack. Sekuini Tanimo looked exciting against the Force and I am told Onisi Ratave has some real wheels. Just hope he has some skills as well.
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Thats a really odd selection. Usually they play their top team in their last pre season game before the competition starts so as to "bed in" combinations etc etc etc. That isn't even close to their top team. No Harris, Mafileo, Ah Kuoi, Lalomilo, Narawa or Tiatia . Strangely Ratave isn't even officially listed in the team. I only hope there isn't injuries and they are instead just keeping their "powder dry".
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@snollygoster said in Bay of Plenty 2021:
Thats a really odd selection. Usually they play their top team in their last pre season game before the competition starts so as to "bed in" combinations etc etc etc. That isn't even close to their top team. No Harris, Mafileo, Ah Kuoi, Lalomilo, Narawa or Tiatia . Strangely Ratave isn't even officially listed in the team. I only hope there isn't injuries and they are instead just keeping their "powder dry".
i think Tiatia is injured, Nathan unfortunately is an injury magnet so no surprise if he was, don't know about the others
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@yeetyaah said in Bay of Plenty 2021:
@bobily2 it's a bloody good squad all up tbh
Should keep them heading to the pointy end of the comp.
Not sure if Stan will pick up the rights in Oz (suspect not) but if they do I'll check out some of their games.
Do like a lot of what they're doing and reckon I'll adopt BoP as my NPC team.
Mako have been riding high over recent years but Bay of Plenty can be up there surfing some of the next set of waves!
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Score was 38-33 to Bay of Plenty over Harbour, BOPRU just loading pictures to post on social media shortly.
At least that info is improving this year, although I know it is unlikely we will get details
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I actually went to this game. I'm not sure what you can read into the result for various reasons. Firstly BOP were without Ah Kuoi, Douglas, Harris, Lalomilo, Narawa, Garland and Tiatia so were definitely not at full strength. Secondly Harbour had 15 reserves . Pretty much all of the first half team were replaced at half time. BOP, by contrast, only had 2 or 3 back reserves which saw half backs playing on the wings and weirdly a lock briefly playing on the wing also for a time. So it wasn't a "normal" game.
BOP lead for the whole game and Harbour scored the final three tries which made the result look a lot closer than it really was. From memory three or four tries were scored by rolling mauls....its becoming increasingly important for teams to learn to execute or combat these as they are a weapon. The Bays set piece was better than Perth which is pleasing but it wasn't dominant .
No one particularly stood out although I'm liking Selby-Ricket....hard working and aggressive. The Bay seems to have pretty handy top group of players but depth could be an issue with injuries.
The Harbour game will give us a better gauge at where we stand.
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@snollygoster I just re read my post. I meant to say ...The Ta$man game will give us a better gauge !
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@snollygoster said in Bay of Plenty 2021:
@snollygoster I just re read my post. I meant to say ...The Ta$man game will give us a better gauge !
be interesting to see how many players are actually injured..given the players who have not turned out so far..especially in the backs
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@stargazer How long is MCL rehab, normally three or four months?
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@tim said in Bay of Plenty 2021:
@stargazer How long is MCL rehab, normally three or four months?
If it’s post op 6 to 9 months
6 weeks if it’s a non surgery injury.
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probably the only position we have depth with Harris and Vella still availiable. .......assuming they're not injured
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Charity match tomorrow.
boprugby: Ohhh this is gonna be a good game!
some legends lacing up for tomorrow’s @iamhope_nz XV vs WASPS XV charity game!
This game is all about brining former players, coaches, managers, volunteers back to the game of rugby and to connect them back with the rugby community while advocating for positive discussions around mental health in the game of rugby.
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