Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!
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@arhs I'm really not 100% sure. Apparently there is one player who is tied up in the Auckland border crossing thing but I'm not sure who that is. Ah Kuoi was carrying an injury but I saw him at the Ta$man game (6 weeks ago) and didn't look to incapacitated. I'm pretty sure he would be playing in the place of Sangster if available. I spoke to Mafilio at one of the games and he said he had a back injury. Webber has been seen training on Facebook and looked okay. Garland was unavailable early in the season because of family matters but I'm not sure of his availability now. Filipo and Broughton were only ever in the Wider training group. I think you're probably right about the strategic inclusion of Black, Harris and Van den Hoven and maybe the non-inclusion of several players is because of form. You also have to remember that Black hasn't played for a quite a while so I'm sure they will be easing him in a bit. Its still a pretty handy team given that two ex All Blacks can come on as reserves.
For me, the only real surprise is Sangster.
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Matt Garland is stuck in Australia - his father is not well.
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@snollygoster said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:
Its still a pretty handy team given that two ex All Blacks can come on as reserves.
I'm hoping that one of those ex ABs comes on early ... unless of course Vella is worse at lineouts than him?
Would Garland even be a starter if he was available?
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Looked like move right out of training ground book
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How bad is the commentary - have twice called a player as McClutchie when it was Ili, and once when it was Visinia
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Crazy HB hit back ,and now BOP with another training ground move ..gonna be one of these games
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@steven-harris said in Hawkes v Bay of Plenty - Shield Match!:
..gonna be one of these games
And sure enough, now about to be 14 - 12.
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@donsteppa hold on to your seat ,Try to new Moana pacifika loose forward Funaki..
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Tough call against the Magpies..thought the player was clearly isolated
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@donsteppa like a ball of muscle ..
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Who do you reckon has the wind ..?
