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<p>Still not sold on Faiane.. I feel hes still too small, and he doesnt have the punch that Sammy Tuitupou had.. but he still has time to develop size.. i can see he is a smart player.. </p>
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<p>Faiane is listed at 92kgs and 1.84m which is heavier and taller than Ryan Crotty. At only 20 and having spent all this year in the gym he will no doubt be heavier and stronger again next season. I wonder if he will be fit in time to see any npc time for Auckland? If he stayed fit this year he may have seen time at 12 for the Blues after Rangers injury. I rate his game reading and ball playing skills highly and see him as the long term 2nd pivot for the Blues from 12.</p> -
<p>3 changes in the backline for the Irish game.</p>
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<p>1. Ayden Johnstone 2. Leni Apisai (C) 3. Sosefo Kautai 4. Quinten Strange 5. Isaia Walker-Leawere 6. Luke Jacobson 7. Mitchell Jacobson 8. Marino Mikaele-Tu’u 9. Sam Nock 10. Stephen Perofeta 11. Malo Tuitama 12. Jordie Barrett 13. Patelesio Tomkinson 14. Shaun Stevenson 15. Jordan Trainor<br><br><strong>Reserves: </strong>16. Asafo Aumua 17. Sean Paranihi 18. Alex Fidow 19. Hamish Dalzell 20. Dalton Papali’I 21. Jonathan Taumateine 22. TJ Va’a 23. Jonah Lowe</p> -
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<p>Faiane is listed at 92kgs and 1.84m which is heavier and taller than Ryan Crotty. At only 20 and having spent all this year in the gym he will no doubt be heavier and stronger again next season. I wonder if he will be fit in time to see any npc time for Auckland? If he stayed fit this year he may have seen time at 12 for the Blues after Rangers injury. I rate his game reading and ball playing skills highly and see him as the long term 2nd pivot for the Blues from 12.</p>
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<p>I'm 1.8m and I'm definitely taller than him.. I take those stats with a grain of salt..</p>
<p>Maybe it was a typo and it was meant to be 1.74m.. but yes, like i said.. smart player.. just need to wait for him to develop some size and strength</p>
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Jordie Barrett is awesome.
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Our forward pack has a weak underbelly. Getting shunted at scrum time. Piss poor IMO. <br><br>
Barrett, Stevenson and the hard running no 8 Mikaele Tu'u are obvious stand outs so far.<br><br>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Higgins" data-cid="586708" data-time="1465651464"><p>Hard to believe some of these guys (NZ players) are full time professionals raking in falrly big annual salaries.</p></blockquote>
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Which ones Higgins, and how big? Trainor has a Super contract doesn't he? But i wouldn't imagine it would be that big. <br><br><br>
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Too many hero plays from our boys. Just keep it simple<br><br><br>
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There are no future AB props on display here.
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<p>Which ones Higgins, and how big? Trainor has a Super contract doesn't he? But i wouldn't imagine it would be that big.<br><br><br>
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<p>TJ Va'a at the Hurricanes, Sam Nock at the Blues and the guy Stevenson at the Chiefs as well as Leni Apisai at the Hurricanes for starters. In addition Va'a and Malo Tuitama have had full contracts for the Wellington Lions for the last two seasons and there are probably others also on Mite10 Cup contracts with other provinces.</p>
