Auckland v BOP

[KiwiMurph]

I would imagine the 7s lads Clark and Tangitau will be gearing up for RWC 7s and so not available (and same for BOP)?

[Duluth]

1 Aidan Ross, 2 Kurt Eklund, 3 Tevita Mafileo, 4 Justin Sangster, 5 Manaaki Selby-Rickit, 6 Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 7 Jacob Norris, 8 Zane Kapeli, 9 Jamie Dobie, 10 Kaleb Trask, 11 Nigel Ah Wong, 12 Inga Finau, 13 Joey Walton, 14 Emoni Narawa, 15 Gillies Kaka

Reserves: 16 Anaru Rangi, 17 Haereti Hetet, 18 Pasilio Tosi, 19 Nikora Broughton, 20 Penitoa Finau, 21 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22 Wharenui Hawera, 23 Taylor Haugh

[Tim]

@Duluth Bloody good NPC tight five.

[bayimports]

Only one change from last week with Dobie now starting which I think is a good move. Our starting forward pack is the same from last week which was incredibly strong against Taranaki. I believe the stat the commentators mentioned after 35 minutes was 5 runs from each member of the tight five at that point of time. The highlight for me was the tighthead at 50 minutes when defending our own line. Hopefully they set the tone again.

[ARHS]

@bayimports Ross is not a bad addition either.

[bayimports]

@ARHS said in Auckland v BOP:

@bayimports Ross is not a bad addition either.

yes clearly I missed that lol! At least the reserve front row looks good too

[Cpt Kumera]

Good to see jordan lay up against his old steamers mates
Last years game was called off due to covid auckland last year had dan Hollinshead and jordan
Go the bay

[Dice]

Beautiful day in Auckland.

BOP look to have the better pack. We probably have the edge in the backs.

[SBW1]

@Dice Really looking forward to seeing RTS play. He was supposed to play last year in the ITM, was disrupted due to Auckland not playing. While he has gone well, this would have had an effect on his progress.

[nzzp]

Glorious day. Afternoon rugby at the Garden - couldn't get down but on teh couch.

Kinda feel like I'm waiting for a Vest penalty early

[nzzp]

Vest has a massive bust up the middle! That delayed pass is really effective against a rush defence

[nzzp]

RTS with the offload and boomfa, should be 10-0

[Duluth]

RTS!!

[nzzp]

@Duluth said in Auckland v BOP:

RTS!!

love it, that was awesome

[Duluth]

No end on camera?

[Grooter]

Cheers AJ 🙂

[nzzp]

@Duluth said in Auckland v BOP:

No end on camera?

weird, no try no video evidence.
Ah well, great bust, everything but. Should be doing this a year ago

[Winger]

Auckland well and truly on top. 10 nil and almost another try after 11 minutes. BOP need to wake up

[Winger]

Plummer. What a fool. Deserves his yellow card

[Winger]

Ak HB looks promising.