SF Wellington v Auckland

[foobaNZ]

@Bovidae said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

AB training camp in Nelson at the moment. The fairest rule would be that all ABs are unavailable.

Wellington might be the only semi-finalist that escaped without any major injuries.

I think it would be a bit shit if leading ABs joined the teams this late in the comp.

I don't mind fringe ones that need game time (and also who probably have turned out this season already).

[Duluth]

@Bovidae said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

AB training camp in Nelson at the moment. The fairest rule would be that all ABs are unavailable.

Yeah they are in camp. The only reason I mentioned Ioane and RTS is that they'll be missing from the team that played last week.. so more changes for Auckland

[Bovidae]

@foobaNZ Coaches are usually reluctant to include players who haven't trained with the team during the week. Some, like RTS, might be on the bench if Foster and co think he needs as much time on the park as possible.

[KiwiMurph]

You can lock in Pugh at 8.....

I would think Ekuasi might take Peita's spot on the bench if Peita's starting.

[Duluth]

@KiwiMurph said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

You can lock in Pugh at 8.....

I would think Ekuasi might take Peita's spot on the bench if Peita's starting.

Ekuasi should've played a lot more this year.

Auckland doesn't have that many options in the loose trio. Choat is injured. Jones is suspended. Hainswoth-Fa’aofo only played the midweek game

[Tim]

[Duluth]

Jones had a 3 week suspension. I guess he did one of those courses to get a week off

[ARHS]

@Tim why is Peita not starting?

[KiwiMurph]

Did Jones get his suspension reduced a week by doing a coaching course similar to what Laulala did?

[Tim]

@ARHS No idea. Dumb coach?

[Tim]

A spot in the final up for grabs in the capital against the Lions

Auckland travel to Wellington for their Bunnings Warehouse NPC semi-final against the Lions on Friday night. The...

[foobaNZ]

Hoping Wellington name their team today. Last week they named it the day before though.

[Canes4life]

@Bovidae said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

AB training camp in Nelson at the moment. The fairest rule would be that all ABs are unavailable.

Wellington might be the only semi-finalist that escaped without any major injuries.

Yeah, my only worry is that a lot of those starting Lions players have played plenty of minutes this year and I hope it's not a couple games too many for some of them.

[Kirwan]

Replace the 8 and that's a solid team.

[Duluth]

@Kirwan said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

Replace the 8 and that's a solid team.

Not sure about Jones & Aoake either

Would prefer a larger body at 6. Also Gibson's form has been uneven this NPC. Last week he missed a lot of simple tackles, but earlier in the year he won a game with his defence

[ACT Crusader]

@foobaNZ said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

Hoping Wellington name their team today. Last week they named it the day before though.

May have been awaiting a clearance of a player under a cloud.

[Canes4life]

@ACT-Crusader said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

@foobaNZ said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

Hoping Wellington name their team today. Last week they named it the day before though.

May have been awaiting a clearance of a player under a cloud.

Probably Peter Umaga-Jensen, I’d say he will be 50/50. Not the biggest loss if he can’t play because Riley Higgins has been sound in the 12 jersey.

[Machpants]

I'll be watching W.T.F Heem in this game, because I have no idea why he is anywhere near a black jersey of any sort

[Bones]

@Machpants said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

I'll be watching W.T.F Heem in this game, because I have no idea why he is anywhere near a black jersey of any sort

Did you miss super rugby?

[Machpants]

@Bones said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

@Machpants said in SF Wellington v Auckland:

I'll be watching W.T.F Heem in this game, because I have no idea why he is anywhere near a black jersey of any sort

Did you miss super rugby?

I missed Heem being any good.