SF Wellington v Auckland
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@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?
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@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.
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@Canes4life said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@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.
As long as Higgins is fit to play. Otherwise savea might be moved in. Or proctor
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@Machpants said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@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.
That's strange because he was excellent for a team that made the final. Grew through the season and filled many positions.
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@Bones said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@Machpants said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@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.
That's strange because he was excellent for a team that made the final. Grew through the season and filled many positions.
I'm not going to disagree, just didn't stick in my mind.
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@Machpants said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@Bones said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@Machpants said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@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.
That's strange because he was excellent for a team that made the final. Grew through the season and filled many positions.
I'm not going to disagree, just didn't stick in my mind.
Bloody Cane's fans.
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@Bones said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@Machpants said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@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.
That's strange because he was excellent for a team that made the final. Grew through the season and filled many positions.
Pretty much never had a bad game, bailed us out when we had injuries and had some great games. Really good two seasons in a row now.
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@Machpants said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@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.
Heem was outstanding in Super rugby playing both midfield spots and wing.
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1. Xavier Numia, Oriental-Rongotai
2. Asafo Aumua, Avalon
3. Pekahou Cowan, Petone
4. James Blackwell, Petone
5. Dom Bird, Upper Hutt RAMS
6. Caleb Delany, Old Boys University
7. Du’Plessis Kirifi, Northern United (C)
8. Peter Lakai, Petone
9. TJ Perenara, Northern United
10. Jackson Garden-Bachop, Northern United
11. Pepesana Patafilo, Tawa
12. Riley Higgins, Petone
13. Billy Proctor, Marist St Pats
14. Julian Savea, Oriental-Rongotai
15. Ruben Love, Wainuiomata16. Josh Southall, Petone *
17. PJ Sheck, Tawa
18. Tietie Tuimauga, Marist St Pats
19. Taine Plumtree, Old Boys University
20. Keelan Whitman, Marist St Pats
21. Richard Judd, Paremata-Plimmerton
22. Aidan Morgan, Marist St Pats
23. Connor Garden-Bachop, Northern United*Denotes debut
Unavailable for Selection: Vince Sakaria, Connor Collins, Iona Apineru, Josh Toómaga, James O’Reilly, Solomona Sakalia, Peter Umaga-Jensen
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I'm not surprised but JGB again is a bummer.
It's so strange to me that after a strong season from Morgan we've switched to JGB at finals time. Looks like we're going to have to try and win a comp with a handbrake on. Hopefully the strength elsewhere can cover for him.
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@foobaNZ said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
I'm not surprised but JGB again is a bummer.
It's so strange to me that after a strong season from Morgan we've switched to JGB at finals time. Looks like we're going to have to try and win a comp with a handbrake on. Hopefully the strength elsewhere can cover for him.
Surprising when the Canes have let him go and kept Morgan yet Wellington have a different take on it.
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JGB aside, that's a strong side and we should be overwhelming favourites on Friday.
They need to inject Morgan on earlier, JGB was good in the first half but struggled to keep up when the game opened up in the second.
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Auckland's gameplan needs to be around tight 5 dominance, especially scrum dominance. No Ta'avao may mean that is less likely.
Despite playing pretty poorly all season Auckland have hung tough in most games this season.
Wellington definitely favourites but based on all the quarter finals I wouldn't be writing off Auckland.
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@Bovidae He's solid enough at scrum time imo, one of the true journeymen of Auckland rugby. Having said that, Ahio is probably the better scrummager out of him and Renata so its one area I expect us to have the upper hand on Wellington.
