Force v Highlanders
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@KiwiMurph said in Force v Highlanders:
@Kiwiwomble said in Force v Highlanders:
@KiwiMurph that famous Perth v Dunedin rivalry....grrrrrr shakes fist
Well in fairness, they might have been trying to do the Highlanders/the competition a favour given their form against other NZ teams.....
Or trying to do the force a favour...
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@Bones said in Force v Highlanders:
@KiwiMurph said in Force v Highlanders:
@Kiwiwomble said in Force v Highlanders:
@KiwiMurph that famous Perth v Dunedin rivalry....grrrrrr shakes fist
Well in fairness, they might have been trying to do the Highlanders/the competition a favour given their form against other NZ teams.....
Or trying to do the force a favour...
Yep, or ... if we, as the yanks say, "do the math" ... three full rounds can't be done for five teams without a bye.
Could be done with 6 teams by including MP, but that would mean MP won't play Drua twice.
Maybe they're doing the Pacific teams a favour...
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@Bovidae said in Force v Highlanders:
As per the media release when the draw was announced. You would assume (hope) that the rivalry matches are rotated each year to ensure more fairness.
The FD play MP twice this year. I assume this will be ongoing
So one other NZ pool team must play an Aust pool team twice as well. I assume the teams will vary year by year.
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Nareki is obviously back training....(may have been for a while, not sure)
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Confirmation that Fakatava is out of this match too (illness)
The Highlanders have taken young Otago halfbacks James Arscott and Nathan Hastie to Australia. -
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@Bovidae said in Force v Highlanders:
Is Hauiti-Parapara still part of the squad? Injured? He would provide more experience.
The ODT mentioned him as one of the options a few days ago. They seemed to suggest 3 halfbacks would be travelling. Maybe Cully made a mistake or just forgot to mention him?
Two halfbacks on tour would be a risk. One rolled ankle during warmup and someone like Hunt would be covering 9
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about as close to full strength as we can expect, hope to see timu on as early as possible, thats a actually a pretty good bench
I really do wish we cold see or hear what the coaches see that we dont, i was one of the few that actually liked what i saw of paea when he first joined us, scored a couple in a preseson game i think...but they got injured and when fit just hasn't shown...anything
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Wells and Hegarty return for Highlanders clash
Western Force head coach Simon Cron has made four changes to his starting XV to take on the Highlanders at HBF Park on Saturday night.
Force
Chase Tiatia, Toni Pulu, Sam Spink, Hamish Stewart, Manasa Mataele, Bryce Hegarty, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa; Michael Wells (capt), Ollie Callan, Tim Anstee, Jeremy Williams, Felix Kalapu, Santiago Medrano, Tom Horton, Tom Robertson
Reserves: Feleti Kaitu’u, Angus Wagner, Siosifa Amone, Ryan McCauley, Rahboni Vosayaco, Ian Prior, Bayley Kuenzle, George Poolman
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8 wins Highlanders, 6 wins Force
I don't remember the Force being such a bogey team for the Highlanders. All 6 of the Force victories came in a row between 2008-2014
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This game will be a tough watch...
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Just me or are SR crowds getting bigger?
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@Victor-Meldrew first Force home game in quite a while.
