BoP v Otago
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Otago squad to beat Bay of Plenty on Saturday.
Again, very good forward back. Very inexperienced backline. Sam Gilbert still out injured. merry-go-round at 12 continues, this time with Jake te Hiwi coming in for Leslie.
Should be a good clash this one. Weather looks decent too.
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That BOP graphic is a bit hard to see
Here's the text of the teams
BOP
1 Aidan Ross, 2 Kurt Eklund, 3 Benet Kumeroa, 4 Manaaki Selby-Rickit, 5 Justin Sangster, 6 Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 7 Veveni Lasaqa, 8 Penitoa Finau, 9 Richard Judd, 10 Lucas Cashmore, 11 Ngarohi McGarvey-Black, 12 Lalomilo Lalomilo, 13 Melani Nanai, 14 Codemeru Vai, 15 Cole Forbes
Reserves: 16 Nathan Vella, 17 Josh Bartlett, 18 Pasilio Tosi, 19 Etonia Waqa, 20 Funahashi Ryosuke, 21 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22 Seamus Bardoul, 23 Wharenui Hawera
Otago
1 Abraham Pole, 2 Henry Bell, 3 Jermaine Ainsley, 4 Fabian Holland, 5 Josh Dickson, 6 Tom Sanders, 7 Sean Withy (c), 8 Christian Lio-Willie, 9 James Arscott, 10 Ajay Faleafaga, 11 Jona Nareki, 12 Jake Te Hiwi, 13 Thomas Umaga-Jensen, 14 Josh Whaanga, 15 Finn Hurley
Reserves: 16 Ricky Jackson, 17 Rohan Wingham, 18 Saula Ma'u, 19 Will Tucker, 20 Sam Fischli, 21 Nathan Hastie, 22 John Tapueluelu, 23 Jeremiah Asi
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@SouthernMann said in BoP v Otago:
Otago squad to beat Bay of Plenty on Saturday.
Again, very good forward back. Very inexperienced backline. Sam Gilbert still out injured. merry-go-round at 12 continues, this time with Jake te Hiwi coming in for Leslie.
Should be a good clash this one. Weather looks decent too.
do we know if leslie is injured? thought he was doing well
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@Kiwiwomble left out.
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@SouthernMann did i miss him having a bad game? quite possible as i only caught the highlights against southland
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Both the Bop midfielders will be over 100kg. Leslie is a smallish 12. Te Hiwi is a quality defender and a player they see a lot of potential in.
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If Leslie is available I wonder why he wasn't chucked on the bench. Would have provided some cover at 10
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@SouthernMann said in BoP v Otago:
If Leslie is available I wonder why he wasn't chucked on the bench. Would have provided some cover at 10
thats kind of what i was thinking, get the idea of horses for courses for the starting 15....but would have thought you'd have a spot in the 23
was John Tapueluelu in the original squad?
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@Kiwiwomble said in BoP v Otago:
was John Tapueluelu in the original squad?
See my post in the Otago v Southland thread:
@Stargazer said in Otago v Southland:
I just noticed that a player called John Tapueluelu played for Otago tonight and that in round 1 and 2 a player with the same name played for North Harbour (debut in round 1). Is this the same player?
He wasn't named in the original Harbour or Otago squad, so what's the deal here? Is he part of the development squad of one of the unions and loaned to the other?
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He has been around Otago rugby for a few years. This YouTube clip indicates he was up there
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@SouthernMann said in BoP v Otago:
Otago squad to beat Bay of Plenty on Saturday.
yeah next year perhaps yawn
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Not great for injuries this game..could be a few players out next week
Cashmore looking better this year
Solid win though even though we looked like only hanging in for most of second half
