Auckland v Northland
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Aside from Mau'u, who appears has simply dropped out of the 23, and arguably one of our form players for 2023, that is probably the best pack we can put out.
A little surprised they didnt give Matt Letoga another run off the bench, typically the Auckland sides bully us in these fixtures, so having a bit more size off the bench would have been my preference.
That is best use of the backs we have available I think, odd that Tama has now dropped behind Brady for that bench spot (he didnt even get on the field last week did he?)
Right now, I think half back is a toss up between Nock & LMH, Nock was superb v HB, but hasnt been that good otherwise, while LMH has been very good (a patch v NH aside) really stepped up in Nocks absence.
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1 Josh Fusitua, 2 Soane Vikena, 3 Sione Ahio, 4 Edward Annandale, 5 Josh Beehre, 6 Che Clark, 7 Blake Gibson, 8 Vaiolini Ekuasi, 9 Kalani Thomas, 10 Zarn Sullivan, 11 Salesi Rayasi, 12 Harry Plummer, 13 Bryce Heem, 14 AJ Lam, 15 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Reserves: 16 Leni Apisai, 17 Marcel Renata, 18 Angus Ta'avao, 19 Hamish Dalzell, 20 Niko Jones, 21 Taufa Funaki, 22 Taniela Tele'a, 23 Corey Evans
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@Stargazer Blake Hohaia
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messy start
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Simple start by Auckland and they take the penalty
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nice exit by Zarn
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wtf was that Rene
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poor decision by Nock
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2nd time Nock has leapt the ruck, silly
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great defence there by TRainor
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excellent discipline....
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too easy for Auckland, gonna be a long night if we cant get the bal and keep infringing
