SR U20's - Barbarians v Chiefs

[Duluth]

[Duluth]

Have the Chiefs published their side somewhere?

[Bovidae]

@Duluth said in SR U20's - Barbarians v Chiefs:

Have the Chiefs published their side somewhere?

I haven't seen anything - slackers. We'll need a screenshot from Sky.

[Duluth]

1 SEELING
2 TUPOU
3 KUPITA
4 CRIBB
5 VAKASIUOLA
6 SMITH
7 MATHIS
8 TAUMATEINE
9 FARRANT
10 TICKELPENNY
11 VAENUKU
12 MEYER
13 TUIVAILALA
14 SALABIAU
15 NAUFAHU

16 MCCARTHY
17 MA'AU HINKES
18 LEGGE
19 ETI
20 FORBES
21 BARROWCLIFFE
22 FALE
23 MATHIESON
24 MARTIN
25 MITCHELL
26 BRUNGER
27 CARPENTER

[Duluth]

I assume the Barbarians have just come together? That was some disorganised defence

[Duluth]

That was sloppy by Taumateine at the back of a retreating scrum. Baabaas get a try

19-10 Chiefs

It was looking very easy for the Chiefs until then

[Bovidae]

@Duluth Three days preparation for the Barbarians.

That isn't the starting forward pack I expected with more experienced players like Forbes on the bench.

Salabiau is so dangerous. He was in the NZ U18s sevens team in 2022 and the top try scorer in Waikato club rugby last season. I have been impressed with Farrant too. Naufahu was the player I thought would be brought into the Waikato NPC team last year with all the injuries. He must have been injured himself.

The Taumateine shocker is symptomatic of some of the play at this level - too loose.

26-10 at HT.

[Duluth]

43-22 at full time

Only half watched. Chiefs never under any pressure

[Bovidae]

The 2nd half was messy with all the subs from both teams. Forbes made an impact.

A lot of that Chiefs team were at school and playing U18s last year so it will be a step up. Some huge props for that age.

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