Auckland v Wellington
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@foobaNZ Wellington catering to Julian once again. Riley's been very good there the last couple seasons, obviously Soakai hasn't been watching.
I'm very surprised we are favourites at the TAB. This squad looks to be lacking a bit, too many has beens in Apisai, Savea, Paulo and Garden-Bachop.
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@Canes4life said in Auckland v Wellington:
@Duluth said in Auckland v Wellington:
15 Tjay Clarke
14 Riley Higgins
13 Peter Umaga-Jensen
12 Julian Savea
11 Pepesana Patafilo
10 Jackson Garden-Bachop
9 Kyle Preston1 Xavier Numia
2 Penieli Poasa
3 Siale Lauaki
4 Hugo Plummer
5 Filo Paulo
6 Brad Shields
7 Du'Plessis Kirifi
8 Peter Lakai16 Leni Apisai
17 Yota Kamimori
18 PJ Sheck
19 Akira Ieremia
20 Dominic Ropeti
21 Mitch McLeod
22 Callum Harkin
23 Matt ProctorLol Riley Higgins at 14, why? Savea can move on like his brother for all I care. If Higgins is going to be the 12 for the Canes, he needs to be playing there. I doubt Patafilo, Higgins and Clarke will see much ball with Savea and Umaga-Jensen as the midfield. Proctor should be starting aswell. Savea should be on the bench.
> Unfortunately it seems like we have another coach with rocks in his head.
Delany must still be returning from injury.
Agree. Another year of dumb backs selections. The bigger issue with the midfield is PUJ though. Savea's decision making is ok. PUJ is terrible. And Higgins is a much better defender than PUJ
Having said that the HB, 1st 2nd combo is far and away better than the rubbish we had starting most games last year. But Higgins clearly should start in midfield and any coach who can't see this
what is Penieli Poasa like
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O'Reilly at hooker. Is that the only difference?
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@nzzp same as posted above.
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@Canes4life thanks
Tribe didn't have it, I googled and couldn't find it, and wasn't sure if it had actually been confirmed or not.
Obviously I missed it. When do they name them (all at the same time)?
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The Auckland team was on the NPC site (provincial.rugby) yesterday but not confirmed by Auckland until today
There wasn't an exact time for team naming like in SR. However most teams seemed to come out today between 2pm & 2:30pm
No idea if they'll keep that up
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@Bones said in Auckland v Wellington:
@Duluth said in Auckland v Wellington:
No idea if they'll keep that up
Naming your team on Thursday for a wednesday game might prove problematic.
3D chess! Confuse the opposition!
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I saw a post on Bunningsnpc IG page earlier saying
Team namings 2pm Thursdays | 2pm Tuesdays* | Friday 2pm*
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Interested to see how Harford goes. There was loads of hype about him a few years ago.. I guess those people have to say he's shit now because he moved North
I remember him having a few good moments but always thought the chat was way over the top. He did look good in the Blues preseason, although I think that was at fullback.
This will only be his 6th NPC start
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@Duluth said in Auckland v Wellington:
Interested to see how Harford goes. There was loads of hype about him a few years ago.. I guess those people have to say he's shit now because he moved North
I remember him having a few good moments but always thought the chat was way over the top. He did look good in the Blues preseason, although I think that was at fullback.
This will only be his 6th NPC start
Was there hype? I remember some people, and I was one of them, thinking he looked as though he had some tools that may be useful at Super level.
I guess it's a good sign for him that another set up outside of Canterbury see him as good enough for their NPC squad. I hope he does well.
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@Crazy-Horse There were some people on here mentioning in All Blacks threads
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@Duluth said in Auckland v Wellington:
@Crazy-Horse There were some people on here mentioning in All Blacks threads
Really? I suppose that's not surprising though given both the Highlander 10s were mentioned this year.
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@African-Monkey Probably him. I consider him the thought leader of the Cantabs
Harford also got the TJ love in the commentary
