Canterbury v Northland

[taniwharugby]

@Duluth I only saw a few of his games, he started on the wing and showed a bit, but was when he was moved to 12 (during his debut club game) he looked much better and then started at 12 thereafter, looks the type who needs to get his hands on the ball more.

Guess they have the option to slide Nichols in to defend at 13 if they see that as an issue.

[Landers92]

@Duluth said in Canterbury Northland:

1 Finlay Brewis
2 Brodie McAlister
3 Seb Calder
4 Jamie Hannah
5 Tahlor Cahill
6 Billy Harmon
7 Tom Christie
8 Cullen Grace
9 Mitchell Drummond
10 Rameka Poihipi
11 Ngatungane Punivai
12 Dallas McLeod
13 Braydon Ennor
14 Issac Hutchinson
15 Chay Fihaki

16 Ben Funnell
17 Daniel Lienert-Brown
18 Samu Tawake
19 Zach Gallagher
20 Dom Gardiner
21 Willi Heinz
22 James White
23 Jone Rova

Insanely strong side for an NPC line up. Struggle to see anyone getting the better of them this season. Hopefully Northland can turn up and make a game of it.

[taniwharugby]

@Landers92 yeah is a pretty tough looking team, guess if there is a chance of upsetting them or pushing them close, round 1 is it.

[Crazy Horse]

@Landers92 said in Canterbury Northland:

@Duluth said in Canterbury Northland:

1 Finlay Brewis
2 Brodie McAlister
3 Seb Calder
4 Jamie Hannah
5 Tahlor Cahill
6 Billy Harmon
7 Tom Christie
8 Cullen Grace
9 Mitchell Drummond
10 Rameka Poihipi
11 Ngatungane Punivai
12 Dallas McLeod
13 Braydon Ennor
14 Issac Hutchinson
15 Chay Fihaki

16 Ben Funnell
17 Daniel Lienert-Brown
18 Samu Tawake
19 Zach Gallagher
20 Dom Gardiner
21 Willi Heinz
22 James White
23 Jone Rova

Insanely strong side for an NPC line up. Struggle to see anyone getting the better of them this season. Hopefully Northland can turn up and make a game of it.

They have been looking good on paper for a few seasons now but have looked poorly coached. Maybe this year will be different.

[Chris]

Mataele and McNicol still injured.

[Chiefy07]

Think if Northland are to have a shot in this game they will need to win it up front. If we can get parity or better at set piece it could be interesting. I do worry our set piece will be dominated though

[kev]

@Chiefy07 it’s a new coaching setup so interested in what that and some young talent brings

[muddyriver]

@kev I think northland set piece goes very well this year. They have a few veterans who are good at this side of the game. This game, I worry about the loose heads (2 starters out) at scrum time and the young mid fielder on the wing vs the contestables Canterbury use a lot.

Northland at $101 to win is crazy for a team I can see making the top 8

[Duluth]

This is kicking off in a few minutes

[Duluth]

Northland wearing a darker blue this year?

[Duluth]

Nice, Northland get the first try. Good field position then patient drives at the line

[Duluth]

Let off for Northland, Poihipi kicks it dead when kicking a penalty to the corner

[Chiefy07]

Northland are definitely up for it but can't have silly mistakes like Rush ignoring the ref and giving a penalty away right in front of the posts and Trainor knocking on at the 22 under no pressure

[Chiefy07]

Pretty tight call to rule out a Northland try with a forward pass. It didn't look forward live but ref was directly in line. Good work to create the opportunity though

[Duluth]

Murray has been finding space

Good support line from Caird following Latu

Trainor with the error the ends the movement

[Duluth]

Well done Latu

Northland takes the lead back 14-10 37mins gone

[kev]

These commentators can *uck right off. Arrogance.

[kev]

Impressed by Northland. Good running options. Good shoulders into tackles. If they last the 80 they will be in this.

[kev]

That’s a home town call

[kev]

Beautiful try