Auckland v Canterbury

[Duluth]

Auckland put up a few training photos. No Plummer in those photos but it did show Sullivan and Simpson training. So the first five availability problems appear to be over

[Duluth]

[Duluth]

1 Finlay Brewis, 2 Brodie McAlister, 3 Seb Calder, 4 Jamie Hannah, 5 Dominic Gardiner, 6 Billy Harmon (C), 7 Corey Kellow, 8 Cullen Grace, 9 Willi Heinz, 10 James White, 11 Ngatungane Punivai, 12 Jone Rova, 13 Braydon Ennor, 14 Isaac Hutchinson, 15 Chay Fihaki

Reserves: 16 James Mullan, 17 Daniel Lienert-Brown, 18 Gus Brown, 19 Tahlor Cahill, 20 Tom Christie, 21 Nic Shearer, 22 Ryan Crotty, 23 Kurtis Macdonald

[Bovidae]

I'll be keen to see how Sanerivi goes (re: SR selection).

[Duluth]

@Bovidae does he already have a Chiefs contract for 2025?

[Bovidae]

@Duluth No idea, but he would be the likely replacement for Thompson. Maybe Tyrone is staying with rugby?

[Canes4life]

This is a bit of a cripple fight so far. Both teams struggling to hold onto the ball in the first 15 minutes. Tito-Harris looking dangerous from fullback.

[Canes4life]

Cullen Grace off with a head knock.

[Duluth]

Get Simpson on

[Canes4life]

Gus Brown getting absolutely monstered at scrum time.

[Canes4life]

Shocking game so far. Even TJ's complaining how bad both teams have been.

Surely Canterbury are close to a card, they are getting munted at scrum time.

[Duluth]

Yay. Auckland didn’t fuck it up this time

7-6

[Canes4life]

Canterbury hit right back through Rova.

[Duluth]

Brewis looks bad

Maybe they should take an early half time break

[Canes4life]

Looks like Brodie McCalister.

[Kirwan]

Hope the second half is better, both teams are making this a hard watch

[Landers92]

Shit this a tough watch.

[Canes4life]

@Kirwan said in Auckland v Canterbury:

Hope the second half is better, both teams are making this a hard watch

It's not a good look with so many Super players on the park, especially in that Canterbury pack, they've been horrible.

[Landers92]

Get Rico Simpson on to try and spark something. Can’t be any worse than a 36 year old Christian Leali'ifano.

[Bovidae]

@Canes4life said in Auckland v Canterbury:

Gus Brown getting absolutely monstered at scrum time.

Yes, I was going to post this. A big step up from U20s.

Those first 35 mins were dire. Hauiti-Parapara is a handbrake.