Tasman v Taranaki (RS)
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@Bovidae Starting with Tim Sail at 4!
Lucky we got Ethan and Dave back for this game or we'd really be scraping the barrel.
QMac, Cirikadaveta and, worst of all, Tavatavnawai missing from Wednesday's starting XV.
I was kind of expecting Timoci would be missing, since he was hobbling about at the end of the Auckland game. Hoped we'd see Big Levi back to offset that. TT is a big loss - arguably the most influential player in the whole NPC. I'm starting to wonder if Razor might pick him - will be a travesty if he doesn't make at least the A squad.
Leppien on the bench for this game at least gives us another lock - albeit not a very tall one. Not sure Josh Lord would be worrying about him. Ethan will hopefully help the lineout as well, but we'll need to continue with the innovations that worked v Auckland.
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Nice pass to no one Christie.
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@Grooter said in Ta$man v Taranaki (RS):
JRK looking dangerous
He's had a very good NPC. Must surely be in the AB XV squad?
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Ta$man been pretty ragged at times - that gift try was a shocker! Unfortunately, the Naki are playing well.
We came back into a bit in the last 10 minutes, but will need to play a lot better in the second half.
Lord is a big unit - he's towering over the Ta$man lineout (which admittedly is pretty short)!
