Auckland Rugby 2019
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@Daffy-Jaffy Tofilau played 9 games for the Magpies last season, including 4 starts. He was a full squad member.
Having said that, you can have him
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@Stargazer Thanks, I just found this vid of him last season -
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@Daffy-Jaffy That's mostly footage from preseason games by the looks of it.
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@Stargazer said in Auckland Rugby 2019:
@Daffy-Jaffy Tofilau played 9 games for the Magpies last season, including 4 starts. He was a full squad member.
Having said that, you can have him
Shit, I'd completely forgotten about him. Blocked him out maybe?
Every so often the Magpies import a group of players and they turn out to be failures. Leaguies, Cantabs, and now Islanders.
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Former Warriors, Ta$man and Sunwolves player Viliami Lolohea is also playing club rugby in Auckland for Papatoetoe. I wonder if he was involved in last night's trial games?
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@Daffy-Jaffy He played at Papatoetoe last season as well didn't he?
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@Nogusta You were right. It suggests they will default the rest of the season in protest.
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That rule has been in place for years. Not sure what Auckland Rugby are meant to do about it unless they decide from next year to get rid of the rule.
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@Tim He seems to transfer clubs bewteen Wellington and Auckland as often as I transfer money from my bank account to my landlords. Surely there must be some residential qualification required if you wish to transfer from one province to another to play club rugby.
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I'm going to watch Ponsonby v Pakuranga. Anyone worth keeping an eye on? There's plenty of fringe Auckland players in Ponsonby obviously but I only really know of Hawaii Ahokovi from Pakuranga
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@Duluth The young reserve HB for Ponies Suesue can be exciting, he scored a try in the auckland trial against Honda recently. The Blind Side Jonah Mau'u is a prospect. He has been in Ireland for 2 years playing for the Ulster academy team. He is only 20, not very big but fast and explosive, scores a lot of tries. Probably a more natural 7. Patrick Tuipulotu's younger brother is reserve prop number 17, just out of school. Reserve Hooker Vikena for Ponies was NZ schools last year I think. Don't know much about Pak sorry, except that I used to coach the 7 David Adams when he was a kid. A very accurate turnover specialist. Paks 10 Taina played for Counties and maybe Samoa previously I think.
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@Duluth Noticed on the team sheets the great DJ Forbes turning out for his old Waiamata club, what a legend.
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@Duluth I could not make it to the springs today so would love to read your thoughts on the game and who impressed you. Pakuranga beat us in the first round so I was pleased with the score.
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@Daffy-Jaffy I forgot all about Jonah Mau'u as I hadn't seen or heard his name for awhile. Didn't know he was in Ireland the last couple of years. I liked his game a lot in school. He also looked great for that good Samoa Schools 7s team that also had Tanielu Telea in it a couple of years ago.
Pretty sure George Taina is the nephew of Charles Piutau. He went to Counties after school and maybe played for Tonga U20s? I think he made NZ Schools while in school, but got pushed out to 12 for them. He was part of the Auckland pre-season team last year.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Auckland Rugby 2019:
@Duluth Noticed on the team sheets the great DJ Forbes turning out for his old Waiamata club, what a legend.
It's been awhile. I think he was part of the Waitemata team that won it all way back in 2003.
