Tasman v Wellington (Premiership Final)

[Duluth]

Same XV as last week. Goosen bracketed on the bench

15 Trent Renata (Oriental-Rongotai)
14 Ben Lam (Tawa)
13 Billy Proctor (Marist St Pats)
12 Peter Umaga-Jensen (Wainuiomata)
11 Vince Aso (Paremata-Plimerton)
10 Jackson Garden-Bachop (Northern United)
9 Kemara Hauiti-Parapara (Tawa)
8 Teariki Ben-Nicholas (Old Boys University)
7 Du'Plessis Kirifi (Northern United) (c)
6 Mateaki Kafatolu (Petone)
5 James Blackwell (Petone)
4 Vaea Fifita (Wellington)
3 Alex Fidow (Oriental Rongotai)
2 Asafo Aumua (Avalon)
1 Xavier Numia (Oriental-Rongotai)

16 James O'Reilly (Hutt Old Boys Marist)
17 Sitiveni Paongo (Tawa)
18 Sef Fa'agase (Petone)
19 Naitoa Ah Kuoi (Marist St Pats)
20 Josh Furno (Western Suburbs)
21 Connor Collins (Hutt Old Boys Marist)
22 Wes Goosen or Connor Garden-Bachop
23 Pepesana Patafilo (Tawa)

[Canes4life]

Looking at that Ta$man side they would have to be hot favourites now that Taufua and Jordan are locked in, however Wellington also have the firepower to do the job aswell. Should be a cracker, bring it on Mako.

[Bones]

Quite odd to see a couple of "older" fellas on the wing outside a couple of young bucks.

[Canes4life]

Hopefully Goosen isn’t fully scratched. He has been our best this year and we will need his experience on the bench.

[Chris B.]

@Tim said in Ta$man v Wellington (Premiership Final):

Big weakness at loosehead for Ta$man, be interesting to watch how Wellington targets it.

I just had a look at the two teams that played in Round 1.

That day our looseheads were our fifth and sixth choices - Ryan Coxon and Sam "The Rock" Prattley!

Both teams a bit stronger than that day.

[Chris B.]

@Canes4life I'm slightly concerned that Ta$man might have a late withdrawal or two due to several injury clouds.

Hope not - losing Blackadder is enough.

[Canes4life]

@Chris-B yeah that Taufua knock looked pretty bad. I'm suprised to see him starting this week.

[Chris B.]

@Canes4life Me too.

I guess if you get a glancing blow to the temple maybe it stuns you without giving a concussion?

I guess they've done all the protocols.

[Canes4life]

@Chris-B Yeah most of the times knocks that aren't even noticed end up being the worst.

[mikey07]

Game time c’mon Wellington heard from a source that Ta$man are running on empty after a long season.

[canefan]

@mikey07 said in Ta$man v Wellington (Premiership Final):

Game time c’mon Wellington heard from a source that Ta$man are running on empty after a long season.

We are overdue

[mikey07]

@canefan amen to that

[Bones]

TJ is a tad excited....

[mikey07]

@Bones I really dislike him as a commentator he’s soo biased for Ta$man it’s ridiculous

[Bones]

@mikey07 I'm not fussed by it...think all commentators are likely to get more excited about their own team. I really don't notice the bias others seem to.

[mikey07]

We’re playing like deers in headlights we need to focus and just remember what we did all year

[Steven Harris]

This game could be over before it’s started at 16-3 after the first quarter..

[canefan]

Pls give score updates

[Dice]

Levi Aumua's defense has been terrible. Hopefully he's not back with the Blues.

[Steven Harris]

@canefan 20 mins gone 16-6 to Ta$man