North vs South

[Tim]

South backs.

9 Drummond
10 Mo'unga
11 Bridge
12 Thompson
13 Goodhue
14 Jordan
15 Barrett

21 Weber
22 Ioane
23 Ennor

[Tim]

North backs:

9 Smith
10 Black
11 Clarke
12 ALB
13 Ioane
14 Telea
15 Barrett

21 TJP
22 Laumape
23 Stevenson

[Canes4life]

@Tim

I would go:

9. Smith
10. Barrett
11. Ioane
12. Laumape (if he's still in PUJ comes in)
13. Leinert-Brown
14. Reece
15. McKenzie

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21. Perenara
22. Umaga-Jensen
23. Telea/Clarke

[Tim]

@Canes4life Perenara covering first five?

[Canes4life]

@Tim McKenzie

[Canes4life]

@Tim agree on this, however I would start Weber over Drummond.

[Bones]

@Tim said in North vs South:

Thompson

Is criteria NPC or SR?

[Tim]

@Bones I think it's 1st class rugby debut, so which ever came first.

[Bones]

@Tim ah right..Manawatu I guess there then?

[Tim]

@Bones Canterbury.

[Bovidae]

Laulala will start at TH for the SI with Lomax on the bench.

I also don't think Thompson will start ahead of Ennor either.

[Tim]

North $1.63
South $2.18

[sparky]

Sparky had a go at naming the teams.

North

1 Karl T, 2 Aumua, 3 Ofa T, 4 Tuipulotu, 5 Scafton, 6 A. Savea, 7 Cane, 8 Sotutu, 9 A. Smith, 10 B. Barrett, 11 C. Clarke, 12 ALB, 13 R. Ioane, 14 Reece, 15 DMac, 16 Coles, 17 Johnstone, 18 Ta'avao, 19 Cowley-Tuioti , 20. D. Papali'i, 21. TJP, 22, O. Black, 23. P. Umaga-Jensen

South

1 Moody, 2 Taylor, 3 Laulala, 4 Whitelock, 5 Parkinson, 6 Frizell, 7 Hunt, 8 Evans, 9 Weber, 10 Mo'unga, 11 Bridge, 12 Goodhue, 13 Ennor, 14 Jordan, 15 J. Barrett, 16. Coltman, 17 Hodgman 18 Lomax, 19 Dunsha, 20 Sanders, 21 Drunmond, 22. J. Ioane, 23 Thompson

[Machpants]

@sparky One must be very posh, to refer to oneself in the third person.

I don't disagree with your selections tho

[Bovidae]

That looks close but there must be someone better than Sanders?

They are selecting 28 players so we need an extra 5 players per squad.

Prop
Hooker
Lock/loose forward
Halfback
Outside back

Are Jacobson and Robinson going be available for this game?

[pakman]

@sparky Likely looking teams, but would like to think there's at least one bolter lurking?!

[Crazy Horse]

@sparky said in North vs South:

Sparky had a go at naming the teams.

North

1 Karl T, 2 Aumua, 3 Ofa T, 4 Tuipulotu, 5 Scafton, 6 A. Savea, 7 Cane, 8 Sotutu, 9 A. Smith, 10 B. Barrett, 11 C. Clarke, 12 ALB, 13 R. Ioane, 14 Reece, 15 DMac, 16 Coles, 17 Johnstone, 18 Ta'avao, 19 Cowley-Tuioti , 20. D. Papali'i, 21. TJP, 22, O. Black, 23. P. Umaga-Jensen

South

1 Moody, 2 Taylor, 3 Laulala, 4 Whitelock, 5 Parkinson, 6 Frizell, 7 Hunt, 8 Evans, 9 Weber, 10 Mo'unga, 11 Bridge, 12 Goodhue, 13 Ennor, 14 Jordan, 15 J. Barrett, 16. Coltman, 17 Hodgman 18 Lomax, 19 Dunsha, 20 Sanders, 21 Drunmond, 22. J. Ioane, 23 Thompson

I thought I read somewhere on here that Evans was out injured for the season.

[Stargazer]

There should be room in that North 28 for Marino Mikaele-Tu'u.

[Canes4life]

If I had to pick a North 28 right now it would be: (includes 10 Blues, 9 Hurricanes, 5 Chiefs, 2 Highlanders, 2 Crusaders)

Props: Karl Tu'unukuafe, Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Angus Ta'avao, Aiden Johnstone, Alex Fidow

Hookers: Asafo Aumua, Dane Coles, Kurt Eklund

Locks: Patrick Tuipolotu, Scott Scrafton, Isaia Walker-Leawere (could easily be someone else in that third locking position)

Loose Forwards: Dalton Papali'i, Ardie Savea, Sam Cane, Lachlan Boschier, Hoskins Sotutu (Du'Plessis Kirifi & Marino Mikaele Tu'u unlucky to miss out here).

Halfbacks: Aaron Smith, TJ Perenara, Bryn Hall

First Fives: Beauden Barrett, Otere Black

Centres: Anton Leinert Brown, Reiko Ioane, Peter Umaga-Jensen

Outside Backs: Caleb Clarke, Damian McKenzie, Sevu Reece

Utility: Vince Aso (covers 12,13,11,14)

[Bovidae]

The AB selectors will need to strike a balance between picking the best players for AB selection and rewarding SRA form. On form, I would have Ash Dixon as the third NI hooker but Foster, Plumtree and co might prefer to look at some younger players in camp.