North Harbour v Hawke's Bay

[Stargazer]

[Machpants]

There's only one Super Rugby team that nine is allowed to sign for!

And enjoy your final week as Ranfurly Shield holders 😜

[Stargazer]

The Magpies clearly not fielding their best squad, with most of the usual bench players starting, and some players getting a rest.
Still a great 23, with the much-awaited return of Bryn Evans in the starting line-up and Sona Taumalolo via the bench. Sam McNicol is back from injury.

[Number 10]

Only 12 changes to the starting 15 that defeated Canterbury and Otago ...

[Stargazer]

@Number-10 They always seem to write off one away game, each season, in which they field a significantly weaker team to give some of the top players a rest. Not sure whether you can call this a significantly weaker team with all those big names returning, but this definitely seems to be that game.

[Stargazer]

This will still be the game for me, this week; test match or not. Can't wait to see if Bryn Evans and Sona Taumalolo still got it.

[Duluth]

If they want to use this crappy method of naming a team at least put the full list in the comments.

[Duluth]

..and here's the Harbour team in a readable format

1 Nic Mayhew, 2 Luteru Tolai, 3 Sione Mafileo, 4 Gerard Cowley Tuioti, 5 Jacob Pierce, 6 Ethan Roots (cc), 7 Dillon Hunt, 8 Murphy Taramai, 9 Bryn Hall, 10 Bryn Gatland (cc), 11 Tomas Aoake, 12 Antonio Mikaele Tu'u, 13 James Little, 14 Jared Page, 15 Shaun Stevenson

Reserves: 16 Zane Turner, 17 Teague McElroy, 18 Jimmy Roots, 19 Xavier Cowley Tuioti, 20 Tim Sail, 21 Lewis Gjaltema, 22 Jack Heighton, 23 Asaeli Tikoirotuma

[Higgins]

@Stargazer said in North Harbour v Hawke's Bay:

@Number-10 They always seem to write off one away game, each season, in which they field a significantly weaker team to give some of the top players a rest. Not sure whether you can call this a significantly weaker team with all those big names returning, but this definitely seems to be that game.

And we have bigger fish to fry in the next game after this one anyway.

[Stargazer]

@Duluth The picture on FB is better.

[taniwharugby]

@Higgins pfft, it's only Northland!

Haven't had a good track record in shield challenges in recent years (talking 10+ given the lack of them we have had) more often than not, failing to fire much of a shot.

[taniwharugby]

you lads need to get onto Mitre 10, that is unacceptable!

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[Nepia]

Kayo not playing the game. Angry old man email on their way.

[Stargazer]

For who hadn't noticed. Because there are two games being played at the same time, this game will be on Sky Sport 2 (and Fox Sports More, Ch 507 in Oz).

[Stargazer]

@Nepia You don't get Fox Sports More on Kayo?

[Nepia]

@Stargazer said in North Harbour v Hawke's Bay:

@Nepia You don't get Fox Sports More on Kayo?

Funnily enough I just logged into my Kayo account to send my angry man letter and noticed it was available when it clearly wasn't when I first typed out that post.

[Nepia]

Crap, Harbour in after the Pies tried to run it out from the 22.

[Stockcar86]

MMT!

[Stargazer]

This is just as bad as I expected, and that's with the wind in the Magpies' backs.
Hoping for some half time changes and, especially, it's not going to be a monster score.

[Stargazer]

Oh, and Kurt Baker really is a liability. Just move Makene to fullback when McClutchie comes on!!!