Auckland v Canterbury

[cgrant]

@shark said in Auckland v Canterbury:

Being a Sunday game I guess our team may not get named until Friday, but of the below squad we could probably field the following 23:

Liam Allen, Cameron Bailey, Finlay Brewis, George Bridge, Fergus Burke, Tom Christie, Sam Darry, Jack Debreczeni, Luke Donaldson, Mitchell Drummond, Mitchell Dunshea, Braydon Ennor, Chay Fihaki, Zach Gallagher, Mitchell Gibson, Cullen Grace, Billy Harmon, Oliver Jager, Jono Kitto, Shilo Klein, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Manasa Mataele, Brodie McAlister, Josh McKay, Dallas McLeod, Richie Mo’unga, Joe Moody, Waisake Naholo, Fletcher Newell, Conan O’Donnell, Rameka Pohipi, Isaiah Punivai, Ngatungane Punivai, Luke Romano, Sam Stewart, Henry Stowers, Codie Taylor, Sam Whitelock, Tamaiti Williams

1 Leinert Brown
2 McAlister
3 Williams
4 Romano
5 Darry
6 Prinsep (oddly missing from the squad list)
7 Harmon
8 Grace
9 Drummond
10 Burke
12 McLeod
13 N Punivai
11 Mataele
14 Naholo
15 McKay

Brewis
Newell
Klein
Gallagher
Gibson or Allen
Donaldson
Debreczeni
I Punivai

Tamaiti Williams has been playing on the LH side lately. I'll go with Jager as a TH.

[gt12]

@cgrant

Or Newell?

[nzzp]

TAB have AKL $1.62 Canterbury $2.20

Home advantage I guess. Such a tough start to the comp for Auckland - 4 roudns will be decisive. Can't afford to get off to a slow start

[cgrant]

@gt12
Or Newell, yes.

[george33]

@cgrant ekuasi at 8 wow this guy got it and kata on bench with lots of experience and lane with scrafton in second row , backline as expected no Roger yet

[Tim]

[Duluth]

Cantabs are naming their side tomorrow

[Chris]

@george33 said in Auckland v Canterbury:

@cgrant ekuasi at 8 wow this guy got it and kata on bench with lots of experience and lane with scrafton in second row , backline as expected no Roger yet

As expected No Ofa T ,RTS or Clarke

[Bovidae]

Looks like a 6:2 bench.

[Tim]

Sione Tuipulotu covering lock.

[Tim]

Interesting that Auckland have already gone outside their squad for a prop.

[KiwiMurph]

@nzzp said in Auckland v Canterbury:

TAB have AKL $1.62 Canterbury $2.20

Home advantage I guess. Such a tough start to the comp for Auckland - 4 roudns will be decisive. Can't afford to get off to a slow start

Those odds look the wrong way around.

Pleased to see Evans at 12.

[george33]

@kiwimurph yes Evans great choice wydh him well

[taniwharugby]

I assume Auckland followed HIA protocols with Zarn after the match last week clearing him but I still cannot believe they left him out there last week.

One of the hardest head clashes I've seen in a long while

[cgrant]

Pretty inexperienced bench. But I am pleased with this line up with an interesting combo in midfield (Evans - Heem).

[Chris]

Pretty young Canterbury missing a few

Team to play Auckland:

1 Daniel Lienert-Brown

2 Sam Stewart*

3 Oliver Jager

4 Luke Romano

5 Sam Darry

6 Liam Allen

7 Mitchell Gibson*

8 Henry Stowers*

9 Mitchell Drummond (c)

10 Fergus Burke

11 Manasa Mataele

12 Dallas McLeod

13 Isaiah Punivai

14 Chay Fihaki

15 Josh McKay

16 Shilo Klein

17 Finlay Brewis

18 Tamaiti Williams

19 Zach Gallagher

20 Corey Kellow*

21 Luke Donaldson

22 Rameka Poihipi

23 Ngatungane Punivai

[KiwiMurph]

@chris battle of the Gibson brothers.

[Chris]

@kiwimurph said in Auckland v Canterbury:

@chris battle of the Gibson brothers.

Yeah that's going to be interesting, is the younger one better or not.

[African Monkey]

@chris I've seen Mitch play for HSOB down here and they have very similar styles. Both very physical 7s that throw themselves into everything both in attack and defense.

Sadly Mitch Gibson that day got outshone by his opposite Bill Harmon. Hope for his sake his body holds up a bit better than his brothers especially with the style he plays.

[Chris]

@african-monkey said in Auckland v Canterbury:

@chris I've seen Mitch play for HSOB down here and they have very similar styles. Both very physical 7s that throw themselves into everything both in attack and defense.

Sadly Mitch Gibson that day got outshone by his opposite Bill Harmon. Hope for his sake his body holds up a bit better than his brothers especially with the style he plays.

I rate young Corey Kellow,It will be interesting how he goes off the bench.