Farah Palmer Cup 2022
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Well, a very ugly win for BOP but have to admire the defensive effort. Much better alignment and communication in the backs meant that Auckland had to go up the middle and the mistakes and turnovers happened. Big confidence boost for the team although they may suffer from BF call ups.
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@Donsteppa said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
That was heart in mouth stuff watching the Volcanix forever running the ball out of their own 22, given the potential for breakdown penalties at any time. But it worked!
I dont think the coaches have confidence in the clearing kicks tbh and I can see why it's not a huge option. Handing the opposition a lineout on the 22 isn't great, but yeah they need to be a bit more organised with the recycles if they want to wait for an opportunity to relieve pressure. Connor is a smart player though. She changed up the tactics on field which is great captaincy and realised that the best tap options are the ones you keep direct and close. Don't pass it one or two out and make no ground.
I'd be very happy for her to captain the BFs to be honest. Would be one of the form players in the country at the moment. Makes ground every carry, accurate when she goes to ground, big hits. Kind of a white girl version of Sami T. -
This is a pretty cool story. It's unfortunate for the Tui that she was only available for the first two games and now has to move on, but it's awesome that she got this opportunity to play here in NZ, including two FPC games (and that the Tui got to learn from her).
Spanish captain Bimba lives rugby dream with Tui
Spanish rugby captain Laura Delgado Dueñas has followed her dream to play in the Farah Palmer Cup - the hammer thrower turned professional prop turning out for the Hawkes Bay Tui
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Impact from the BF selection to teams this week. Thanks to @Stargazer for the list in the BF thread. As you'd expect Waikato and Canterbury lose quite a few so squad depth will be tested. BOP lose two hookers (although both have also played at 8 this year ) and a Prop so their recent scrum dominance could go. Auckland lose their captain and Wellington their best scoring option.
Good luck picking winners this week!Auckland
Lock
Maiakawanakaulani Roos
Loose Forward
Tafito Lafaele
Charmaine McMenamin
Inside Back
Sylvia Brunt
Ruahei Demant
Theresa Fitzpatrick (Sevens)BOP
Hooker
Luka Connor
Natalie Delamere
Prop
Santo Taumata
Loose Forward
Kendra ReynoldsCanterbury
Hooker
Georgia Ponsonby
Prop
Pip Love
Amy Rule
Lock
Chelsea Bremner
Loose Forward
Alana Bremner
Halfback
Kendra Cocksedge
Inside Back
Amy du Plessis
Outside Back
Grace SteinmetzCounties Manukau
Halfback
Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu
Inside Back
Hazel Tubic
Outside Back
Ruby TuiManawatu
Loose Forward
Kaipo Olsen-BakerNorthland
Prop
Krystal Murray
Outside Back
Tyla Nathan-Wong (Sevens)Otago
Inside Back
Victoria Subritzky-NafataliWaikato
Prop
Tanya Kalounivale
Awhina Tangen-Wainohu
Loose Forward
Kennedy Simon
Halfback
Ariana Bayler
Inside Back
Chelsea Semple
Outside Back
Renee HolmesWellington
Lock
Joanah Ngan Woo
Outside Back
Ayesha Leti-I'iga -
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@Stargazer said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
@Crucial I assume you mean Canterbury, not Wellington? Aren't players still available for this weekend's games? The tests are on 20 and 27 August.
Yep, fixed. Thanks for spotting.
Didn't Smith say that BFs would be available to teams for the first 3 weeks? If only the last two of RR that would be better. Might be some teams crossing their fingers that depth will get them to the semis.
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https://www.allblacks.com/news/farah-palmer-cup-round-four-team-lists-2/
That weekly round preview with the teams that then becomes live scoring and stats is a great idea. Just wish they would get the setup right, Second week in a row that they have screwed up the opta inputs and duplicated one game at the expense of another.
There's no way to contact them to get it fixed either. NZR avoid all contact with the public like the plague -
@Crucial said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
There's no way to contact them to get it fixed either. NZR avoid all contact with the public like the plague
I have a few times managed to get them to correct things by tweeting them about mistakes! They didn't reply, but fixed the mistakes.
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Waikato win by 7 but BOP got zero kicks over. Desperately need a goal kicker for the extras.
This game was a very good example of how the breakdown should be reffed IMO. Resulted in a lot of penalties but if they were free kicks in the mens game all would have been good. Players expected to stay on feet on get clear. No one allowed to go past the ball without a bind and drive. Low tolerance for clear release. -
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@Bovidae said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
I missed the start of the game so didn't know why Semple wasn't playing. At the presentations after the match she had her quad strapped but seemed to be walking OK. Quite a re-arranged Waikato backline in the end.
Both teams used their bench early and swapped players around. My guess is that with the BFs heading to camp soon they needed to go deeper into the squads and a lot of the players hadn’t had much game time yet.
I think Canterbury did the same.
