QF Blues v Highlanders

[Grooter]

Read that Leni Apisai, Frizell will be on the highlanders bench but there's no first five cover so if Banks curls over idk what happens😟Bryce Heem is on the wing for the 13 in a row Blues

[Bovidae]

Apisai must have the record for playing for the most SR teams in a season - 3 if you count pre-season games.

[SouthernMann]

Seems all teams are available in here. https://www.flipsnack.com/tahs2015/srp-qf1/full-view.html

[Stargazer]

@FakatavaFuture I assume Connor G-B will cover 10 if Banks goes down? Or Aaron Smith?

[Bovidae]

Coombes-Fabling, if the team list is correct.

[Bones]

@Bovidae said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

Coombes-Fabling, if the team list is correct.

Just because he's in 22? I'd prefer AS or CGB.

[Bovidae]

@Bones said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

@Bovidae said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

Coombes-Fabling, if the team list is correct.

Just because he's in 22? I'd prefer AS or CGB.

No, because he was a 1st 5.

Brown could think outside the box. Dawai is back from the cold.

[Duluth]

If that team is correct, the lock selection is a surprise: Tucker/Robinson with Romano on the bench

[Bones]

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[Dan54]

@antipodean said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

@Dan54 said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

@antipodean said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

@ACT-Crusader said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

@antipodean could be saving O’Keefe for semis and final

Can't run around for 80 mins three weeks in a row? That sort of thinking is how we get Wayne Barnes in 2007.

More like giving all the refs a final I would guess.

Again: This should be a meritocracy, not an opportunity for the work experience kid

Mate they do it in WCs, so guessing it's ok for super if that is reason, I only guessing. What worries me most is maybe because they think Canes are not going to progress so O'Keefe will be able to do either game lol.

[Kirwan]

@Duluth said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

If that team is correct, the lock selection is a surprise: Tucker/Robinson with Romano on the bench

Bench is very, very strong.

[Kiwiwomble]

@FakatavaFuture said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

Read that Leni Apisai, Frizell will be on the highlanders bench but there's no first five cover so if Banks curls over idk what happens😟Bryce Heem is on the wing for the 13 in a row Blues

is koroi injured? i thought he looked like he was settling in after the missed conversion

[Grooter]

@Kiwiwomble Koroi's been fit all season & presumably still is? Tony's backline selections have been a rabble this season, Dawai is in & out the team like a yoyo, initial contracted squad members aftermentioned Koroi & punivai ect been watching on as Van guht & coombes fabling came in, I just hope the next coach can make things feel more settled

[Kiwiwomble]

@FakatavaFuture yeah, dawai had a very rough start but thought he looked much better the couple of times hes played since

I'm a huge Browny fan...but think he's proving he's an assistant/attack/backs coach and not a right for the big job

[KiwiMurph]

[mariner4life]

that loose forward trio gives me a rugby chubby

[KiwiMurph]

EXPERIENCED CAMPAIGNERS BACK AS BLUES CHASE PLAYOFF SUCCESS AT HOME — Blues Rugby

The Blues have turned to their experienced campaigners, refreshed after a week’s break, to host the Highlanders in the DHL Super Rugby Pacific quarterfinal clash at Eden Park on Saturday. There are 11 players who have played for the All Blacks and two other Māori All Blacks in the 23-strong team to

[Duluth]

Jun 1, 2022

Highlanders recruit Apisai for quarterfinal

The Highlanders have called in Auckland hooker Leni Apisai for their quarterfinal against the Blues at Eden Park on Saturday night. Injuries to...

Ethan de Groot, Andrew Makalio, Jermaine Ainsley, Bryn Evans, Josh Dickson, Hugh Renton, Billy Harmon, Marino Mikaele-Tu’u, Aaron Smith (captain), Marty Banks, Mosese Dawai, Scott Gregory, Thomas Umaga-Jensen, Fetuli Paea, Connor Garden-Bachop

Reserves: Leni Apisai, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Saula Mau, Max Hicks, Shannon Frizell, Folau Fakatava, Liam Coombes-Fabling, Denny Solomona

[Stargazer]

Highlanders media release:

Highlanders named for Auckland Quarterfinal match | Highlanders Rugby Club Limited Partnership

[Bovidae]

Any news on Segner's injury? I did read he had a suspected fractured ankle, so will be out for a while, if true.