Auckland v BOP

[Duluth]

Auckland welcome The Steamers to Eden Park with John Drake at stake

Auckland come off the back of three wins in nine days to welcome the Steamers to Eden Park on Sunday. The Blue and...

1 Alex Hodgman (Eden)
2 Leni Apisai (Ponsonby)
3 Marcel Renata (University)
4 Hamish Dalzell (College Rifles)
5 Connor Vest (University)
6 Vaiolini Ekuasi (East Tamaki)
7 Adrian Choat (Waitemata)
8 Jackson Pugh (Marist)
9 Taufa Funaki (Marist)
10 Harry Plummer © (Grammar TEC)
11 Salesi Rayasi (Marist)
12 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (DEBUT) (East Tamaki)
13 AJ Lam (Grammar TEC)
14 Tomas Aoake (Ponsonby)
15 Jordan Trainor (Ponsonby)

16 Soane Vikena (Waitemata)
17 Jordan Lay (University)
18 Hamdahn Tuipulotu (Ponsonby)
19 Jamie Lane (Ponsonby)
20 Niko Jones (Waitemata)
21 Manu Paea (Manukau)
22 Simon Hickey (Grammar TEC)
23 Corey Evans (Grammar TEC)

[KiwiMurph]

Of course Vest keeps getting starts......

Pleased that Tuipulotu's injury wasn't too bad.

[Tim]

@Duluth

Vikena on the bench is a weird one.

Choat rested?

Is Mackenzie injured?

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim said in Auckland v BOP:

Choat rested?

Do you mean Gibson? Choat is 7.

[Tim]

@KiwiMurph Yes, sorry, not much sleep recently.

[Tim]

Is Aoake the best we can do?

[Kirwan]

@Tim said in Auckland v BOP:

Is Aoake the best we can do?

We?!? Harbour scum

[mariner4life]

Bay of Plenty by a thousand

[KiwiMurph]

I would imagine the 7s lads Clark and Tangitau will be gearing up for RWC 7s and so not available (and same for BOP)?

[Duluth]

1 Aidan Ross, 2 Kurt Eklund, 3 Tevita Mafileo, 4 Justin Sangster, 5 Manaaki Selby-Rickit, 6 Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 7 Jacob Norris, 8 Zane Kapeli, 9 Jamie Dobie, 10 Kaleb Trask, 11 Nigel Ah Wong, 12 Inga Finau, 13 Joey Walton, 14 Emoni Narawa, 15 Gillies Kaka

Reserves: 16 Anaru Rangi, 17 Haereti Hetet, 18 Pasilio Tosi, 19 Nikora Broughton, 20 Penitoa Finau, 21 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22 Wharenui Hawera, 23 Taylor Haugh

[Tim]

@Duluth Bloody good NPC tight five.

[bayimports]

Only one change from last week with Dobie now starting which I think is a good move. Our starting forward pack is the same from last week which was incredibly strong against Taranaki. I believe the stat the commentators mentioned after 35 minutes was 5 runs from each member of the tight five at that point of time. The highlight for me was the tighthead at 50 minutes when defending our own line. Hopefully they set the tone again.

[ARHS]

@bayimports Ross is not a bad addition either.

[bayimports]

@ARHS said in Auckland v BOP:

@bayimports Ross is not a bad addition either.

yes clearly I missed that lol! At least the reserve front row looks good too

[Cpt Kumera]

Good to see jordan lay up against his old steamers mates
Last years game was called off due to covid auckland last year had dan Hollinshead and jordan
Go the bay

[Dice]

Beautiful day in Auckland.

BOP look to have the better pack. We probably have the edge in the backs.

[SBW1]

@Dice Really looking forward to seeing RTS play. He was supposed to play last year in the ITM, was disrupted due to Auckland not playing. While he has gone well, this would have had an effect on his progress.

[nzzp]

Glorious day. Afternoon rugby at the Garden - couldn't get down but on teh couch.

Kinda feel like I'm waiting for a Vest penalty early

[nzzp]

Vest has a massive bust up the middle! That delayed pass is really effective against a rush defence

[nzzp]

RTS with the offload and boomfa, should be 10-0