Otago v Waikato

[Duluth]

1 Abraham Pole, 2 Henry Bell, 3 Jermaine Ainsley, 4 Josh Dickson, 5 Fabian Holland, 6 Oliver Haig, 7 James Lentjes (c), 8 Christian Lio-Willie, 9 Kemara Hauiti-Parapara, 10 Cameron Millar, 11 Mitchell Scott, 12 Josh Ioane, 13 Josh Timu, 14 Freedom Vahaakolo, 15 Sam Gilbert

Reserves: 16 Brady Robertson, 17 Tau Koloamatangi, 18 Josh Hohneck, 19 Will Tukcer, 20 Sean Withy, 21 Kieran McClea, 22 John Tapueluelu, 23 Caleb Leef

[Duluth]

Josh Ioane at 12

All of those back reserves are on debut

[Kiwiwomble]

i wonder if we considered putting Gilbert at 12 rather than ioane...

[Kiwiwomble]

i imagine ioane is not long for dunedin shores...moving him around the backline was what fucked him off with the highlanders

[Bovidae]

Based on past history I expect the Waikato team to be named tomorrow. The players rested against Southland should all return but anyones guess who plays on the wing with the injuries to Sinkinson and Dawai, and possible concussion for Coombes-Fabling. Tuhakaraina might be asked to fill a role.

[Bovidae]

3 halfbacks in the 23. Luke Jacobson on the bench.

Waikato NPC team named to travel to Dunedin to face Otago.

Waikato NPC have named their match day 23 as they travel down to Dunedin to face Otago at Forsyth Barr Stadium for...

[Duluth]

@Bovidae

Is Ratima covering other positions?

Lots of 9, 10, wing options

Who covers a midfield injury? One of the starting wingers? (I don’t know much about them)

[Bovidae]

@Duluth
Tuhakaraina is a centre and started there against Southland.

I assume Leiua is rested or injured, and Coombes-Fabling and Cook-Savage banged up. Ratima went to the wing on Wed night.

Surprised that Sinkinson is available.

[Duluth]

Some more info on Otago’s injuries:

Sep 16, 2022

Injuries force multitude of changes

Otago has dredged up a team with an emphasis on scooping up what was left. A rough run of injuries has forced coach Tom Donnelly to think...

[Yeetyaah]

Terrible call

[Duluth]

Great defence from Lam

[Yeetyaah]

Waikato props having a mare

[Yeetyaah]

So many dumb mistakes

[Duluth]

McKenzie has had a sloppy few minutes. Gifting possession back to Otago

[Yeetyaah]

@Duluth oh mate Waikato have been awful for the last 10 mins

[Yeetyaah]

Fuck sake why do we have a 9 covering wing off the bench. Fucking useless.

[Yeetyaah]

Shit game, Waikato fucked themselves in the final 15. 3 games in 10 days, reset and go again next week.

[SouthernMann]

A win is a win. An ugly win, gives just enough points as a ripper. Take it and fight for a top four spot.

[Winger]

Otago 27 Waikato 20

[Duluth]

@SouthernMann said in Otago v Waikato:

A win is a win. An ugly win, gives just enough points as a ripper. Take it and fight for a top four spot.

Just 4 points behind Hawkes Bay.

Otago have Manawatu away then Canterbury in Dunedin

HB have BOP away, then host Ta$man