Matatū v Hurricanes Poua

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Hurricanes Poua to take on Matatu:

1 Krystal Murray
2 Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate
3 Cilia-Marie Po'e-Tofaeono
4 Joanah Ngan-Woo
5 Rachael Rakatau ©
6 Layla Sae
7 Rhiarna Ferris
8 Kaipo Olsen-Baker
9 Iritana Hohaia
10 Carys Dallinger
11 Ayesha Leti-I'iga
12 Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali
13 Shakira Baker
14 Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly *
15 Isabella Waterman

Reserves:
16 Saphire Abraham
17 Sosoli Talawadua
18 Cristo Tofa
19 Kahurangi Sturmey
20 Maddie Feaunati *
21 Milly Mackey
22 Monica Tagoai
23 Crystal Mayes

*Denotes debut

Unavailable for selection: Jackie Patea-Fereti, Aroha Savage

Hurricanes Poua named to take on Matatū in RD2 of SKY Super Rugby Aupiki

[Crucial]

Seems odd for a replacement player to be captain.

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@Crucial said in Matatū v Hurricanes Poua:

Seems odd for a replacement player to be captain.

I assume the reasoning is that Rakatau captains Manawatū. Runs in the family.

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This game is a bit messy and the teams are more evenly matched.

There's a bit of wind that may influence the game.

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Some great tries in this game.

[Crucial]

Poua much better this week in the forwards. They looked good in other aspects last week so a definite improvement.
Think Matatu will be too strong though.

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There have been some really big hits in this game.

[Crucial]

@Stargazer said in Matatū v Hurricanes Poua:

There have been some really big hits in this game.

I would not like to get tackled by most of them

[Crucial]

Shows what I know. Poua hit back strongly
This Matatu team don’t like playing the second half

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This is a real nailbiter.

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Why didn't they take the points?

[Crucial]

What a bizarre ending? Matatu turn down a kick to win. Ref won’t check with TMO….

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Matatū maybe a little hard done by not using the TMO but they turned down 2 chances at penalty kicks so 🤷

[Crucial]

@Stargazer said in Matatū v Hurricanes Poua:

Why didn't they take the points?

Weird. Maybe they aren’t that worried given the comp format but still….

Throws a cat among the pigeons for the potential semi match ups.

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