Wellington vs South Canterbury (RS)
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Making their debuts James Douglas comes on for Aumua and Chicago Doyle comes on for Losi Filipo.
Logan Henry has also come on for Preston.
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I've been really disappointed by Aiden Morgan. His passing game hasn't been accurate at all.
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@Canes4life said in Wellington vs South Canterbury (RS):
Isi Saumaki and TJ Clarke in for two quick tries after the half.
Bird has gone off, big Pettett comes on.
How's Plummer playing
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Sam Clarke looking a lot better than Aiden Morgan.
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@Winger he's been solid without being spectacular. I really like the look of Anthony Pettett, who's bigger than Hugo. I think he has a slightly higher workrate aswell.
Both Pettett and Plummer will be playing for Super contracts this year. Plummer is just under 2m and Pettett is slightly over, they are both young aswell (around 23 I think).
Pettett is an interesting one, he came through the Wellington Academy with Taine Plumtree and Naitoa Ah Koui but then had a 2 year break after falling out of love with the game. He came back this year and has been starring for Johnsonville in Wellington Club rugby. He's the type of lock the Canes should be locking down. Tall, big, young and has a high work-rate.
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South Canterbury in for their third try. 67-21 to Wellington into the 79th minute.
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And the ref calls fulltime. Wellington defend the Shield 67-21.
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South Canterbury reserve no 8 Siu Kakala should have started ..what a beast poor old Logan Henry won’t want to look at the video
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@Canes4life said in Wellington vs South Canterbury (RS):
@Winger he's been solid without being spectacular. I really like the look of Anthony Pettett, who's bigger than Hugo. I think he has a slightly higher workrate aswell.
Both Pettett and Plummer will be playing for Super contracts this year. Plummer is just under 2m and Pettett is slightly over, they are both young aswell (around 23 I think).
Pettett is an interesting one, he came through the Wellington Academy with Taine Plumtree and Naitoa Ah Koui but then had a 2 year break after falling out of love with the game. He came back this year and has been starring for Johnsonville in Wellington Club rugby. He's the type of lock the Canes should be locking down. Tall, big, young and has a high work-rate.
Have to say mate, didn't see whole game, but what I did, thought young Plummer looked pretty ok. I have seen you mention him before, and will try and keep an eye on him this uear as a bit of extra interest type thing!
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Pettett was in the Hurricanes U18 training camp in 2014; he was a year 13 student at the time. So he would probably have been 17 or 18 in 2014. That's 26 or 27 in 2023. Same age brackett as Asafo Aumua and Pepesana Patafilo, who were also in that same Hurricanes U18 training camp (among others).
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@Stargazer oh there you go then, maybe the article I read was inaccurate. He did take two-three years out of the game though so it's good to see him back and playing well.
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@Stargazer said in Wellington vs South Canterbury (RS):
@Winger Filipo was really good in this game. Definitely the best back.
I've seen him play on the wing before. Looked promising but always looked more suited to the midfield to me. But he's unlikely to get much game time there with Wellington. Even on the wing unless there are injuries
Maybe his past would put other teams off but he needs more game time to show if he's good enough in tougher games at this level.
