The Bay v Wellington

[Duluth]

[frugby]

Broughton injured or just not selected?

[Tim]

Same question about Cashmore.

[Midge]

Also does anyone know what has happened to Kaleb Trask? I was pretty sure he was in the squad but is yet to be named in any game. Is he injured or gone?

[barky1]

@Midge someone said out for the season. No info is given from the union. Classic NPC lack of fan engagement

[Stargazer]

@barky1 That was me. IIRC it was mentioned by one of the radio commentators in week 1.

[mikey07]

@Duluth Some current Canes playing for contracts in that line up.

[barky1]

@mikey07 Tosi for sure. Not sure why he hasn't been given more minutes so far this season

[Duluth]

Lions Named to Take on Bay of Plenty

In search of their 20th consecutive win, the Wellington Lions hit the road one last time in the 2023 regular season, taking on Bay of Plenty at Rotorua International Stadium on Sunday.

1 Cameron Orr (Western Suburbs)
2 James O’Reilly (Hutt Old Boys’ Marist)
3 Siale Lauaki (Tawa)
4 Dominic Bird (Upper Hutt Rams)
5 Hugo Plummer (Tawa) Filo Paulo
6 Brad Shields (Petone)
7 Sione Halalilo (Oriental-Rongotai)
8 Peter Lakai (Petone)
9 Kemara Hauiti-Parapara*(Tawa)
10 Aidan Morgan (Marist St Pats)
11 Pepesana Patafilo (Tawa)
12 Peter Umaga-Jensen © (Wainuiomata)
13 Billy Proctor (Marist St Pats)
14 Losi Filipo (Petone)
15 Chicago Doyle (Marist St Pats)

16 Penieli Poasa (Oriental-Rongotai)
17 Ha’amea Ahio (Johnsonville)
18 Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe (Northern United)
19 Hugo Plummer (Tawa)
20 Dominic Ropeti (Oriental-Rongotai)
21 Sam Howling (Pōneke)
22 Sam Clarke (Paremata-Plimmerton)
23 Riley Higgins (Petone)

*50th game

Unavailable for selection: Xavier Numia, TJ Perenara, Julian Savea, Josh Southall, Bradley Crichton, Caleb Delany, Asafo Aumua, Connor Garden-Bachop, Tjay Clarke, Akira Ieremia

[Winger]

I@Duluth Hugo plumbers covering 2
positions

Filo Paulo starts with Bird

[BerhamporeNinja]

@Winger looking forward to these 2 mountain men locking partnership 😀

[Duluth]

Filipo gets the first try of the match. Lots of one off runners and no width before that final movement

[Duluth]

14-0

Wellington have been able to rumble forward without much resistance in the last few minutes

[BerhamporeNinja]

How many times are we gna use KHP . Does not deliver 🤦🏽‍♂️

[BerhamporeNinja]

Aidan 22 Morgan

[Duluth]

That knock on in the act of scoring has been costly

Wellington 21-7 at HT

[Canes4life]

Even though this isn’t the strongest Wellington team, they’ve got a great culture knowing that anyone who steps into the jersey will do the job, allowing us to rest and rotate.

Wouldn’t mind Shields at 6 for the Canes next year. He’s been bloody impressive since coming back into this Lions side. One of the more dominant forwards in this comp. We also have Caleb Delany but he’s in a cast atm and not sure how serious that injury is.

[frugby]

@Canes4life said in The Bay v Wellington:

Even though this isn’t the strongest Wellington team, they’ve got a great culture knowing that anyone who steps into the jersey will do the job, allowing us to rest and rotate.

Wouldn’t mind Shields at 6 for the Canes next year. He’s been bloody impressive since coming back into this Lions side. One of the more dominant forwards in this comp. We also have Caleb Delany but he’s in a cast atm and not sure how serious that injury is.

I'm very jealous 🤣

[Canes4life]

That try should seal the win and the bonus point for Wellington.

[Dan54]

@Canes4life said in The Bay v Wellington:

Even though this isn’t the strongest Wellington team, they’ve got a great culture knowing that anyone who steps into the jersey will do the job, allowing us to rest and rotate.

Wouldn’t mind Shields at 6 for the Canes next year. He’s been bloody impressive since coming back into this Lions side. One of the more dominant forwards in this comp. We also have Caleb Delany but he’s in a cast atm and not sure how serious that injury is.

Yep and also Devan Flanders, Howden ,Iose for 6 or 8. As well as young ones like Lakai, and if they sign him Ropeti looks ok, but probably needs a few yaers yet.