Wellington vs Taranaki
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Wellington team named to play Taranaki, B Proctor and Love into the side for game time. Higgins and M Proctor drop out. Delany will also make his return from injury from the pine.
Ffs, how does Julian Savea make the starting side ahead of Higgins and Proctor. Also there doesn't seem to be halfback cover so I assume Harkin covers both 9/10.
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@foobaNZ Julian Savea just keeps getting in the way. Can't he play all his rugby in Auckland, Apisai can go back there aswell.
I don't get the selections at all, if Savea is playing 14 this week then why wasn't he in that jersey last week? Then they could have kept Higgins in his preffered position of 12. Man these coaches do my head in.
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@Canes4life Callum Harkin started his club career at halfback (from my distant memory) and then spent time on some sort of exchange/scholarship??? stint with the Ulster setup at the end of his first season of club rugby. He looked pretty decent back then at my Axemen and watched him twice this season at first five for OBU (boooo!) where he further impressed me with his game management and ability to do the right thing at the right time. Never be a world beater but shouldn't let you down even if he is not overly sizeable (not too big and not too small).
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Wellington vs Taranaki Fast Facts:
Sunday’s match will be the 36th NPC fixture between the sides, with Wellington currently ahead on 30 wins to Taranaki’s five in their head-to-head history.
Overall, the pair has clashed 175 times in first-class fixtures going back to 1894, of which Wellington has won 123 Taranaki 47, with five draws and one abandonment.
Wellington has aggregated 1,187 points against Taranaki in all NPC matches, including 154 tries.
Taranaki has aggregated 712 points against Wellington in all NPC matches, including 83 tries.
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@KiwiMurph said in Wellington vs Taranaki:
The last maul try was bullshit though. Apisai was crawling on his knees for 2-3 metres.
Going purely off the highlights, that looks like an evening up non penalty.
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I missed this game as I was watching the UFC but will try and catch the replay later. (Looks like I may have to fast forward it).
