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[cgrant]

For the Championship, my bid is on BOP. The squad is full of players with Super Rugby experience, particularly in the forwards. They should be difficult to beat IMO.

[Steven Harris]

@stargazer yeah disappointing,some unions do it it better than others,tried to find the Counties Manukau lineup that play Northland on Thursday on the CM FB site not a thing,but they were all over the naming of their Mitre 10 Cup squad..

[mikedogz]

Possible Counties starting line up

1 Sean Bagshaw
2 Joe Royal
3 Kalolo Tuiloma then Nepo Laulala
4 Matiaha Martin
5 Viliame Rarasea
6 Sikeli Nabou
7 Sam Henwood
8 Mathew Vaai
9 Jonathan Taumateine
10 Luteru Laulala
11 Tevita Nabura
12 Orbyn Leger ( SBW if needing game time)
13 Cardiff Vaega
14 Toni Pulu
15 Etene Nanai-Seturo

16 Gafatasi Su'a
17 Coree Te Whata-Colley,
18 Howard Sililoto
19 Dan Hyatt
20 Fotu Lokotui
21 Liam Daniela
22 Latiume Fosita
23 Sione Molia

Got wings for days with Sione Fifita, Sione Molia, Toni Pulu, Tevita Nabura and Glen Fisiiahi in the WTG

[chchfanatic]

Canterbury starting team without All Blacks

1 Daniel liernet-brown
2 Nathan Vella
3 Chris King
4 Luke Romano
5 Mitch dunshea
6 Tom sanders
7 billy Harmon
8 Whetu Douglas
9 Mitch Drummond
10 Brett Cameron
11 josh Mckay
12 Phil Burleigh
13 braydon ennor
14 Ngane Punivai
15 George Bridge
16 Greg Pleasants Tate
17 Alex Hodgman
18 Sef Faagase
19 Hamish Dalziel
20 Tom Christie
21 Ere Enari
22 Sam Beard
23 Caleb Makene
That will be pretty close baring injuries

[Tim]

No better option than Chris King?

[Tim]

@Chris-B Name your Ta$man team!

[chchfanatic]

@tim no he was named as the number 1 prop surprisingly. Samu Tawke (sumner) and Troy Hallet (LU) next off the rank

[Tim]

@chchfanatic Cheers. How do you rate the other two?

[Tim]

Looking forward to Aumua taking on Makalio in the Wellington/ Ta$man game this year.

[chchfanatic]

@tim samu big lump of a lad. Fijian boy. Sumner scrum dominated most scrums this year. Hallet a lot smaller but bloody solid. Does his core roles very well

[African Monkey]

@chchfanatic No Harrison Allan?

[chchfanatic]

@african-monkey he’s in the squad but behind lienert brown and hodgman

[chchfanatic]

@chchfanatic will be interesting to see the team vs the all blacks this week. I’d say they’d be no crusaders. They’d still be drunk I suspect.

[African Monkey]

@chchfanatic Still looks a strong team (not unbeatable but should still win it) with the spotlight on Brett Cameron and a new midfield altogether. Oli Jager still injured as well I take it?

[chchfanatic]

@african-monkey yeah I saw him in a sling 6-8 weeks ago. Shoulder recon I think

[Chris]

@chchfanatic When is the Canterbury Squad officially released ?

[Chris B.]

@tim Hansen is fucking us over by stealing all our players, but something like:

Crockett
Makalio
Salmon
Ainley
Strange
Brown
Blackadder
Fredericks
Guyton
Hunt
Havili
Aumua
Faingaanuku
Alaimalo
Jordan

[Tim]

@chris-b Aumua and Guyton aside, that's a very solid team.

Finlay Christie is still around?

[Stargazer]

@chris-b Surely that should be Havili at 12, not 11? (not sure how to read your list without numbers)

[shark]

I assumed it went 9 10 12 13 11 14 15