NPC - news, injuries etc

[Bovidae]

Te Whare is the winger replacement. O'Donnell also on.

Dickinson at halfback. No idea of his background.

[Crucial]

BOP level the scores

[Crucial]

BOP just got a penalty on their 22 and kicked it out about 1m further up field

[OleOleOle]

@Bovidae origianlly from Matamata...i think, now with Fraser Tech

[Bovidae]

No sign of Sullivan yet with all the subs.

[Stargazer]

Counties have scored again and take back the lead: 26 - 33 CM

[Crucial]

CMs turn to score from short range (some awful upright running made it harder than needed)

33-26

[Stargazer]

Those white circles on the Taranaki shorts are weird. Like an enlarged white butthole.

[Crucial]

Some weak BOP defence lets in an easy one from the scrum to the line running fullback.

40-26

[Stargazer]

Try Cole Forbes.

BOP 33 - 40 CM

Two minutes to go.

[Bovidae]

Both Waikato and Taranaki are making plenty of handling errors while on attack. Typical preseason game.

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae Yes, looking very messy. Cobwebs.

[Crucial]

@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

Try Cole Forbes.

BOP 33 - 40 CM

Two minutes to go.

Final score

[Bovidae]

A sneaky Waikato try from a Smith kick.

A sideline conv for 21-5 lead.

[Stargazer]

The full time scores of today's preseason games:

Canterbury 19 - 17 Ta$man
Bay of Plenty 33 - 40 Counties Manukau
Waikato 21 - 10 Taranaki

Still chasing more info about tomorrow's games (team lists, livestreaming).

[Bovidae]

Based on the comms and who I could recognise other 2nd half replacements were:

Front row - Hetet, Dyer and Moli? Maybe Milnes if he has the same hairstyle as Moli.
Burr and Thompson came on at lock.
Nankivell at loose forward. Plus another player.
They said Sinkinson scored the last Waikato try. @OleOleOle?

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer I've posted the Wellington team to play Manawatu in the Lions thread if you are interested.

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life Yep, have seen the line-up! Good looking team; a mix of experience and new faces.
Will be interesting to see how they go, tomorrow.

[OleOleOle]

@Bovidae I think it was Moli...interesting beacuse I don't think he played club.

I think the other loose forward may have been Mua.

And I think you are correct re Sinkinson

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer yeah that front row looks inexperienced so it will be interesting to see how they hold up.

Also does anyone know when the Waikato squad will be named?