Magpies v Tasman
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Changes to the Shield Snorters' line-up: Gareth Evans out, Devan Flanders starts at 8. An extra back, Stacey Ili, on the bench.
1 Pouri Rakete-Stones, 2 Ash Dixon, 3 Namatahi Waa, 4 Geoff Cridge, 5 Tom Parsons, 6 Marino Mikaele-Tu’u, 7 Brendon O’Connor, 8 Devan Flanders, 9 Folau Fakatava, 10 Lincoln McClutchie, 11 Mason Emerson, 12 Danny Toala, 13 Neria Fomai, 14 Caleb Makene, 15 Tiaan Falcon
Reserves: 16 Kianu Kereru-Symes, 17 Jason Long, 18 Ben May, 19 Isaia Walker-Leaware, 20 Josh Kaifa, 21 Zach Donaldson, 22 Stacey Ili, 23 Ollie Sapsford
Both Evans and Allardice out with a shoulder injury, but expected to return for the semi-final.
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Lol why is Walker-Leawere sitting on the bench again? I bet he would rather be starting for Wellington than warming the bench for Shield Snorters.
He has been one of HBs best. Seems stupid.
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@Canes4life I assume it's because he hasn't played for almost 3 weeks. He missed two games because of parental leave. But yeah, it's odd, although his power will come in handy in the second half when the Mako (and our starters) start to tire. Personally, I'd have swapped IWL and Cridge, also, because Cridge is more versatile and can also play at 6.
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Ominous first scrum..
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@Steven-Harris said in Shield Snorters v Ta$man:
Ominous first scrum..
Yeah, smacked us in that scrum.
That stupid tackle rule after that though, Nankivell was tackled, defender let him go and he just kept going.
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That there explains exactly why TBN should not be selected for the Hurricanes ahead of Devan Flanders as Flanders scores nicely from a scrum under pressure as HB increase their score by 100%
Shield Snorters 14 - 07 Ta$man after about twenty three minutes -
Dumb from Flanders..they had done so well to clear from a 7 man scrum