Auckland vs. North Harbour - The Battle of the Bridge
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http://www.mitre10cup.co.nz/News/33257/preview-auckland-v-north-harbour
1 Sam Prattley, 2 Robbie Abel, 3 Marcel Renata, 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu, 5 Evan Olmstead, 6 Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa, 7 Dalton Papalii, 8 Akira Ioane, 9 Jonathan Ruru, 10 Harry Plummer, 11 Salesi Rayasi, 12 TJ Faiane (captain), 13 Tumua Manu, 14 Melani Nanai, 15 Jordan Trainor
Reserves: 16 Mike Sosene-Feagai, 17 Jarred Adams, 18 Marco Fepulea'i, 19 Michael Fatialofa, 20 Hoskins Sotutu, 21 Desma Liaina, 22 Jacob Umaga, 23 Caleb Clarke
1 Luatangi Li, 2 James Parsons, 3 Sione Mafileo, 4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 5 Ben Nee-Nee, 6 Glenn Preston, 7 Dillon Hunt, 8 Murphy Taramai, 9 Bryn Hall, 10 Bryn Gatland, 11 Tevita Li, 12 Harrison Groundwater, 13 Daniel Hilton Jones, 14 Mark Telea, 15 Shaun Stevenson
Reserves: 16 Luteru Tolai, 17 Chris Eves, 18 Tony Tuungafasi, 19 Danny Drake, 20 Hapakuki Liavaa-Moala, 21 Lewis Gjaltema, 22 Loketi Manu, 23 Nick Smith
Bold players are the ones who also played last years match (Nee-Nee played this game too but has swapped sides of the bridge)
4 Aucklanders and 13 Harbours players
Injuries account for a lot of the differences. However a lot of the fringe Auckland players got cleared out in the last year
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@kiwimurph said in Auckland vs. North Harbour - The Battle of the Bridge:
Auckland get some ball down the right end of the field and score.
Great to lead after having the ball for about three minutes out of twenty
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Can't say I'm overly impressed with Dillon Hunt. Looks journeyman level at best.
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All that last period of play that let Harbour back in was from a chip and chase play from Ruru..50/50 play in my book..and then finished up with a 3 x penalties..