Highlanders v Rebels
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Michael Collins, Josh McKay, Rob Thompson, Josh Ioane, Jona Nareki, Mitch Hunt, Aaron Smith, Marino Mikaele-Tu'u, James Lentjes, Teariki Ben-Nicholas, Jack Whetton, Jesse Parete, Siate Tokolahi, Ash Dixon, Daniel Lienert-Brown
Reserves: Liam Coltman, Ayden Johnstone, Jeff Thwaites, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, Dillon Hunt, Kayne Hammington, Tei Walden, Scott Gregory
McKay on the wing
Whetton in for Dickson (shoulder injury)
TBN replaces the overrated Frizell
Some rotation in the front row
Gregory and the criminal Selby-Rickit might debut from the bench.Still sticking with the Hunt/TJ combo
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No fakatava again he's a better player than hammington he has more skill set
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@Duluth
McKay was terrible on the wing in the preseason game against the Crusaders. Even more a speedbump than Nareki. Terrible on defence.Frizell is probably getting one of his mandatory ABs rest days.
Also on the bench for his debut is Thwaites, who's returning from the injury ward.
Josh Dickson has taken his place there with a shoulder injury.Obviously, I agree with @Jonty-lean about Fakatava.
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Oh fuck the fuck off you fucking cunting fucks!
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Match Highlanders v Rebels @ Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Date Friday 28 February
Kick-off 19:05 local
Referee Paul Williams
AR1 James Doleman
AR2 James Munro
TMO Chris Hart -
Rebels
Dane Haylett-Petty (c), Andrew Kellaway, Tom English, Billy Meakes, Marika Koroibete, Matt To’omua, Ryan Louwrens, Isi Naisarani, Richard Hardwick, Angus Cottrell, Matt Philip, Gideon Koegelenberg, Jermaine Ainsley, Anaru Rangi, Matt GibbonReserves: Jordan Uelese, Cameron Orr, Cabous Eloff, Ross Haylett-Petty, Rob Leota, Frank Lomani, Michael Wells, Andrew Deegan
To’omua returns from injury
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Fakatavaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa -
@Machpants the sleeping (small) giant of NZ rugby...
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The probably accurate TSF stats for the Highlanders v Rebels
Relatively one-sided as you'd expect
Rebels did win the game last year though: 24-19 (in Melbourne)
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@Duluth In the game last year the Highlanders rested some ABs and Bryn Gatland had a nightmare.
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Ha, I didn't think sky would schedule Bernadine Oliver-Kerby and Marshall to cover the same match
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god i used to loooove Bernadine
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What a cripple fight so far
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Right there is example of how inept we are on attack. Break to the half way then make about 3 more meters on 5/6 phases before turnover!
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@98blueandgold said in Highlanders v Rebels:
Right there is example of how inept we are on attack. Break to the half way then make about 3 more meters on 5/6 phases before turnover!
And defence. Utter shit
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great defense in the 10/12 channel.....
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I reckon theres been a couple of forward passes, a couple of knock-ons, at least once joining the ruck from the side all missed against the Rebels in the first 10min.
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Fuck sake we had one victory in NZ for Oz sides last few years. Chiefs shit the bed, now Landers are playing like donkeys.
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The Rebels deserve plenty of credit, they are playing well. Good lines/offloads etc
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@westcoastie said in Highlanders v Rebels:
I reckon theres been a couple of forward passes, a couple of knock-ons, at least once joining the ruck from the side all missed against the Brumbies in the first 10min.
Brumbies are getting missed lots. Considering this is the rebels giving the Highlanders a rogering, no lube
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@Duluth said in Highlanders v Rebels:
The Rebels deserve plenty of credit, they are playing well. Good lines/offloads etc
not sure all the offloads are legit though. definitely playing with great intent right now.
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@Machpants said in Highlanders v Rebels:
@westcoastie said in Highlanders v Rebels:
I reckon theres been a couple of forward passes, a couple of knock-ons, at least once joining the ruck from the side all missed against the Brumbies in the first 10min.
Brumbies are getting missed lots. Considering this is the rebels giving the Highlanders a rogering, no lube
Oops Rebels. These aussie sides all seem the same to me...
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poor D on that one - the Highlanders.
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Piss off hunt! Hated the signing. Iaone to 10, Walden to 12 ASAP
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Body language is poor bar Smith. Shit players in a hole playing shit = shit
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Ugh turned that off
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Aaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!&&&@@$$$$$$
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Hunt has always been this shit. He was overrated because of who he played for
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@Duluth Overrated, yes. Shit is an exaggeration IMO.
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Good pace by Counties' legend, Andrew Kellaway.
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Our strengths have turned into weakness simply because NZ rugby has run out of players to service all teams. I would argue Highlanders are weakest team on paper NZ has produced for a long time!
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The landers are just fucking terrible. I can’t see any way that they wouldn’t be better if they had Ioane at 10 and Walden at 12.
They have too many bad 10s on the field.
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Our strength of our team is our AB 9-10. I know - let's split that up - put a worse player at 10 and also weaken our midfield at the same time. Genius.
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Hip hooray
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@KiwiMurph I think Mauger is the only who understands why he's doing that. You'd think the first few games would have been an indication that it doesn't work ...
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Arrgggh Lentjes .. that looked so painful. Season over for the poor man ...
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Rebels had a good chance of scoring then.
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From bad to worse! Prayers to James
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@Dice said in Highlanders v Rebels:
Rebels had a good chance of scoring then.
I'd be pissed off the game was stopped to be honest.
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@98blueandgold Psychologically, this could be devasting for the Landers in this game.
