Game of 3 halves: All Blacks v Canterbury v Otago

[Stargazer]

[Stargazer]

Canterbury team to play Otago

1 Harrison Allan
2 Brodie McAlister
3 Chris King
4 Tom Hughes
5 Ben Morris
6 Tom Sanders
7 Matt Elia
8 Tepasu Thomas
9 Harry Kirk
10 Caleb Makene
11 Nigel Gibb
12 James Hawkey
13 Tim Murgatroyd
14 Fili Waqainabete
15 Zach McKay

Reserves:
16 Greg Pleasants-Tate
17 Kalolo Otutaha
18 Samu Tawake
19 Hamish Dalzell
20 Hugh Renton
21Jonny Van der Velde
22 Stefan Moir
23 Mark Maitland

Canterbury team to play the All Blacks

1 Alex Hodgman
2 Greg Pleasants-Tate
3 Sef Fa'agase
4 Hamish Dalzell
5 Ben Morris
6 Hugh Renton
7 Tom Christie
8 Whetu Douglas
9 Connor Collins
10 Brett Cameron
11 Caleb Makene
12 James Hawkey
13 Sam Beard
14 Ngane Punivai
15 Josh McKay

Reserves:
16 Nathan Vella
17 Kalolo Otutaha
18 Samu Tawake
19 Tom Hughes
20 Tepasu Thomas
21 Jonny Van der Velde
22 Tim Murgatroyd
23 Fili Waqainabete

http://www.sporty.co.nz/crfu/newsarticle/66304

[ACT Crusader]

Canterbury by 15 and Canterbury by 3

[Bones]

@act-crusader it's only the All Blacks.

[ACT Crusader]

Some interesting selections in there, in particular Makene playing 1st 5.

[cgrant]

Who is Ben Morris ?

[Daffy Jaffy]

@cgrant ex Canterbury u19's played for Crusaders at Brisbane 10's this year.

[African Monkey]

Interesting to see Stefan Moir on the bench. The kid has a very good boot on him where he won many games for Brighton with it.

[Bones]

Is this being televised?

[Stargazer]

@bones No, and not livestreamed either. Really odd, they know people want to watch this. It's not even necessary to provide commentary. I'd already be happy with one camera angle, as long as there's someone operating the camera, who can zoom in and out and move it from left to right.

IIRC, last year there was some footage via the media (stuff?), so I'll keep eye on that, but not holding my breath.

[ACT Crusader]

You know the real reason why it’s not being televised....

[chchfanatic]

@daffy-jaffy Lincoln uni lock. Great player , just a bit small to go further in my opinion. Check out the Justin Bieber lookalike at 9. Connor Collins tough little bugger

[SammyC]

@chchfanatic said in Game of 3 halves: All Blacks v Canterbury v Otago:

Check out the Justin Bieber lookalike at 9. Connor Collins tough little bugger

He's an annoying little prick when he's playing against your team.

Interesting to see Makene at 10, I mentioned in another thread he's been playing there for Lincoln and has looked pretty good from what I saw.

[Stargazer]

Otago still hasn't posted it's line-up for tonight's games, but this article gives some names:

Aug 9, 2018

Intensity to go up a notch for Otago

The intensity for the Otago side will go up a notch or three when it takes on the cream of the crop and some untried youngsters in Christchurch...

[Stargazer]

You can follow online updates of the games on stuff:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/106134571/Live-Game-of-Three-Halves-All-Blacks-v-Canterbury-and-Otago

[Stargazer]

Otago squad (15 - 1):

Michael Collins, Mitch Scott, Matt Faddes, Sio Tomkinson, Vili Koroi, Josh Ioane, Josh Renton, Dylan Nel, Slade McDowall, Joketani Koroi, Josh Dickson, Tom Rowe, Hisa Sasagi, Junior Pole, Aki Seiuli.

Edit: this may be for the game against Canterbury only. Not sure.

[Stargazer]

SCHEDULE
6.30pm: Cantabrians v Otago
7.10: halftime (15 mins)
7.25pm: All Blacks v Otago
8.05pm: Halftime (10 mins)
8.15pm: All Blacks v Cantabrians
8.55pm: Fulltime

[KiwiMurph]

Rieko is starting at 13 and ALB at 12 apparently. Better than the other way around!

[KiwiMurph]

All Blacks lineup (1-15)

Karl Tu'inukuafe
Nathan Harris
Ofa Tu'ungafasi
Brodie Retallick
Jackson Hemopo
Shannon Frizell
Sam Cane
Liam Squire

Aaron Smith
Beauden Barrett
Nehe Milner-Skudder
Anton Lienert-Brown
Rieko Ioane
Waisake Naholo
Ben Smith


Reserves
Liam Coltman
Tim Perry
Owen Franks
Ardie Savea
Luke Whitelock
TJ Perenara
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi
Damian McKenzie
Ngani Laumape
Jordie Barrett

[Tim]

I suspect that Squire is better suited to 8 than 6.