Canterbury vs Hawkes Bay
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Hastings Boys HS plus aka Baby Shield Snorters
1 Jason Long, 2 Ben Power, 3 Joe Apikotoa, , 4 Tom Parsons (c) , 5 Sam Ulufonua, 6 Geoff Cridge, 7 Josh Kaifa, 8 Devan Flanders, 9 Folau Fakatava, 10 Lincoln McClutchie, 11 Michael Buckley, 12 Sasa Tofilau, 13 Shae Tucker*, 14 Jonah Lowe, 15 JJ Taulagi.
Reserves:
16 Kianu Kereru-Symes, 17 Pouri Rakete-Stones, 18 Mark Braidwood, 19 Michael Allardice, 20 Solomone Funaki*, 21 Brad Weber, 22 Danny Toala,* 23 Mason Emerson.*debut
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@machpants no he can’t. I think he might struggle at this level. A couple of years early I think.
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Probably a question more suited if this thread was hosted on the HB Shield Snorters site but it isn't so I will ask here. Whatever happened to Billy Rophia that played midfield a year or two back? And just as I write this Canterbury in for their first converted try for the day after about ten minutes. Perhaps not quite all doom and gloom for the likes of Nepia, Stockcar 86, Stargazer, Number10 and the other HB regulars on here, not just yet anyway!
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Not if they leave such gaping holes in the defensive line five metres short of your goal line as wide as that, simply inviting Canterbury to stroll in for the converted try. Half time eventually comes up with the score line being Canterbury 21 - 10 Shield Snorters
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You are possibly right there. He looks to be a club player just filling in for the day to me, at least body shape wise anyway. Is he a member of the original squad or an injury replacement? I don't recall seeing him play for the Bs when they played Wellington Samoans in Porirua a couple of weeks ago.
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Short lived though as Canterbury hit back almost immediately with Yellow Card missing a tackle letting in another 7 pointer. To be fair to him we were stretched and he had to cover a wider space than normal and couldn't quite get into to engage the player until it was too late.
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Interesting call there. That Canterbury 24 deliberately knocked that HB pass backwards and they scored from it. That same act resulted in a yellow card the other night. Looks like the referees and their assessors have sorted that particular fiasco out. Canterbury score again shortly after as HB make another error trying to run the ball out of defence chasing the game
Canterbury 42 - 17 Shield Snorters after about sixty minutes -
Need that bonus point