Auckland vs BoP
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@DrivingMaul said in Auckland vs BoP:
@Duluth he's been training with the squad from week 1 so it's not down to injury. The 8 that has been starting has also been playing well mind you
Yeah, Sotutu has been excellent. WRK and Choat have been good too.
Hopefully Auckland shows the Blues how to rotate loosies..
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If you retards don't want to play him send him to The Bay (the real one, not the pretenders you guys are playing this week) - we could use him as White Akira (Gareth Evans) and Mikaele-Tu'u are both injured, so we're down to our 3rd string number 8 (NZ U20s Devon Flanders).
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Here's the BoP squad:
Bay of Plenty Steamers:- Aidan Ross (26) (C)
- Nathan Harris (31)
- Jeff Thwaites (33)
- Aaron Carroll (11)
- Alex Ainley (1)
- Hugh Blake (26)
- Mitch Karpik (18)
- Abraham Papali’i (1)
- Richard Judd (18)
- Jason Robertson (7)
- Pryor Collier (11)
- Dan Hollinshead (29)
- Mathew Skipwith-Garland (10)
- Emoni Narawa (3)
- Chase Tiatia (37)
Reserves:
16. Kurt Eklund (1)
17. Tom McHugh (2)
18. Tevita Mafileo (1)
19. Baden Wardlaw (10)
20. Ajay Mua (7)
21. Leroy Carter (1)
22. Lalomilo Lalomilo (1)
23. Joe Ravouvou (1) -
@Nepia said in Auckland vs BoP:
If you retards don't want to play him send him to The Bay (the real one, not the pretenders you guys are playing this week) - we could use him as White Akira (Gareth Evans) and Mikaele-Tu'u are both injured, so we're down to our 3rd string number 8 (NZ U20s Devon Flanders).
Noooo, Flanders is doing an excellent job. Has a huge work rate, too.
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@KiwiMurph said in Auckland vs BoP:
@Duluth I wonder if he is getting a bit of tough love right now.
Story of his pro-rugby life so far.
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@booboo said in Auckland vs BoP:
Just read the team sheet in the BOP mafia thread.
Sooo ... not one player from the club that finished second on the table and made the semis two years in a row?
I get the sense Eden were a team of club journeymen rather than players suited for the next level.
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@Dice said in Auckland vs BoP:
I'm guessing Heatherley gets in ahead of Lam because he can also cover fullback? Lam has been pretty solid.
Probably.. Also I think they need to give Heatherly a decent run from the bench. We need to find out early in the season if he's worth keeping in the 23
He got a few minutes against Northland but there wasn't much to judge him on.
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@Stargazer said in Auckland vs BoP:
@Nepia said in Auckland vs BoP:
If you retards don't want to play him send him to The Bay (the real one, not the pretenders you guys are playing this week) - we could use him as White Akira (Gareth Evans) and Mikaele-Tu'u are both injured, so we're down to our 3rd string number 8 (NZ U20s Devon Flanders).
Noooo, Flanders is doing an excellent job. Has a huge work rate, too.
Good for the blindside - you just need to think of Akira as brown Evans and then you'll be fine with him.
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@Stargazer said in Auckland vs BoP:
@Nepia Nope, nope, nope. Evans will be back next week anyway. Mikaele-Tu'u will be back soon, too.
Well, I wasn't being serious ... but I do find your dislike of Akira as odd considering your love of both Evans and Taufua who both play very similar games.
Also this is good hijacking of an Of Plenty thread.
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@KiwiMurph Plus 4 more out of Auckland schools - Lalomilo, Mafileo, Papali’i, Mua.
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@Daffy-Jaffy Ajay Mua: Hastings Boys
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@Stargazer Oh ok thanks, I was going off a google image of him playing for Kings. Did he move up to Kings from the bay?
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@Daffy-Jaffy Yes, poached.
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@Stargazer I do like the way he plays. I wonder if at 186cm and 105kgs whether he could have a future at openside in super rugby?
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@Daffy-Jaffy Not sure whether he has played at openside. It's possible, but I can only remember him at 6 and 8.
