Waikato v Auckland

[Yeetyaah]

Waikato take on Auckland at FMG Stadium Waikato on Saturday night, kick-off is at 7.35pm:

1. Ollie Norris (Hautapu)

2. Samisoni Taukei’aho (Fraser Tech)

3. Sefo Kautai (Hamilton Marist)

4. Api Naikatini (Taupiri)*

5. James Tucker (Hamilton Marist)

6. Samipeni Finau (Hamilton Old Boys)*

7. Mitch Jacobson (Hautapu)

8. Murray Iti (Otorohanga)

9. Jack Stratton (Hautapu)

10. Fletcher Smith (University)

11. Bailyn Sullivan (Hamilton Marist)

12. Dwayne Sweeney (Morrinsville Sports) - Captain

13. Quinn Tupaea (Hamilton Old Boys)

14. Declan O’Donnell (Melville)

15. Rivez Reihana (Melville)

16. Sekope Lopeti-Moli (Hautapu)

17. Haereiti Hetet (Otorohanga)

18. Josh Iosefa-Scott (Melville)

19. Antonio Shalfoon (Te Awamutu Sports)

20. Hamilton Burr (Hautapu)

21. Carlos Price (Hamilton Marist)*

22. Louis Rogers (University)/Matty Lansdown (Fraser Tech)

23. Brandon Mudzekenyedzi (Hautapu)*

• = Waikato debut

Unavailable for selection

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[Bovidae]

@DrivingMaul Have Waikato been training at Ruakura not Fred Jones/Beetham?

[DrivingMaul]

@Bovidae Yes because Beetham is being keptoff so it's perfect for the All Blacks when they come to play Tonga

[Dice]

Looking forward to the Tele'a vs Tupaea match-up.

[DrivingMaul]

looking forward to the double header today

[Yeetyaah]

Up the fucking Mooloos

[Stockcar86]

3 clear knockons in that series of plays and the officials did not see any of them WTF

[KiwiMurph]

Gibson is a bit of a gronk skills wise.

[African Monkey]

AJ Lam has had a shocking start.

[KiwiMurph]

Starting to see why Leuila hasn't kicked on haha.

[African Monkey]

We look a bit flat out there. Think we need to take some of those penalties and look to crawl our way back into the game.

[Yeetyaah]

Waikato defence on fire.

[African Monkey]

WTF take the points!

[KiwiMurph]

This Auckland team ain't a patch on last year's team.

Crazy that Stratton has not been playing Super.

[African Monkey]

@KiwiMurph Yeah our backline is horribly unbalanced. Lemalu is also a massive loss in our tight 5.

[African Monkey]

Our handling has also been awful so far.

[Dice]

Get that backrower in the number 9 jersey off.

[Tim]

Renata going well in the scrum this year.

[Tim]

Nine and 10 not great!

[Yeetyaah]

Pissed me off that Stratton is heading overseas. Quality.