BOP v Canterbury
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1 Jordan Lay, 2 Kurt Eklund, 3 Jeff Thwaites, 4 Stan Van den Hoven, 5 Kane Le'aupepe, 6 Joe Johnston 7 Mitch Karpik 8 Sam Dickson, 9 Luke Campbell, 10 Otere Black (C), 11 Joe Webber 12 Chase Tiatia, 13 Mathew Skipwith-Garland, 14 Emoni Narawa, 15 Kaleb Trask
Reserves: Nathan Vella, Tevita Mafileo, Ross Geldenhuys, Scott Curry, Zane Kapeli, Leroy Carter, Dan Hollinshead, Cole Forbes
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Surprised to see Tupe, Mewett, Carroll and Ware missing for a big game like this. Otherwise very happy with the lineup on form. TTT has been very good on defence, but Black seems to have more time and confidence outside Campbell and Carter, and the rest of the backline benefits. I like having Garland at centre and the threats on the wings. This might be a very good game.
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This ref means serious bad luck for Canterbury. Totally missed a BOP forward pass in the lead-up to that penalty try.
Having said that, Canterbury is mud and that has a lot to do with the coaching. The players are good enough; with a better coach they'd perform better.
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With Ta$man and Auckland still to play, Canterbury’s playoff hopes might go out the window in this game. They will also be in a fight for relegation if Harbour gets up against Auckland aswell.
Very strange indeed.
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@Canes4life sounds good to me.
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@Canes4life Otago might not be an easy game for them either.