Tasman v Auckland
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@george33 said in Ta$man v Auckland:
They could put ryasi at 15 and kata or clarke on wing if zarn out ,plenty options or maybe Roger tuivase sheck comes in ,fingers crossed zarn ok tho
Yes it's easy to find another starter at fullback - Rayasi/Trainor etc
Who covers ten if Zarn is out is the harder question. I would go for Jock McKenzie on the bench
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Sullivan out, McKenzie onto the bench
1 Alex Hodgman
2 Leni Apisai
3 Marcel Renata
4 Scott Srafton (VC)
5 Jamie Lane
6 Adrian Choat
7 Blake Gibson
8 Vaiolini Ekuasi
9 Jonathan Ruru
10 Harry Plummer (C)
11 AJ Lam
12 Corey Evans
13 Bryce Heem
14 Solomone Kata
15 Salesi Rayasi16 Soane Vikena
17 Jordan Lay
18 Sione Ahio
19 Hamish Dalzell
20 Waimana Riedlinger Kapa
21 Taufa Funaki
22 Jock McKenzie (DEBUT)
23 Heremaia Murray (DEBUT) -
@bovidae Slightly surprising - though Shannon has played No. 8 for us before.
I wonder whether the main plan for the season is for Taina Fox-Matamua to be the starting 8, with Renton at 6. That was how we played the play-off games last year.
I also wonder a bit why Ethan Blackadder hasn't been released to play - he won't have had any rugby for weeks? They could have kept Sotutu as the spare loosie this week.
Edit: Also a bit surprising to see Quinten Strange on the bench again, this week. The backs look stronger with Fetuli Paea starting. Maybe with Grooby there as well, though I didn't think he kicked particularly well in the little bit I saw of him last week.
Bench forwards look pretty robust.
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@kiwimurph said in Ta$man v Auckland:
That's why Heem plays wing in Super....
Was that Frizell who just waved him through?
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@gt12 said in Ta$man v Auckland:
@kiwimurph said in Ta$man v Auckland:
That's why Heem plays wing in Super....
Was that Frizell who just waved him through?
I think Frizell was the inside cover and got his feet clipped.
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@kiwimurph said in Ta$man v Auckland:
Great work by Ruru there
he's looking sharp today, and very good at this level
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@nzzp said in Ta$man v Auckland:
@kiwimurph said in Ta$man v Auckland:
Great work by Ruru there
he's looking sharp today, and very good at this level
fark, that's on me