Manawatu v Auckland
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Auckland team v Manawatu
1 Jordan Lay (University)
2 Robbie Abel (Waitemata)
3 Hamdahn Tuipulotu (Ponsonby)
4 Josh Beehre (DEBUT)(Grammar TEC)
5 Hamish Dalzell (College Rifles)
6 Terrell Peita (Ponsonby)
7 Niko Jones (Waitemata)
8 Vaiolini Ekuasi (East Tamaki)
9 Manu Paea (Manukau)
10 Simon Hickey © Grammar TEC)
11 Salesi Rayasi (Marist)
12 Pasqualle Dunn (East Tamaki)
13 Corey Evans (Grammar TEC)
14 Joel Cobb (Ponsonby)
15 Jordan Trainor (Ponsonby)
16 Soane Vikena (Waitemata)
17 Joshua Fusitua (Grammar TEC)
18 Charlie Abel (DEBUT)/ Marcel Renata (University)
19 Felix Kalapu (Grammar TEC)
20 Sam Hainswoth-Fa’aofo (DEBUT)(Grammar TEC)
21 Sam Wye (DEBUT) (Ponsonby)
22 Zarn Sullivan (College Rifles)
23 Sofai Maka (DEBUT)(Manukau) -
Zarn covering ten. He hasn't had many minutes in that position as an adult
Hopefully Beehre & Kalapu go well. Auckland needs some new talent at lock. Are there any semi accurate stats on their height/weight?
Hopefully Vikena gets a start v Southland. Would like to see Jock too
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@Duluth said in Manawatu v Auckland:
Zarn covering ten. He hasn't had many minutes in that position as an adult
Hopefully Beehre & Kalapu go well. Auckland needs some new talent at lock. Are there any semi accurate stats on their height/weight?
Hopefully Vikena gets a start v Southland. Would like to see Jock too
This seems to be the most recent info:
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@Stargazer Awesome. Do you have a link to the media guide?
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@Tim This is linked from the Bunnings NPC Media page: https://www.provincial.rugby/bunnings-npc/bunnings-npc-media-information/
Not all provinces give the same info. For example, Auckland only gives a player's weight; other provinces also height.
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@Stargazer Do you know much of Josh Beehre (out of Hastings Boys)?
Good to see some new blood in the team.
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@KiwiMurph hes from up this way I believe (last couple of years at HB? @Steven-Harris) pretty sure i was a year or 2 behind his dad at WBHS.
@Stargazer Thats a great resource, I had never seen it before.
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@KiwiMurph No, I don't know much about him. Tbh, he wasn't one of the Hastings Boys' players that stood out like some other players did, so he didn't really feature in media write-ups of games. I'm not even sure how many years he attended Hastings Boys, possibly 2, but not sure. Before that, he attended Whangārei Boys'.
Edit: his last year at WBHS seems to be 2019. He played for Hastings Boys 1st XV in 2020.
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@Stargazer @taniwharugby Thanks!
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@Daffy-Jaffy Good to see some youngsters in there. If we lose, we lose but am happy to see us give them a go.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Manawatu v Auckland:
18 Charlie Abel (DEBUT)/ Marcel Renata (University)
Congrats to Charles, hopefully he gets his shot. A good kid.
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@Duluth said in Manawatu v Auckland:
Would like to see Jock too
McKenzie has not appeared at all in preseason or the first two games. I guess he is out injured at present.
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A classic moment against the Turbos from 2009.
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@Tim said in Manawatu v Auckland:
@Dice No those were some messy rucks! Who was number 20?
Yeah. I thought we'd never get the ball back with how many numbers the Turbos committed at the breakdown. Onosai Auva'a came up with a miracle turnover.
Number 20 is Auvasa Faleali'i. Still plays for Papatoetoe and Manu Samoa. Surprised he doesn't have an NPC contract.
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@Dice Remember it well. We were cruising at 16-0 and then fell to pieces. They scored with about 3 to go in the corner and a young Aaron Cruden nailed a sideline conversion iirc before the winner at the end.
We had some very average teams then haha.
