Canterbury v North Harbour

[Duluth]

The Wednesday match is between two of the better sides this week.

Canterbury have an extra day to prepare but have a tough game against Hawkes Bay on the weekend

Harbour haven't rotated much so far. Do they put out their best xv again and trust their squad more against Counties on Sunday?

[Grooter]

@Duluth might not happen because it's a mid week game but I would like to see the battle of Burke vs Bryn🙂 two 10's going very well

[Chris]

@Duluth said in Canterbury v North Harbour:

The Wednesday match is between two of the better sides this week.

Canterbury have an extra day to prepare but have a tough game against Hawkes Bay on the weekend

Harbour haven't rotated much so far. Do they put out their best xv again and trust their squad more against Counties on Sunday?

I am hearing Canterbury will give a few new players a Run for this game a couple up from the B's.

[Tim]

Be interesting to see if Denny Solomona gets a run.

[SBW1]

@Tim said in Canterbury v North Harbour:

Be interesting to see if Denny Solomona gets a run.

Cullen Grace has what appears to be a fractured collarbone, recovery time somewhere around 3 months.

[KiwiMurph]

@SBW1 bugger

[Duluth]

North Harbour v Canterbury results

No wins for Harbour since 2014. The one before that was 2009

[Duluth]

Youth to play important role in Wednesday night match up — Canterbury Rugby

Canterbury has given a strong nod to its future with four players named to make their NPC debut against North Harbour on Wednesday, as well as Alex Harford rewarded with his first start in the number ten jersey.

[Bovidae]

Where's George Methven? He would be more ready for NPC than Brial.

[Chris]

@Bovidae said in Canterbury v North Harbour:

Where's George Methven? He would be more ready for NPC than Brial.

George is in the B team.

[Stargazer]

@Duluth Hidden at the bottom of that media release is an injury update:

Cullen Grace suffered a shoulder injury in the win over Ta$man and has since been assessed by a specialist today. An update on his diagnosis is expected in the coming days. Other injured players Reed Prinsep, Shilo Klein, Zach Gallagher and Brodie McAlister are all expected to return to play in the next month.

[Stargazer]

Harbour team

[ACT Crusader]

@Duluth not a bad pack for a midweek match and with the Magpies game around the corner.

Could get interesting in the backs.

[ACT Crusader]

@Tim said in Canterbury v North Harbour:

Be interesting to see if Denny Solomona gets a run.

And Sititi is getting his debut too.

Good seeing these young fellas getting a run.

[Bovidae]

@Chris said in Canterbury v North Harbour:

@Bovidae said in Canterbury v North Harbour:

Where's George Methven? He would be more ready for NPC than Brial.

George is in the B team.

Shouldn't you be promoting players from the Bs then?

[Chris]

@Bovidae said in Canterbury v North Harbour:

@Chris said in Canterbury v North Harbour:

@Bovidae said in Canterbury v North Harbour:

Where's George Methven? He would be more ready for NPC than Brial.

George is in the B team.

Shouldn't you be promoting players from the Bs then?

They have
Brial,Murray and Rove have come up from the Bs
For this game.
Gaulter came up from the Bs for the first 2 games and has come up again for this game.

They just picked Brial ahead of Methven to come up.

[Duluth]

Looking like B sides so far

Harbour defence looks leaky too

[Duluth]

Very leaky. Some pathetic attempts there

Harbour has a competitive top XV but they don’t have the depth of the other contenders

[Chris]

@Duluth said in Canterbury v North Harbour:

Very leaky. Some pathetic attempts there

Harbour has a competitive top XV but they don’t have the depth of the other contenders

Good to see Ngnai Punivai back from long covid

[Chris]

Good start by Gardiner strong around the field and 3 line out steals already.