Tasman vs Otago
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I was wrong. Ta$man looks quite strong.
Still backing us to get the W.
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@SouthernMann Yep, might only be by 10 rather than 20...
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@KiwiMurph said in Ta$man vs Otago:
Kaitu'u is a good pickup for Ta$man. If he wasn't injured so much this year he'd be in the Wallabies i'd say.
That's handy. I wondered who he was!
No sign of Ethan Blackadder - AB selectors will have to really rate him if they're going to pick him in Monday's squad.
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@Kiwiwomble Ta$man by 20
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@frugby fells weird
i know someone mentioned dickson at 6....but hes so obviously a lock...and we have lio willie on the bench
and then gilbert at 10...i know ive quite liked him there before but he's much better at 15 or midfield
Have we got injuries? im assuming millar is still out?
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Strange team. Can't see why we aren't starting our best loose trio of Sanders, Withy and Lio-Willie. Odd decision to play Gilbert at 10 when they want to progress the development of Millar and Faleafaga. Same with picking Leef on the bench ahead of them both. Odd to pick Mclea ahead of Hastie as well.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Ta$man vs Otago:
@frugby fells weird
i know someone mentioned dickson at 6....but hes so obviously a lock...and we have lio willie on the bench
and then gilbert at 10...i know ive quite liked him there before but he's much better at 15 or midfield
Have we got injuries? im assuming millar is still out?
Millar played last Friday in the preseason game
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@SouthernMann said in Ta$man vs Otago:
@Kiwiwomble said in Ta$man vs Otago:
@frugby fells weird
i know someone mentioned dickson at 6....but hes so obviously a lock...and we have lio willie on the bench
and then gilbert at 10...i know ive quite liked him there before but he's much better at 15 or midfield
Have we got injuries? im assuming millar is still out?
Millar played last Friday in the preseason game
weird neither Millar of Ajay named...even on the bench, this feels like the kind of team we might see late in the season after some injuries....or when so people have been dropped for off field shit
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Reads like there will be a lot of changes through the season.
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@Duluth said in Ta$man vs Otago:
If Havili doesn’t make the RWC squad Ta$man should use him at 10.
How Robinson goes in this game might be a big indicator of how Ta$man goes in this game. Seems like our fourth choice first five - behind Hunt, Willy Havili and Parata - possibly O'Malley as well.
The rest of the team looks decent enough for NPC.
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R.E Otago, I'd imagine the following is the case:
- Sanders probably picked up a niggle/is still a little bit short on minutes so they want to give him another week in training
- I mentioned Dickson on the blindside. For this week, they probably looked at what they had and wanted to get their best players on the park
- PGS not playing for Naki this week due to the fact he was with the NZ XV, so imagine Lio-Willie is only allowed to play 20 minutes hence he is on the bench
- Millar and Faleafaga will be injured/aren't allowed to play for a particular reason... don't panic, the coaches don't seriously rate Leef above them!
- Hastie, no idea there, might be a reason linked to the two above. Could explain why Leef and McClea started last week.
- Interesting that Umaga-Jensen is on the bench, struggling for a reason on that one... perhaps there has been some illness going around, which could explain why the two young first fives are absent.
If all of the above is correct, that is probably the best team we could have picked IMO.
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@frugby said in Ta$man vs Otago:
R.E Otago, I'd imagine the following is the case:
- Sanders probably picked up a niggle/is still a little bit short on minutes so they want to give him another week in training
- I mentioned Dickson on the blindside. For this week, they probably looked at what they had and wanted to get their best players on the park
- PGS not playing for Naki this week due to the fact he was with the NZ XV, so imagine Lio-Willie is only allowed to play 20 minutes hence he is on the bench
- Millar and Faleafaga will be injured/aren't allowed to play for a particular reason... don't panic, the coaches don't seriously rate Leef above them!
- Hastie, no idea there, might be a reason linked to the two above. Could explain why Leef and McClea started last week.
- Interesting that Umaga-Jensen is on the bench, struggling for a reason on that one... perhaps there has been some illness going around, which could explain why the two young first fives are absent.
If all of the above is correct, that is probably the best team we could have picked IMO.
calm and well thought out arguments really does take the fun out of things you know
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@frugby said in Ta$man vs Otago:
R.E Otago, I'd imagine the following is the case:
- Sanders probably picked up a niggle/is still a little bit short on minutes so they want to give him another week in training
- I mentioned Dickson on the blindside. For this week, they probably looked at what they had and wanted to get their best players on the park
- PGS not playing for Naki this week due to the fact he was with the NZ XV, so imagine Lio-Willie is only allowed to play 20 minutes hence he is on the bench
- Millar and Faleafaga will be injured/aren't allowed to play for a particular reason... don't panic, the coaches don't seriously rate Leef above them!
- Hastie, no idea there, might be a reason linked to the two above. Could explain why Leef and McClea started last week.
- Interesting that Umaga-Jensen is on the bench, struggling for a reason on that one... perhaps there has been some illness going around, which could explain why the two young first fives are absent.
If all of the above is correct, that is probably the best team we could have picked IMO.
It will be exciting to see how Whaanga, Hurley and Te Hiwi go. Although, the idea of Levi Aumua barrelling down towards Hurley as the final line of defence is a bit scary. Gilbert could swap to the back a bit in D.
