Canterbury v Hawkes Bay
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Hadlee Hay-Horton, Kianu Kereru Symes, Joe Apikotoa, Geoff Cridge, Tom Parsons (c), Josh Gimblett, Cooper Flanders, Hugh Renton, Ereatara Enari, Lincoln McClutchie, Neria Fomai, Danny Toala, Lukas Ripley, Freedom Vaha’akolo, Harry Godfrey.
Reserves: Tyrone Thompson, Lolani Faleiva, Joel Hintz, Hunter Morrison, Sam Smith, Sam Wye, LeRoux Malan, Ben O’Donnell
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It’s contagious - Canterbury starting three opensides
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@cgrant said in Canterbury v Hawkes Bay:
This is an underwhelming Canterbury team. The Shield Snorters by +25.
It's only Hawkes Bay.
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@Bovidae said in Canterbury v Hawkes Bay:
Some of HB's Samoan players must have made themselves unavailable. Toala, for example, was named in the PNC squad.
It's pretty disappointing the number of PI players that have withdrawn from this year's PNC.
We're used to the Europe-based players doing it but NPC? Guys like William Havili, Danny Toala etc should definitely (in an ideal world) be playing for Tonga and Samoa over Ta$man and HB.
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@Bovidae said in Canterbury v Hawkes Bay:
Some of HB's Samoan players must have made themselves unavailable. Toala, for example, was named in the PNC squad.
Are we sure Toala made himself unavailable? The partial story behind bringing in the journeymen foreigners was that they were cover for the likes of Toala.
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@Mr-Fish said in Canterbury v Hawkes Bay:
@Bovidae said in Canterbury v Hawkes Bay:
Some of HB's Samoan players must have made themselves unavailable. Toala, for example, was named in the PNC squad.
It's pretty disappointing the number of PI players that have withdrawn from this year's PNC.
We're used to the Europe-based players doing it but NPC? Guys like William Havili, Danny Toala etc should definitely (in an ideal world) be playing for Tonga and Samoa over Ta$man and HB.
Agree, but I suspect it a case of needing to play, I think most need the money?
I note the Inisi brothers etcfrom Counties not playing for Tonga as well.
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@cgrant I disagree. This is great to see these young guys finally getting a crack. I’d take out Funnell and Crotty. Chuck a couple more young guys in there. Start James Mullin and Toby Bell.
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@Bovidae hopefully this is his level. Didn’t do much in the club games I watched. Still got a bit of niggle in his game. Big and strong though. I’d like to see Johnny Lee get a crack too.
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@chchfanatic said in Canterbury v Hawkes Bay:
@Bovidae hopefully this is his level. Didn’t do much in the club games I watched. Still got a bit of niggle in his game. Big and strong though. I’d like to see Johnny Lee get a crack too.
Johnny Lee has moved to Ta$man he is their development squad.
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@chchfanatic said in Canterbury v Hawkes Bay:
@cgrant I disagree. This is great to see these young guys finally getting a crack. I’d take out Funnell and Crotty. Chuck a couple more young guys in there. Start James Mullin and Toby Bell.
Bell is my pick to be a future All Black. Just needs to get his body right.Toby Bell a good young player. He is obviously tied up in the Saders academy but a guy like that, I wouldn’t be surprised if other franchises come sniffing.
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@Landers92 I think he’ll make the full crusaders next year. Surely crotty can’t get in again.
He broke his ankle against the All Blacks - now the Magpies are preparing to unleash him
