V BOP
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Am hearing good news on the injury front, with our loose forward stocks being bolstered by the return of Kara Pryor, FV2 and Robinson, while Breen likely to return as well.
Havent heard anymore on Olsen or Moulds, but is another position we seem lucky in with either of them or Wright able to step in and perform at this level (throwing excepted...)
Guess the starting lineup to look like:
Waa, Olsen/Moulds/Wright, Kite
Goodhue, Neville
Pryor, Matich, Ram
Nock, Breen
Hyland, Tua
Macilai, Alaimona, LawabukaOlsen/Moulds/Wright, Talaese, Sililoto, Robinson, FV2, Hawkins, Dunn
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as much as I like BOP and thier fans, I hope you guys stay winless after the weekend
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odd though, there could still be 3 teams without a win come end of the weekend: HB, Southland and the loser of this game.
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I wasn't that close really...Ram to the bench, smacks of rotation for the sake of it, he is one of our best week in week out, which in turn leads to Robinson at 6, bit of a surprise, but keen to see what he can do,
Sililoto over Waa too. Our scrum has been pretty good this year (that lapse aside v Manawatu) seems odd not to start our best pack in a MUST WIN game.1.Howard Sililoto
2.Matt Moulds
3.Phil Kite
4.Josh Goodhue
5.Shane Neville
6.Tom Robinson
7.Kara Pryor
8.Matt Matich
9.Sam Nock
10.Peter Breen
11.Jone Macilai
12.Jordan Hyland
13.Warren Dunn
14.Waisea Lawebuka
15.Solomon AlaimaloREPLACEMENTS
16.Ross Wright
17.Namatahi Waa
18.Matt Talaese
19.Josh Larsen
20.Jack Ram
21.Malcolm MacLeod
22.Dan Hawkins
23.Tamati Tua -
Same thoughts as me. Still wondering about that midfiels as well...
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Re Robinson, these coaches really seem to love having a big body at 6, its not very often we've had a loose trio of smaller guys - ie, Pryor, Matich & Ram.
Hell they even put a lock at 6 over starting the above trio...
Still no Guy Wood 😞
Had a report from the bs last game, that they were told they had a weapon at fullback and to get the ball to him in space to see what he could do - he got the ball once or twice.... -
For me the biggest issue with Robinson is he has not yet played at this level under these rules.
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I think you're right Gunner - they're going for extra size. As TR mentioned it's a bit of a risk given Robinsons experience. Also surprised they've left out Ram - he's been excellent for us. Surely 8 days is long enough to get a rest. Ram isn't the biggest but is a very strong ball carrier and given his stats from last weeks game it is a surprise he's been left out.
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We're weakened by injury - apparently 12 players sitting with nursey in the sick bay.
Big blow is Foketi, our 13, is out straight after scoring a hat-trick v Otago. Sevens player Teddy Stanaway starts joining other Sevens players Regan Ware and Isaac Te Aute in the bacline.
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getting the excuses in early
I know a few Taniwha fans that are heading down!
We have about 4 out that would likely be starters or on the bench.
BOP fairly firm faves head to head at the TAB - $1.40 vs $2.80
Northland points start +7.5 @$1.87 (was +8.5 about 15 mins ago) -
@taniwharugby said in V BOP:
getting the excuses in early
I know a few Taniwha fans that are heading down!
We have about 4 out that would likely be starters or on the bench.
BOP fairly firm faves head to head at the TAB - $1.40 vs $2.80
Northland points start +7.5 @$1.87 (was +8.5 about 15 mins ago)Always a good time to get excuses in.
Should be a close game, both teams are good are leaking tries and not bad at scoring them!
