BOP v Wellington
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3 games in 9 days coming up from tomorrow and that maybe why the selections for tomorrow night's games look a bit "interesting". Hollinshead back and starting and I never thought we'd see Nick Evemy starting again. I don't have a great feeling about that line up.
- Solomona Sakalia
- James O’Reilly
- Jeff Thwaites
- Troy Callander
- Shahn Eru
- Henry Stowers
- Hugh Blake
- Joe Tupe
- Luke Campbell
- Dan Hollinshead
- Regan Ware
- Terrence Hepetema
- Nick Evemy
- Monty Ioane
- Isaac Te Aute
Reserves:
16. Joseph Royal
17. Aidan Ross
18. Pingi Tala’apitaga
19. Culum Retallick
20. Jesse Parete
21. Ruki Tipuna
22. Kelly Haimona
23. Te Rangi Fraser* -
An interesting sprinkling of players that formerly plied their trade in Wellington club rugby there KP. You must still be reasonably confident as Wellington have been rather fortunate to win two of their games so far this season (Harbour and Counties) and were dire against Otago. Against HB both teams were shite so you are in with probably a better chance than you are giving yourselves.
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I guess with this "Three games in nine days " thing rotation of players was always going to happen. While its kinda scary its also important to blood new players and combinations . Whats interesting with this BOP team is that there is no clear stand out player who is holding the team together and its really been a team performance.
As for tonight's game, it looks like the weather will be a factor (They are predicting strong winds and rain) which can only help us. On paper Wellington has a classy backline so wet weather may curtail their plans for an expansive game. I'm guessing there will be plenty of kicking and mauls
I'm looking forward to see how our loose fowards front up against theirs and also how the Campbell/Hollinshead combo works.
Either way Wellington will be favourites I suppose but, given the weather, we are in with a sniff.
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