Bay of Plenty v Wellington

[Stargazer]

Wellington Lions:

15 Andrew Wells (Marist St Pats)
14 Malo Tuitama (Oriental Rongotai)
13 Wes Goosen (Old Boys University)
12 Regan Verney (Old Boys University)
11 Ben Lam (Tawa)
10 Jackson Garden-Bachop (Northern United)
9 Kemara Hauiti-Parapara (Tawa)
8 Brad Shields (c) (Petone)
7 Galu Taufale (Poneke)
6 Vaea Fifita (Wellington)
5 Sam Lousi (Marist St Pats)
4 Isaia Walker-Leawere (Poneke)
3 Jeff To'omaga-Allen (Marist St Pats)
2 Asafo Aumua (Avalon)
1 Tolu Fahamokioa (Tawa)

Reserves:
16 Sitiveni Paongo (Tawa)
17 Vince Sakaria (Marist St Pats)
18 Alex Fidow (Oriental-Rongotai)
19 Will Mangos (Old Boys University)
20 James Tuia (Marist St Pats)
21 Carlos Price (Petone)
22 Dan Kirkpatrick (Petone)
23 Losi Filipo (Petone)

http://www.wellingtonlions.co.nz/news/all-blacks-duo-to-start-for-lions-against-bay-of-plenty/

[KiwiPie]

Jordan Lay (1)
Nathan Harris (26)
James Lay (1)
Tom Franklin (2)
Keepa Mewett (26) – Captain
Hugh Blake (10)
Mitchell Karpik (2)
Jesse Parete (11)
Richard Judd (2)
Mike Delany (63) – Vice Captain
Joe Webber (2)
Terrence Hepetema (9)
Lalakai Foketi (20)
Monty Ioane (13)
Chase Tiatia (16)

Reserves:

Liam Polwart (6)
Solomona Sakalia (29)
Siegfried Fisi’ihoi (30)
Culum Retallick (104)
Troy Callander (13)
Henry Stowers (11)
Luke Campbell (6)
Liam Steel (1)

[Crazy Horse]

Are the Umuga-Jensens injured (again) or not developing as fast as I hoped?

[Stargazer]

@Crazy-Horse said in Bay of Plenty v Wellington:

Are the Umuga-Jensens injured (again) or not developing as fast as I hoped?

Thomas U-J, no idea, but Peter is not even in the 2017 Lions squad due to injury.

[Bones]

I see as usual they've managed to squeeze out the selection of any players from finalists HOBM for the Welly side.

[MN5]

Crikey that Aumua kid looks good. He's going out with my mates fiancees daughter so I got to meet him on a wine trail a few weekends back. Bloody nice fella. Not quite up there with @jegga s breakfast with the ABs but if he makes the team then I'll definitely have a great yarn to embellish the shit out of as the years go by.

[chimoaus]

Nobody wants to sponsor BOP? Front of jerseys look bare.

[taniwharugby]

didnt see a foot out there...

[pukunui]

Aumua is a freak. Pick him for the EOYT. Not as an apprentice either. He outplayed Harris who doesn't look like an AB.

Lousi again looked really good. Could he be a future AB as well?

[reprobate]

@pukunui agree. as long as his throwing is up to scratch he is a great bench option. i think you can get away with (what i assume is) his relative lack of scrummaging/tight power late in the game against tiring and/or 2nd string opposition front rows.
and that explosive running will wreak absolute havoc against NH fatties.

[Crazy Horse]

@Stargazer thanks mate. They were spoken about on here a couple of years ago but I am hearing their names less and less now. Amazed they are still so bloody young.

[Winger]

Another very good performance by Wellington

The Lousi, Walker-Leawere locking combination was great. I can see this as a starting combination for the Canes (hopefully the Canes have already signed IWL). It was a big, powerful combination that the Canes have lacked for years. Fifita looked right at home at 6 too. He's bulkedup and needs to focus now on this position

Another player that I've been impressed with is Goosen. I still think his best position will be 2nd 5 (and hope he gets some game time there) but he's very good at center.