Auckland vs. BOP
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Auckland match-day 23 for Bay of Plenty
Saturday September 30, 5.05pm, Eden Park, Auckland:
15 Melani Nanai (Manukau, 21)
14 Vince Aso (Ponsonby, 35)
13 George Moala (Grammar TEC, 51)
12 TJ Faiane (Pakuranga, 14, c)
11 Joe Ravouvou (College Rifles, 5)
10 Tyrone Elkington-MacDonald (University, 7)
9 Jono Hickey (Grammar TEC, 29)
8 Akira Ioane (Ponsonby, 24)
7 Blake Gibson (Ponsonby, 18)
6 Taleni Seu (Grammar TEC, 18)
5 Ben Nee-Nee (Pakuranga, 12)
4 Jamie Lane (Ponsonby, 1)
3 Marcel Renata (University, 18)
2 Kurt Eklund (University, 29)
1 Sam Prattley (Pakuranga, 40)
Reserves:
16 Greg Pleasants-Tate (Ponsonby, 22)
17 Emersen Tamura-Paki (College Rifles, 6)
18 Dexter Fa’amoana (College Rifles, 2)
19 Sinclair Dominikovich-Murray (University, 5)
20 Dalton Papali’i (Pakuranga, 1)
21 Nico Costa (Eden, 0) +
22 Harry Plummer (Grammar TEC, 0) +
23 Tumua Manu (College Rifles, 2)
+Potential Auckland debut
Injured/unavailable: Tom McHugh (season), Jamason Fa’anana-Shultz (season), Scott Scrafton (season), Leon Fukofuka (season), Michael Fatialofa (season), Daniel Bowden, Samuel Slade, Malakai Fekitoa
All Blacks: Rieko Ioane, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Jerome Kaino, Patrick Tuipulotu
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Former All Blacks and Auckland coach Sir Graham Henry, who won four straight NPCs with the province from 1993-96 and two in 2002-03 as technical advisor, has lent a helping hand this week at training.
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@tim said in Auckland vs. BOP:
Former All Blacks and Auckland coach Sir Graham Henry, who won four straight NPCs with the province from 1993-96 and two in 2002-03 as technical advisor, has lent a helping hand this week at training.
They'll need more than that!
I'm not going, all bar one of the season ticket holders we sit around aren't going, it's over, rover
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Good to see Plummer there. Hopefully he gets a taste.
With Faiane at 12 and Nanai at fullback the backline looks better.
BOP to win but at least there are some reasons to tune in.
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@kiwimurph said in Auckland vs. BOP:
Good to see Plummer there. Hopefully he gets a taste.
With Faiane at 12 and Nanai at fullback the backline looks better.
BOP to win but at least there are some reasons to tune in.
As a neutral I might watch this game to have a look at Harry Plummer. He was the top points scorer at the Jock Hobbs Under 19 tournament.
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Moala ruled out. Aso to centre - Manu to wing and Trainor to the bench.
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Beautiful try Ravouvou. Bit of hungus but good run. Nice set up Taleni Seu.
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Ravouvou in again. Auckland game plan is carving up.
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Renata yellow carded. You could see that coming.
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Sensational defence by Blake Gibson and Akira Ioane.
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Yep. Gibson is having a blinder.
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Manu is a good player the Auckland winger. Probably been Auckland's most consistent back this year.
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Henry seems to have made a difference...
Caretaker coach for 2018?
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Hands like feet.
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Don't agree with that TMO decision. It wasn't clear and obvious that that went forward.
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@stargazer yep BOP havent had the rub of the green with the reffing.
Having said that this Auckland defense is bloody impressive.
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A signature game under Clayton’s coaching. The forwards look impressive, but the backline is disjointed and poor on attack
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Elkington-MacDonald misses a drop goal from straight out in front. He is mud.
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Scott Stevenson is doing a lot of whining today.
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Richard Judd looks like he's the younger brother of Keiran Read
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Harry Plummer on at 10.
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@kiwimurph He's a terrible 10, possibly the worst in the whole Mitre 10 Cup.
Taleni Seu having fun today.
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@tim And he's still going.
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The Auckland loose trio is insanely good for NPC level.
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@tim tbf there have been a fair few forward passes missed.
Despite his 10 in the bin Renata has made a shit load of tackles.
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@taniwharugby said in Auckland vs. BOP:
@tim tbf there have been a fair few forward passes missed.
Except the sole time we made it across the line...
The Bay are playing like Kevin Schuler is still in charge.
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Manu looks worth a super rugby contract. He plays centre too?
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Faiane has had a sensational game and as captain.
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@tim Yeah was quite impressed with him when he played against Waikato but never got an opportunity after that.
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Why are those short throws to the front never called not straight
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GPT has been shit this season. Eklund far superior.
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@kiwimurph Yep, his throwing has been dire.
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And that gets Auckland within striking distance of the top 4....
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@african-monkey said in Auckland vs. BOP:
@kiwimurph He's a terrible 10, possibly the worst in the whole Mitre 10 Cup.
Taleni Seu having fun today.
Yep. I was impressed by Plummer's physicality - bigger than I thought. They should just play him the rest of season (they wont).
