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    Highlanders v French Barbarians

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    • Stargazer
      Stargazer last edited by Duluth

      The French Baabaas team:

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      https://www.ffr.fr/Equipes-de-France/Rugby-a-XV/Barbarians-Francais/Barbarians-Francais-La-composition-pour-les-Highlanders

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      Friday, 22 June. K/o 7.35pm NZT. Live on Sky Sport 1

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      • Stargazer
        Stargazer last edited by

        Highlanders

        1 Aki Seiuli
        2 Ash Dixon (cc)
        3 Siate Tokolahi
        4 Alex Ainley
        5 Paripari Parkinson
        6 Josh Dickson
        7 James Lentjes
        8 Elliot Dixon
        9 Josh Renton
        10 Lima Sopoaga (cc)
        11 Tevita Li
        12 Richard Buckman
        13 Rob Thompson
        14 Matt Faddes
        15 Josh McKay

        RESERVES
        16 Greg Pleasants-Tate
        17 Guy Millar
        18 Tyrel Lomax
        19 Dan Pryor
        20 Marino Mikaele-Tu'u
        21 Kayne Hammington
        22 Josh Ioane
        23 Thomas Umaga-Jensen

        Highlanders Name Team For Match Against The French Barbarians

         Pulse Energy Highlanders Head Coach, Aaron Mauger, has provided an opportunity for players, who have had precious little game time, to show their abilities against the touring French side.
        
        The selected team is a blend of the present and the future, illustrated best by the locking combination of Alex Ainley, at 37, a veteran of many seasons of hard graft in the engine room pairing with the rangy 22-year-old Paripari Parkinson who is yet to make his super rugby debut.
        
        Similarly, in the midfield the wily and versatile, Richard Buckman, will be backed up off the bench by the multi-talented but as yet unproven at Super Rugby level, Thomas Umaga-Jensen. Umaga-Jensen has been side-lined with injury since the start of the season and will take little encouragement to leap the sideline hoardings to take the field on Friday night.
        
        Young pivot, Josh Ioane, will also get one more opportunity to be the apprentice to the Sorcerer Lima Sopoaga who will run out for surely his last appearance at Rugby Park where he has played in Highlanders colours and the maroon and gold of the Southland Stags. Josh McKay who performed admirably in his first run on against the Reds gets another start in the 15 jersey.
        
        Elsewhere on a ground where he anchored many a scrum himself Highlanders scrum coach Clarke Dermody will be happy to see the return of Siate Tokolahi to the starting line-up after several weeks absence from the training field with a knee injury. Fellow prop, Guy Millar, also returns from injury to take a spot on the bench.
        
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        • Bones
          Bones last edited by

          Interesting to see Dickson at blindside. Never struck me as the kind of player who would be anything other than lanky lock.

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            ARHS @Stargazer last edited by

            Absolutely incredible! Does this team confirm that the Highlanders now have all 38 squad members available for play and NOBODY injured currently (outside of Squire doubtful for Saturday)? Mikaele Tu'u is the only replacement player - covering those in the AB's. Compared to other franchises with up to 20 players injured and unavailable, this is unheard of in Super Rugby. What is in the water down there? Or do they play tiddly-winks at training lol?

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            • Bones
              Bones @ARHS last edited by

              @arhs where's Hunt?

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              • Stargazer
                Stargazer last edited by

                Teihorangi Walden is missing from the squad, too. Is Fletcher Smith injured?

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                  ARHS @Stargazer last edited by

                  @stargazer

                  Tomkinson, Lienert-Brown and Tuiloma not used either. But, they can only select 23. All the players previously listed as injured are playing. Just not aware of any new injuries. Nabura suspended still I imagine.

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                  • KiwiMurph
                    KiwiMurph @Stargazer last edited by KiwiMurph

                    Young pivot, Josh Ioane, will also get one more opportunity to be the apprentice to the Sorcerer Lima Sopoaga 
                    

                    What?

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                      SouthernMann @Bones last edited by

                      @bones said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

                      Interesting to see Dickson at blindside. Never struck me as the kind of player who would be anything other than lanky lock.

                      Well when you have you four of your blindside options in the All Backs you have to scratch around a bit.

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                      • Bones
                        Bones @SouthernMann last edited by

                        @southernmann said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

                        @bones said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

                        Interesting to see Dickson at blindside. Never struck me as the kind of player who would be anything other than lanky lock.

                        Well when you have you four of your blindside options in the All Backs you have to scratch around a bit.

                        Reckon Rob Thomas or the Barracuda would've aced it.

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                        • Nepia
                          Nepia @SouthernMann last edited by

                          @southernmann said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

                          @bones said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

                          Interesting to see Dickson at blindside. Never struck me as the kind of player who would be anything other than lanky lock.

                          Well when you have you four of your blindside options in the All Backs you have to scratch around a bit.

                          They could have just played Dixon at 6 and Mikaele-Tu'u at 8 if they wanted proper loosies - so looks like they're wanting to give him a try there.

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                          • Stargazer
                            Stargazer last edited by

                            The French really love their line-out mauls. Not working yet.

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                            • Stargazer
                              Stargazer last edited by

                              Ha, line-out maul from the Landers has more success. Try Lentjes.

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                              • Stargazer
                                Stargazer last edited by

                                Not converted by Sopoaga. 5 - 3 Highlanders

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                                • Stargazer
                                  Stargazer last edited by

                                  Now there you could clearly see that E Dixon isn't a no. 8.

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                                  • Stargazer
                                    Stargazer last edited by

                                    Buckman's bogan levels are on another level tonight! That mop on his head! 😄

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                                    • Stargazer
                                      Stargazer last edited by

                                      Pretty average game thus far.

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                                      • Rapido
                                        Rapido @KiwiMurph last edited by

                                        @kiwimurph said in Highlanders v French Barbarians:

                                        Young pivot, Josh Ioane, will also get one more opportunity to be the apprentice to the Sorcerer Lima Sopoaga 
                                        

                                        What?

                                        Must ba an autocorrect from "piker".

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                                        • Stargazer
                                          Stargazer last edited by

                                          Half time: Highlanders 5 - 3 French Barbarians

                                          Boring first half.

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                                          • Stargazer
                                            Stargazer last edited by

                                            Great try from Josh McKay, one of the few players I would give a pass mark thus far. Good pass from E Dixon.

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                                            • Stargazer
                                              Stargazer last edited by

                                              Try Sopoaga. Good to see him score in his last game in Invercargill. The French had it coming ... The Landers have been camping in their 22 for most of the second half.

                                              17 - 3 Highlanders

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                                              • Stargazer
                                                Stargazer last edited by

                                                Try Greg Pleasants-Tate after a driving maul.

                                                22 - 3 Landers

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                                                • Stockcar86
                                                  Stockcar86 last edited by

                                                  I'd like to see how many rucks Buckman hit tonight as opposed to Elliot Dixon

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                                                  • Stargazer
                                                    Stargazer last edited by

                                                    Try Thompson, courtesy of Buckman, who's had a great game.

                                                    29 -3 Landers. Time's almost up.

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                                                      Stargazer last edited by

                                                      Consolation try for Bonneval after a great break from Penaud.

                                                      Full time: Highlanders 29 - 10 French Barbarians.

                                                      Second half was reasonably good to watch. The score flatters the Landers a bit, because McKay's try was scored after a forward pass that wasn't spotted by the officials.

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                                                        cgrant last edited by

                                                        Parkinson was the stand out player IMO. Safe target in the lineout, probably solid at scrum time (the Highlanders' scrum had the upper hand), effective driving and great workrate. It is quite odd that it was his first start of the season. How such a player could have been ignored by Hammett ?

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