Taranaki v Wellington
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Taranaki
1 Jared Proffit
2 Ricky Riccitelli
3 Reuben O’Neill
4 Kane Thompson
5 Leighton Price
6 Mitchell Crosswell (cc)
7 Tom Florence
8 Jesse Parete
9 Warwick Lahmert
10 Ciarhan Matoe
11 Manasa Mataele
12 Teihorangi Walden (cc)
13 Seta Tamanivalu
14 Regan Ware
15 Beaudein WaakaReserves:
16 Scott Mellow
17 Chris Gawler
18 Kyle Stewart
19 Donald Maka
20 Adrian Wyrill
21 Logan Crowley
22 Brayton Northcott-Hill
23 Latu VaenoUnavailable due to All Black duties: Beauden Barrett, Scott Barrett, Jordie Barrett, Waisake Nahalo, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Angus Ta'avao.
Not available for this game: Lachlan Boshier (shoulder), Toa Halafihi (shoulder), Pita Sowakula (shoulder), Tupou Va’ai (concussion), Jarrad Hoeata (suspension), Brendan Leonard (calf), Daniel Waite (shoulder), Stephen Perofeta (shoulder).
Season ending injuries: Bradley Slater (back), Mitchell Graham (leg), Fin Hoeata (shoulder), Mitchell Brown (knee), Sean Wainui (shoulder), Kiniviliame Naholo (ankle), Marty McKenzie (hip).
Tamanivalu to play final match for Yarrows Taranaki Bulls
MEDIA RELEASE 11 October 2018 There will be added incentive for the Yarrows Taranaki Bulls on Friday night as...
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@hooroo The concussion symptoms is what kept him out of Super Rugby for most of the 2017 season. He then played for the ABs against Samoa in June, got another head knock and missed the Lions series. He played the 2017 RC, and against France during the EOYT. In that game v France, he suffered the knee injury that kept him out of Super Rugby in 2018, the French Series and the 2018 RC.
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I don't think it matters.
The battle of the bridge is like a shield challenge for them. It's good to see that intensity come back under Coventry.
Hopefully Auckland remembers that this year.. and please Auckland players, don't call them 'little brother' in the next few days
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The Wellington Lions squad to meet Taranaki is:
15 Wes Goosen (Old Boys University)
14 Ben Lam (Tawa)
13 Matt Proctor (Oriental-Rongotai) (c)
12 Billy Proctor (Marist St Pats)
11 Malo Tuitama (Oriental-Rongotai)
10 Jackson Garden-Bachop (Northern United)
9 Kemara Hauiti-Parapara (Tawa)
8 Teariki Ben-Nicholas (Old Boys University)
7 Mateaki Kafatolu (Petone)
6 Vaea Fifita (Wellington)
5 Isaia Walker-Leawere (Poneke)
4 James Blackwell (Petone)
3 Jeff To'omaga-Allen (Marist St Pats)
2 Asafo Aumua (Avalon)
1 Tolu Fahamokioa (Tawa)Reserves
16 Dane Coles (Poneke)
17 Sitiveni Paongo (Tawa)
18 Joel Hintz (Old Boys University)
19 Sam Lousi (Marist St Pats)
20 Galu Taufale (Poneke)
21 Carlos Price (Petone)
22 Thomas Umaga-Jensen (Wainuiomata)
23 Trent Renata (Oriental-Rongotai) -
The Lions should have too much firepower in this one. I see it's raining in the Naki tonight, this could very well end up being a complete banana skin for the Lions though.
Fantastic to see Colesy back in the mix, by god have we missed his "in your face" attitude.
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Bens Lams atttemped tackle on Lamert looked like an imitation of someone walking through a turnstile..
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@kiwimurph agree about Parete..got to be one of the most ill disciplined players running around in Mitre 10 Cup,if not the number 1..total dumbass..!..not that I would tell him personally..!
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@kiwimurph he was about mid way through the comp, cant see that he has changed his ways.
M10 Cup webpage used to do player and team stats, but they havent done them this season.
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This generations Chresten Davis
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@steven-harris said in Taranaki v Wellington:
Bens Lams atttemped tackle on Lamert looked like an imitation of someone walking through a turnstile..
He does this a lot. Yet some think he's AB potential. Lam is fast and has good ball skills but his poor defense and lack of aggression is his downfall.
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@taniwharugby said in Taranaki v Wellington:
@kiwimurph he was about mid way through the comp, cant see that he has changed his ways.
M10 Cup webpage used to do player and team stats, but they havent done them this season.
They do! On the home page, but it doesn't include player discipline (only team discipline).
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@stargazer ah silly me, I was looking under the Stats tab on thier website!
think they had penalties last year though??
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This could get ugly for the Naki.
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Having seen my own team go down from the Premiership to the Championship a few times, I always find it hard to watch teams in their "dying moments" like Taranaki is now. It doesn't give any satisfaction, unless you're the surviving team like Counties is now.
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@mikedogz said in Taranaki v Wellington:
As a Counties supporter I am happy the Naki will lose. Counties will be the "Big Dog" in the chiefs region which means shit nowadays unfortunately.
I wonder whether Waikato supporters will agree with that if they retain the Shield this weekend and gain promotion to the Premiership in two weeks.
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@stargazer agree with your coms,never enjoyable watching a team getting relegated,you would not have picked this when Taranaki dealt to Manawatu in their shield defence earlier in the year..On paper they looked a really good team but I just suspect once a few injuries bit along with losing their skipper to the All Blacks the wheels fell off..!.
losing full use of their ground has probably hurt them financially as well..i suspect we are starting to see the 4 of the 5 super based franchises starting to return to their former glory,with Tasman being the exception to the rule. -
@stargazer said in Taranaki v Wellington:
Having seen my own team go down from the Premiership to the Championship a few times, I always find it hard to watch teams in their "dying moments" like Taranaki is now. It doesn't give any satisfaction, unless you're the surviving team like Counties is now.
Yeah, I'm happy we scraped through, which is proving over this format to be not that difficult. Look at how two of the big 5 (Welly and Waikato) have managed to fall on one poor or injury hit season. Otago have permanently lost their spot in the big 5 and now Tasman have justified claim to the spot Naki held for a while.
It puts our performances of hanging in the prems in perspective.
At least staying up gives you the chance that if you are building you might hit your peak while in the big comp.
