Canterbury vs Tasman
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Good news about Parkinson.
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Josh McKay, Ngane Punivai, Tim Bateman, Remeka Poihipi, Sam Gilbert, Brett Cameron, Mitchell Drummond, Luke Whitelock (captain), Billy Harmon, Whetukamokamo Douglas, Reed Prinsep, Luke Romano, Siate Tokolahi, Brodie McAlister, Daniel Lienert-Brown
Reserves: Seb Siataga, Harry Allan, Michael Alaalatoa, Will Tucker, Tom Christie, Ere Enari, Fergus Burke, Inga Finau
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Good to see Parkinson back in the reserves. Somewhat concerning to see Squire coming off the bench in regard to RWC.
Awesome to see Sam"The Rock" Prattley back in Mako colours @Tim - even if he is behind Hames, Moli, Perry, Crockett and Coxon.
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Good first try from Tasman, which started with a pass from Jordan to Hunt, followed by a run from Havili who passed to Aumua, who dotted down (6 minutes into the game).
7 - 0 Tasman
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A quick exchange of penalty goals brings the score to 3 - 10 to Tasman after almost 14 minutes.
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Canterbury not interested in tackling during that play.
Great try from the Tasman 11 -
Haha, Big Leicester! Boomfa - Yes Boy!
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Awesome try from Leicester Fainga'anuku! Also a great pass from Havili to send Fainga'anuku on his way.
3 - 15 Tasman after 17 minutes
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Can’t see Tasman dropping a game this season based on the depth and quality of their squad..
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@Steven-Harris I hope they have the Premiership top spot in the bag before their last round robin game and send their B team to Napier!
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@Stargazer absolutely, same for the Taniwha game
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Tasman looking very very good. How have they not got the shield?
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On the other side of the ledger, I do wonder if Canterbury’s incredible run is starting to come to an end...
They don’t appear to have the same sort of quality they have had in the past..eg many players that have super rugby experience -
@Steven-Harris It's for a great part the result of their own success. They have lost a lot of players to the ABs, the most important and recent examples being Mo'unga and Bridge.
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@Steven-Harris One thing you never ever ever ever ever ever do is write Canterbury off haha.
In saying that though, I was a bit disappointed in the standard of their club comp this year. I feel that it was certainly down in quality from previous years from what I saw.
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@Crazy-Horse You'll keep!
Ryan Coxon ho0bbles off and we're down to our sixth choice loosehead prop. Sam "The Rock" Prattley!
Hansen better give us Atu Moli for a couple of weeks.
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Would've been nice if someone had an alternative jersey.
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@African-Monkey definitely not writing them off, just saying they don’t appear to be as scary as they have in the past ..still a good team ,but they don’t appear to be a team that looks good enough to go all the way.
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Canterbury seem to lack serious punch in their backline. Where are the ball runners in general - when Luke Whitelock and Prinsep are in your loosies you are going to lack ball running.
I reckon this Tasman side would towel up the Blues.
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@KiwiMurph They were very reliant on Romano getting them on the front foot last year but he's obviously a marked man this year and he's being forced into playing a lot tighter so far. They need to get him some good ball.
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Hahaha and now it's game on again from absolutely nowhere.
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Wow, Josh McKay. That was awesome.
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@African-Monkey and the other factor is Romano doesn't look the same player in 2019.
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Another thing is that Canterbury has it's 2nd head coach in three years (since Razor left for the Crusaders), and he's moving on after this season, too. Not the best coaches either, and how big is their commitment if they already know they're leaving?
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That’s not bad when you can pull on Squire, and you still have Parkinson on the bench..so much depth..can only look on with envy
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@Steven-Harris Yeah if they don't win it this year they never will.
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Did they hold Tima Fainga'anuku upside down and dip him in the bleach?
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@Stargazer Him and Danny Tusitala look like they're having a competition for silliest haircut.
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I must admit I find it weird when your scrum has just got owned..but the dominant scrum gets penalised on a technicality..and the rest of players from the scrum that just got owned rush in congratulate the props..go figure
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I don't think I have ever seen Canterbury just fall off so many tackles.
or get dominated at the breakdown like this. It feels ... weird
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That offload from McKay was a thing of beauty.
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@nzzp To their credit, they've done well to stay in it. They've been badly outplayed but still have a chance.
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@African-Monkey said in Canterbury vs Tasman:
@nzzp To their credit, they've done well to stay in it. They've been badly outplayed but still have a chance.
Someone said it above.
Never ever ever write them off
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No way was Havilli on side..all 3 backs were ahead the hindmost feet..
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Brett Cameron doesn't have a lot going for him but he does have a decent boot.
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@Steven-Harris Whether or not he was off/onside, he's been very good again, today.
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@Stargazer agree totally he’s been great..but it brings into question what the AR’s were watching
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I'll be happy if Christie can play like this for the Blues. A very good game from him today.
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@KiwiMurph To repeat a very over-used cliche: every halfback looks good behind a great pack.
