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    • shark
      shark last edited by Duluth

      Saturday night, and for once a prime time game of note. Can't wait. For a change I'm more interested in getting the W for our postion on the table than I am for the Shield, which is indicative of our season relative to seasons past when we've also challenged.

      Team naming probably tomorrow but sounds like Romano and Ennor are both in doubt

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      • mariner4life
        mariner4life last edited by

        how do the same goddam teams keep getting challenges?!

        Me and @Chris-B demand an investigation, Geoff Toovey style

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        • Chris B.
          Chris B. last edited by Chris B.

          @mariner4life said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

          how do the same goddam teams keep getting challenges?!

          Me and @Chris-B demand an investigation, Geoff Toovey style

          The Bay has had two challenges since we last had one!

          Which is more than what Wellington and Auckland have had (one apiece).

          At the other end of the spectrum, Why-fucking-Kato has had 6; Hawkes Bay, Manawatu, Otago and Southland have each had 5.

          Thames Valley, Mid-Canterbury and Wanganui have each had 3 and they don't even play in the fucking NPC!!!

          Yeah - where's Geoff Toovey when you need him!

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          • mariner4life
            mariner4life last edited by

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            those stats are actually amazing

            I don't even remember our challenges to be honest, it just felt like years since we had one. Truth be told we've been ordinary for a while, so they were probably foregone conclusions.

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            • Chris B.
              Chris B. @mariner4life last edited by

              @mariner4life The Blues were in the play-offs last time we got a challenge! Well, that's a slight exaggeration, but people could at least remember the Blues being in the play-offs. 🙂

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              • mariner4life
                mariner4life @Chris B. last edited by

                @Chris-B said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                @mariner4life The Blues were in the play-offs last time we got a challenge! Well, that's a slight exaggeration, but people could at least remember the Blues being in the play-offs. 🙂

                Toeava was killing it, got hurt, and the Blues folded?

                Did your plastic franchise even exist then? Or were you still one of the two backwater 2nd Div provinces?

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                • mariner4life
                  mariner4life last edited by

                  sorry, we were supposed to be in solidarity! Old habits...

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                  • mariner4life
                    mariner4life last edited by

                    aaaaanyway.

                    Even though Otago seem to have got better since the Bay flogged fuck through them early in the year, what chances are there that they repulse the evil empire here? Slim? Fuck all?

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                    • SammyC
                      SammyC @mariner4life last edited by

                      @mariner4life said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                      aaaaanyway.

                      Even though Otago seem to have got better since the Bay flogged fuck through them early in the year, what chances are there that they repulse the evil empire here? Slim? Fuck all?

                      I think at $3.25 Otago are a good bet, we have been average this year

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                      • Chris B.
                        Chris B. @mariner4life last edited by

                        @mariner4life Mako have been around for 14 years. We've had two challenges in our existence.

                        The first (vs Wellington) we got stitched up when Bryce Lawrence sent the world's best halfback (according to @Nepia ) to the bin, for fuck-all, when we were threatening a boilover.

                        Second was more than seven years ago.

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                        • mariner4life
                          mariner4life @Chris B. last edited by

                          @Chris-B said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                          @mariner4life Mako have been around for 14 years. We've had two challenges in our existence.

                          The first (vs Wellington) we got stitched up when Bryce Lawrence sent the world's best halfback (according to @Nepia ) to the bin, for fuck-all, when we were threatening a boilover.

                          Second was more than seven years ago.

                          what i love about the Shield is the way it makes us cling bitterly to the stitch up we got from the ref. Otago in Auckland all those years ago. The fullback stepped dead before he put the ball down in '96, i fucking swear it, where was Ben fucking Skeen then aye?

                          Colin Hawke must have a rogues gallery of those type of moments.

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                          • shark
                            shark @SammyC last edited by

                            @SammyC said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                            @mariner4life said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                            aaaaanyway.

                            Even though Otago seem to have got better since the Bay flogged fuck through them early in the year, what chances are there that they repulse the evil empire here? Slim? Fuck all?

                            I think at $3.25 Otago are a good bet, we have been average this year

                            Yep, we're quite ordinary and I'd expect that big plastic lean-to to be at its fullest for the season, raucous, and a bloody good atmosphere. Should be a good spectacle on the box.

                            I'll call it now: this is the biggest round robin game of the comp and will be the closest we'll come to a decent SR game for atmosphere, intensity and spectacle.

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                            • Nepia
                              Nepia @Chris B. last edited by

                              @Chris-B Chris Eaton?

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                              • Nepia
                                Nepia @mariner4life last edited by

                                @mariner4life said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                @Chris-B said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                @mariner4life Mako have been around for 14 years. We've had two challenges in our existence.

                                The first (vs Wellington) we got stitched up when Bryce Lawrence sent the world's best halfback (according to @Nepia ) to the bin, for fuck-all, when we were threatening a boilover.

                                Second was more than seven years ago.

                                what i love about the Shield is the way it makes us cling bitterly to the stitch up we got from the ref. Otago in Auckland all those years ago. The fullback stepped dead before he put the ball down in '96, i fucking swear it, where was Ben fucking Skeen then aye?

                                Colin Hawke must have a rogues gallery of those type of moments.

                                I'm still annoyed with the Wellington based NZRU removing our Shield victory in 1927 over Wairarapa in the Battle of Solway (which was a return match after they took the Shield off the greatest provincial team ever, well maybe until the 1980s Aucklanders) because a player was a couple of days late arriving in Hawkes Bay.

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                                • Higgins
                                  Higgins @Nepia last edited by

                                  @Nepia said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                  @mariner4life said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                  @Chris-B said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                  @mariner4life Mako have been around for 14 years. We've had two challenges in our existence.

                                  The first (vs Wellington) we got stitched up when Bryce Lawrence sent the world's best halfback (according to @Nepia ) to the bin, for fuck-all, when we were threatening a boilover.

                                  Second was more than seven years ago.

                                  what i love about the Shield is the way it makes us cling bitterly to the stitch up we got from the ref. Otago in Auckland all those years ago. The fullback stepped dead before he put the ball down in '96, i fucking swear it, where was Ben fucking Skeen then aye?

                                  Colin Hawke must have a rogues gallery of those type of moments.

                                  I'm still annoyed with the Wellington based NZRU removing our Shield victory in 1927 over Wairarapa in the Battle of Solway (which was a return match after they took the Shield off the greatest provincial team ever, well maybe until the 1980s Aucklanders) because a player was a couple of days late arriving in Hawkes Bay.

                                  With Cardiff Arms Park in 1905 a close second.

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                                  • Chris B.
                                    Chris B. @Nepia last edited by

                                    @Nepia said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                    @Chris-B Chris Eaton?

                                    Chris Eaton never played for Tasman!

                                    The Mighty Kahn!

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                                    • Nepia
                                      Nepia @Chris B. last edited by

                                      @Chris-B said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                      @Nepia said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                      @Chris-B Chris Eaton?

                                      Chris Eaton never played for Tasman!

                                      The Mighty Kahn!

                                      He was our best poach from you guys ever! After you poached him from Wellington. Should have been an AB!

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                                      • Higgins
                                        Higgins @Nepia last edited by

                                        @Nepia said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                        @Chris-B said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                        @Nepia said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                        @Chris-B Chris Eaton?

                                        Chris Eaton never played for Tasman!

                                        The Mighty Kahn!

                                        He was our best poach from you guys ever! After you poached him from Wellington. Should have been an AB!

                                        @Nepia said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                        @Chris-B said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                        @Nepia said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                        @Chris-B Chris Eaton?

                                        Chris Eaton never played for Tasman!

                                        The Mighty Kahn!

                                        He was our best poach from you guys ever! After you poached him from Wellington. Should have been an AB!

                                        George Naopu was fairly decent as well. On the other hand there was Mike Coman...........................................

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                                        • Chris B.
                                          Chris B. @Nepia last edited by

                                          @Nepia We repatriated him from New Haven Rugby in the US. Who poached him from Auckland.

                                          Like most right-thinking people, he had nothing to do with Wellington. 🙂

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                                          • Nepia
                                            Nepia @Chris B. last edited by

                                            @Chris-B said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                            @Nepia We repatriated him from New Haven Rugby in the US. Who poached him from Auckland.

                                            Like most right-thinking people, he had nothing to do with Wellington. 🙂

                                            Auckland? Wellington? At any rate the North Island!

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                                            • Chris B.
                                              Chris B. @Higgins last edited by

                                              @Higgins Ben Franks as well, you Thieving Magpies!

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                                              • shark
                                                shark last edited by

                                                Brilliant hi-jack. Isn't there a Hawkes Bay vs Mako thread you lot can go and make woopee on?

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                                                • mariner4life
                                                  mariner4life @shark last edited by

                                                  @shark said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                                  Brilliant hi-jack. Isn't there a Hawkes Bay vs Mako thread you lot can go and make woopee on?

                                                  every thread is a Mako v Hawkes thread. They're like Agent Smith in the 3rd Matrix movie

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                                                  • Chris B.
                                                    Chris B. last edited by Chris B.

                                                    Exactly - and if you want to challenge for the Unfairly Shield, you've got to expect some discussion of the injustices that are being perpetrated.

                                                    Edit: And for completeness - this is Canterbury's third challenge since the Mako last had one.

                                                    But, there's actually three Heartland unions that have waited longer than Tasman. West Coast hasn't had a challenge since 2000. Buller - hey another Top of the South team; and South Canterbury.

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                                                    • Nepia
                                                      Nepia @Chris B. last edited by

                                                      @Chris-B said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                                      @Higgins Ben Franks as well, you Thieving Magpies!

                                                      F**k you, we didn't want that thug, your dipshit Crusaders region coach brought him in as FIFO.

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                                                      • shark
                                                        shark last edited by

                                                        Canterbury team to play Otago:

                                                        1. Daniel Lienert-Brown

                                                        2. Brodie McAlister

                                                        3. Owen Franks

                                                        4. Luke Romano

                                                        5. Mitchell Dunshea

                                                        6. Reed Prinsep

                                                        7. Billy Harmon

                                                        8. Luke Whitelock (C)

                                                        9. Mitchell Drummond

                                                        10. Brett Cameron

                                                        11. Sam Gilbert

                                                        12. Tim Bateman

                                                        13. Ngane Punivai

                                                        14. Dallas McLeod

                                                        15. Josh McKay

                                                        RESERVES

                                                        1. Seb Siataga

                                                        2. Harry Allan

                                                        3. Siate Tokolahi

                                                        4. Whetukamokamo Douglas

                                                        5. Tom Christie

                                                        6. Ereatara Enari

                                                        7. Fergus Burke

                                                        8. Rameka Poihipi

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                                                        • shark
                                                          shark last edited by

                                                          Best locking combo, best loose trio available (Sanders would be ahead of Prinsep) plus Douglas on the bench, great group of props and I like the look of the backline with Punivai at centre given the continued absence of Ennor. Centre is Punivai's position and 12 is Batemans' best. Still have a 12 on one wing and a 10/15 on the other but that's ok at this level and both have had their moments.

                                                          Looking forward to this.

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                                                            Nevorian @shark last edited by

                                                            @shark said in Otago vs Canterbury (RS):

                                                            Canterbury team to play Otago:

                                                            1. Daniel Lienert-Brown

                                                            2. Brodie McAlister

                                                            3. Owen Franks

                                                            4. Luke Romano

                                                            5. Mitchell Dunshea

                                                            6. Reed Prinsep

                                                            7. Billy Harmon

                                                            8. Luke Whitelock (C)

                                                            9. Mitchell Drummond

                                                            10. Brett Cameron

                                                            11. Sam Gilbert

                                                            12. Tim Bateman

                                                            13. Ngane Punivai

                                                            14. Dallas McLeod

                                                            15. Josh McKay

                                                            RESERVES

                                                            1. Seb Siataga

                                                            2. Harry Allan

                                                            3. Siate Tokolahi

                                                            4. Whetukamokamo Douglas

                                                            5. Tom Christie

                                                            6. Ereatara Enari

                                                            7. Fergus Burke

                                                            8. Rameka Poihipi

                                                            good to have a few Highlanders in amongst that lot

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                                                            • ACT Crusader
                                                              ACT Crusader last edited by

                                                              Good guys score a try. McKay in for another try.

                                                              10-0.

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                                                              • Stargazer
                                                                Stargazer last edited by

                                                                Great intercept from McLeod, good speed from McKay. Try.

                                                                10 - 0 Canterbury

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                                                                • shark
                                                                  shark @Stargazer last edited by

                                                                  @Stargazer distinct lack of speed from McLeod though. Every inch a 12 on the wing.

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                                                                  • Stargazer
                                                                    Stargazer @shark last edited by

                                                                    @shark Yeah, I noticed that, too.

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                                                                    • Stargazer
                                                                      Stargazer last edited by Stargazer

                                                                      On-field decision: no try. It looked like a try, but the grounding wasn't clear and obvious, so correct decision to disallow the try.

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                                                                      • Yeetyaah
                                                                        Yeetyaah last edited by

                                                                        Forward pass missed by Jackson. Classic.

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                                                                          Steven Harris last edited by

                                                                          Otago needed that ,only a 2 score game,despite Canterbury having their noses ahead

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                                                                          • Stargazer
                                                                            Stargazer last edited by

                                                                            Great defence from McLeod.

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                                                                            • Stockcar86
                                                                              Stockcar86 last edited by

                                                                              Any backs have injuries in Japan, get Nareki on the plane please

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                                                                              • Stargazer
                                                                                Stargazer @Stockcar86 last edited by Stargazer

                                                                                @Stockcar86 I prefer Leicester Fainga'anuku, but Nareki isn't bad.

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                                                                                • Higgins
                                                                                  Higgins @Stargazer last edited by

                                                                                  @Stargazer Have you given up on Jonah Lowe?

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                                                                                    Steven Harris last edited by

                                                                                    Good half of code..plenty of opportunities from both teams, but the holders after looking under the pump in the first 20 minutes have come right back into it..have actually created better try scoring opportunities..,and along with 2 missed penalties..

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