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    • Duluth
      Duluth last edited by Duluth

      1 Xavier Numia, 2 James O’Reilly, 3 Alex Fidow, 4 James Blackwell, 5 Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 6 Vaea Fifita, 7 Du’Plessis Kirifi, 8 Teariki Ben-Nicholas, 9 Kemara Hauiti-Parapara, 10 Jackson Garden-Bachop, 11 Julian Savea, 12 Vince Aso, 13 Peter Umaga-Jensen, 14 Wes Goosen, 15 Billy Proctor

      Reserves: 16 Tyrone Thompson, 17 Ben Aumua-Peseta, 18 Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe, 19 Caleb Delany, 20 Mateaki Kafatolu, 21 Connor Collins, 22 Trent Renata, 23 Pepesana Patafilo


      https://www.wrfu.co.nz/senior/latest-news/single/post/three-changes-to-lions-starting-xv-against-canterbury/News/detail/

      The Wellington Lions will be hoping to secure a third consecutive win this weekend, taking on Canterbury at Orangetheory Stadium.
      
      Following their 32 – 10 victory over Bay of Plenty, Lions head coach, Leo Crowley, has made just three changes to the starting XV.
      
      Among those changes, Julian Savea makes his return from injury whilst Alex Fidow comes back from a concussion sustained playing Auckland.
      
      James O’Reilly also gets a run for the first time this Mitre 10 Cup campaign and Crowley’s looking forward to seeing the hooker back in action.
      
      “He’s been working hard behind the scenes to get ready for this opportunity. All considered, we probably couldn’t have named a more experienced team.”
      
      The Premiership match will be the first time Wellington has faced Canterbury since the 2019 semi-final at Sky Stadium.
      
      Coming off a loss to Hawke’s Bay on Saturday, Crowley says the Mainlanders will be looking to get their season back on track.
      
      “We realise what is ahead for us in Canterbury. They are always tough to play, but our concentration is on our own environment and players as we try to improve across all areas of our game.”
      
      He says the whole squad had a performance review of their efforts against Bay of Plenty.
      
      “We felt a bit patchy in our performance and that can happen in a shorter week. There was plenty of good play mixed in with the average stuff.
      
      Kick-off for this Saturday is 7:05pm.
      
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      • KiwiMurph
        KiwiMurph last edited by

        No Dane Coles is a bit of worry ABs wise.

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        • Stargazer
          Stargazer @Duluth last edited by

          @Duluth FFS, should have given Tyrone Thompson the start instead of that d*ckhead.

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          • Canes4life
            Canes4life last edited by

            Damn I was hoping Collins would start over Hauiti-Parapara.

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            • Hooroo
              Hooroo @KiwiMurph last edited by

              @KiwiMurph said in Canterbury v Wellington:

              No Dane Coles is a bit of worry ABs wise.

              Is he not in the AB camp??

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              • Winger
                Winger @Stargazer last edited by

                @Stargazer said in Canterbury v Wellington:

                @Duluth FFS, should have given Tyrone Thompson the start instead of that d*ckhead.

                Tyrone will get plenty of game time

                The front row is a big plus for Wellington. It was an area of concern (esp the replacements) whereas now it looks good.

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                • KiwiMurph
                  KiwiMurph @Hooroo last edited by KiwiMurph

                  @Hooroo said in Canterbury v Wellington:

                  @KiwiMurph said in Canterbury v Wellington:

                  No Dane Coles is a bit of worry ABs wise.

                  Is he not in the AB camp??

                  Yes he has been but they were looking to release him for this game (I also don't think the camp runs for the whole week).

                  The 69-test veteran had been targeting Wellington’s round-four Mitre 10 Cup clash against Canterbury in Christchurch this Saturday night for his return, though his involvement won’t be confirmed until game-eve.
                  
                  “That might be the plan still,” he said. “I’m fully training and ready to go. It’ll be a big week this week, so I’ll just get to Friday and make that decision. I’ve been here before [with the calf injury], so I know what it takes. I’m feeling good.”
                  
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                  • Stargazer
                    Stargazer @Winger last edited by

                    @Winger I agree that the young props were a weakness last week, but Thompson had a good game. I'd prefer a Numia-Thompson-Fidow frontrow.

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                    • Winger
                      Winger @Stargazer last edited by

                      @Stargazer said in Canterbury v Wellington:

                      @Winger I agree that the young props were a weakness last week, but Thompson had a good game. I'd prefer a Numia-Thompson-Fidow frontrow.

                      I was very impressed with Thompson. But sometimes its best to let young players find their feet first.

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                      • Winger
                        Winger @Canes4life last edited by

                        @Canes4life said in Canterbury v Wellington:

                        Damn I was hoping Collins would start over Hauiti-Parapara.

                        What do you think of Ruben Love.

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                        • booboo
                          booboo @Stargazer last edited by

                          @Stargazer said in Canterbury v Wellington:

                          @Duluth FFS, should have given Tyrone Thompson the start instead of that d*ckhead.

                          Care to elaborate?

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                          • Stargazer
                            Stargazer @booboo last edited by

                            @booboo

                            https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12237554

                            https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/122589125/wellington-hooker-james-oreilly-gets-fiveweek-ban-for-abusing-referee-when-water-boy

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                            • mariner4life
                              mariner4life last edited by

                              just another mouthy doolan with a coke problem...

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                              • Canes4life
                                Canes4life @Winger last edited by

                                @Winger no rush on Ruben, he's still 19 I think so best to drip feed him minutes in his first year on the scene.

                                Haven't actually seen too much of him to be fair but he finished off that nice try last week. Probably needs to reign some of that excitement back a little bit though.

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                                • Winger
                                  Winger last edited by Winger

                                  https://www.crfu.co.nz/newsarticle/95979?newsfeedId=1043163

                                  1 FINLAY BREWIS

                                  2 SHILO KLEIN

                                  3 OLI JAGER

                                  4 LUKE ROMANO

                                  5 MITCHELL DUNSHEA

                                  6 REED PRINSEP (C)

                                  7 TOM CHRISTIE

                                  8 TOM SANDERS

                                  9 MITCHELL DRUMMOND

                                  10 FERGUS BURKE

                                  11 MANASA MATAELE

                                  12 RAMEKA POIHIPI

                                  13 NGATUNGANE PUNIVAI

                                  14 CHAY FIHAKI

                                  15 JOSH MCKAY

                                  16 SCOTT MELLOW

                                  17 TAMAITI WILLIAMS

                                  18 FLETCHER NEWELL

                                  19 SAM DARRY

                                  20 BILLY HARMON

                                  21 EREATARA ENARI

                                  22 BRETT CAMERON

                                  23 ISAIAH PUNIVAI

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                                  • Stargazer
                                    Stargazer last edited by

                                    Some necessary changes from last week; I expect this Canterbury team to play better than last week, when Romano didn't play. Christie and Sanders starting with Harmon moved to the bench (he actually wasn't bad against Hawke's Bay) and Douglas dropped; also Burke starting instead of Cameron and McKay shifted to fullback (and Knewstubb dropped). No Lienert-Brown; IIRC he got injured, last week?

                                    I find it hard to predict the result for this game.

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                                    • Canes4life
                                      Canes4life @Stargazer last edited by

                                      @Stargazer I’d say it will be fairly close looking at both teams.

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                                      • shark
                                        shark last edited by

                                        DLB got injured at training yesterday.

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                                        • C
                                          cgrant last edited by

                                          So we will probably watch Williams coming off the bench. He is a very big unit and was a standout for the AB schoolboys.

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                                          • shark
                                            shark last edited by

                                            We're very thin up front now. The young guys are very promising but very, very green.

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                                            • Duluth
                                              Duluth last edited by

                                              Is Sanders staying on?

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                                              • Duluth
                                                Duluth last edited by

                                                Hmmm I think they should take the 10 mins on that one

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                                                  African Monkey last edited by

                                                  Very willing at breakdown especially Canterbury bringing the intensity up front so far.

                                                  Don't know why Wellington didn't go for 3 just before.

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                                                  • Stargazer
                                                    Stargazer last edited by

                                                    Burke already showing he's better than Cameron.

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                                                    • Canes4life
                                                      Canes4life last edited by

                                                      Fuck sake Hauiti Parpapara, get the pill out faster.

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                                                      • taniwharugby
                                                        taniwharugby last edited by

                                                        jeez, Cantabs lucky to get away with that, #6 touching the defender

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                                                        • A
                                                          African Monkey last edited by

                                                          Mataele should have been penalised for picking the ball up from the side.

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                                                          • A
                                                            African Monkey last edited by

                                                            Shocking miss from Garden Bachop there.

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                                                              African Monkey @African Monkey last edited by

                                                              @African-Monkey Which ended up working out well for Wellington.

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                                                              • Canes4life
                                                                Canes4life last edited by Canes4life

                                                                Garden Bachop is having a shocker tonight.

                                                                Kicking it far too much, doing predictable lobby passes and misses a penalty in front. Just keep it simple, seems to be trying too hard.

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                                                                • Nepia
                                                                  Nepia last edited by

                                                                  The Lord Ben Nicholas did well there.

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                                                                  • Canes4life
                                                                    Canes4life last edited by

                                                                    Jeez Prinsep is fired up tonight. Put on four big hits so far.

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                                                                    • Stargazer
                                                                      Stargazer last edited by

                                                                      Ha, that negative play really did bite Canterbury in the bum.

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                                                                        African Monkey @Stargazer last edited by

                                                                        @Stargazer Yep, a try and a YC to Romano.

                                                                        Big 2nd half coming up, Wellington will be happy to go into the half 6 down.

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                                                                        • antipodean
                                                                          antipodean last edited by

                                                                          Wellington made hard work of that maul.

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                                                                          • Machpants
                                                                            Machpants last edited by

                                                                            My Sky has no signal, just me?

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                                                                            • Stargazer
                                                                              Stargazer @Machpants last edited by

                                                                              @Machpants All fine here.

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                                                                              • Machpants
                                                                                Machpants last edited by

                                                                                yeah thought so, must be a connection issue on the aerial, was working OK yesterday, fuck it

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                                                                                • Winger
                                                                                  Winger last edited by

                                                                                  Weird (but valid) try

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                                                                                  • Winger
                                                                                    Winger @Winger last edited by

                                                                                    @Winger said in Canterbury v Wellington:

                                                                                    Weird (but valid) try

                                                                                    19-18 wellington

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