Hawke's Bay v Manawatu (RS)
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HAWKE'S BAY
15 Caleb Makene
14 Lolagi Visinia
13 Stacey Ili
12 Danny Toala
11 Neria Fomai
10 Lincoln McClutchie
9 Folau Fakatava
8 Devan Flanders
7 Brendon O'Connor
6 Marino Mikaele-Tu'u
5 Tom Parsons
4 Geoff Cridge
3 Joe Apikotoa
2 Ash Dixon
1 Pouri Rakete-Stones16 Kianu Kereru-Symes
17 Jason Long
18 Joel Hintz
19 Isaia Walker-Leawere
20 Gareth Evans
21 Connor McLeod
22 Jonah Lowe
23 Kurt BakerSecond five Ollie Sapsford is out with injury, meaning Danny Toala takes the number 12 jersey after a strong performance off the bench against Northland.
"It's unlucky for Ollie because he's been playing well but it gives Danny an opportunity now," Ozich said.
An opportunity has been granted to fullback Caleb Makene as well, with the 24-year-old selected over former Turbo Kurt Baker, who drops to the bench.
"(Makene) needs a chance to have a crack, and Kurt's played a lot of minutes through the pre-season and the last six rounds," Ozich said.As well as the Ranfurly Shield, the K.R. Tremain Memorial Trophy is also on the line.
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@Number-10 Baker finally dropped huh!
This should be a big win for the holders!
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@Number-10 Glad to see Baker demoted to the bench and Makene getting a start, who did well at fullback, last year.
Good to see Lowe make his return via the bench, which should mean that his concussion problems are behind him.
Pleased to have Toala back in the starting XV. Sapsford has been better than last year, but makes too many handling errors. I lost count of the number of times he knocked the ball on.
I love seeing that 8-9-10-12 Hastings boys combo.
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Just Propsicle has got their tips in for the third placed HB Team this week. Up against the South Island Team this week who currently lurk just the two points behind us on the ladder. They always manage to make things difficult for us whenever we take them on at Tipping particularly Smudge who seems to pull out a blinder against us. We will need to be at peak performance level for this encounter as a play off spot is not yet certain and with just under four hours to go before kick off in this round we need you @Number-10 @Stockcar86 @Paj @stargazer to put your thinking caps on to make inspired selections, other than the mandatory Home 17+ for the HB v 'Poo match, to help us out.
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1 Solomona Sakalia, 2 Sam Stewart, 3 Michael Alaalatoa, 4 Micaiah Torrance-Read, 5 Liam Mitchell, 6 Howden Te Kamaka, 7 Shamus Hurley-Langton, 8 Kirk Tufuga, 9 Jamie Booth, 10 Ben Wyness, 11 Te Rangatira Waitokia, 12 James Tofa, 13 Josiah Maraku, 14 Nigel Ah Wong, 15 Nehe Milner-Skudder
Reserves: Siua Maile, Tietie Tuimauga, Paulo Leleisiuao, Teofilo Paulo, Johnny Galloway, Bryn Wilson, Drew Wild, Adam Boult
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@Number-10 said in Shield Snorters v Manawatu (RS):
HAWKE'S BAY
15 Caleb Makene
14 Lolagi Visinia
13 Stacey Ili
12 Danny Toala
11 Neria Fomai
10 Lincoln McClutchie
9 Folau Fakatava
8 Devan Flanders
7 Brendon O'Connor
6 Marino Mikaele-Tu'u
5 Tom Parsons
4 Geoff Cridge
3 Joe Apikotoa
2 Ash Dixon
1 Pouri Rakete-Stones16 Kianu Kereru-Symes
17 Jason Long
18 Joel Hintz
19 Isaia Walker-Leawere
20 Gareth Evans
21 Connor McLeod
22 Jonah Lowe
23 Kurt Baker
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@Stargazer said in Shield Snorters v Manawatu (RS):
@Yeetyaah That's a misinterpretation from the Fern. The real bragging rights are about who is the REAL Bay, not who can call themselves Bay (that's a Fern thing).
perhaps, ...I would argue the fern started it before any of the media got involved.Still a good bit of fun on the side nonetheless
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Great try from Toala. @Stargazer please contain yourself.
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Makene so much better than Baker
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