Taranaki v Counties
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Taranaki
1 Reuben O'Neill, 2 Ricky Riccitelli, 3 Ben May, 4 Josh Lord, 5 Findlamor Hoeata, 6 Mitchell Brown (c), 7 Lachlan Boshier, 8 Kaylum Boshier, 9 Lisati Milo-Harris, 10 Stephen Perofeta, 11 Lewis Ormond, 12 Brayton Northcott-Hill, 13 Sean Wainui, 14 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens, 15 Jayson PotrozReserves: 16 Bradley Slater, 17 Jared Proffit, 18 Donald Brighouse, 19 Mitchell Crosswell, 20 Tom Florence, 21 Wawrick Lahmert, 22 Codey Rei, 23 Lukas Halls
Counties
1 Ezekiel Lindenmuth, 2 Donald Maka, 3 Suetena Asomua, 4 Sam Slade, 5 Matiaha Martin, 6 Viliame Taulani, 7 Alamanda Motuga, 8 Kieran Read, 9 Jonathan Taumateine, 10 Jason Robertson, 11 Sione Fifita, 12 Orbyn Leger, 13 Nikolai Foliaki, 14 Kirisi Kuridrania, 15 Luteru LaulalaReserves: 16 Zuriel Togiatama, 17 Conan O’Donnell, 18 Clinton Malolua, 19 Potu Leavasa, 20 Jonathan Kawau, 21 Cameron Roigard, 22 Kalione Hala, 23 Etene Nanai-Seturo
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Good to see O'Neill is playing. When he left the field last Sunday I feared he had a serious injury.
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Perofeta looks so good in broken play
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CM showing plenty of courage to stay in the fight .
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Sweet finish by Ormond.
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I reckon that Ormond try was out, foot out simultaneous with place of try.
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@mikedogz really great desperation from Martin ,great to see despite the final result
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I'm liking the look of Taulani. Good reward for his impact as a substitute for the last few weeks.
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Game on! We got to hold this lead.
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Excellent try, ENS beating defenders and setting up Kuridrani.
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Good work by Motuga and ENS in the lead-up to that try.
Motuga is having a very good game.
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Perofeta showing he still is such an up and down player..
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@Steven-Harris he's a 15 not a 10.
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Milo-Harris' service is so poor.
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@KiwiMurph on saying that , to see 2 drop outs from halfway in the same game is not acceptable wether you play 10 or 15 ..played all his rugby at Whanganui Collegiate as 10 ..
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I was wondering where Boshier was. He's been mostly invisible in this game.
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Terrible from Taumateine , your forwards are working overtime , and you put a high kick from an Indirect free kick straight into touch ..seriously ..!
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ENS finally flourishing at 15's this year
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@mikedogz I havent watched him the past few weeks, but prior to that I thought he was average at best.
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Perofetas attempted tackle on ENS was pitiful..and that was defending as a 15..
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@taniwharugby said in Taranaki v Counties:
@mikedogz I havent watched him the past few weeks, but prior to that I thought he was average at best.
People don't realize how good he's been the last several weeks. He's leading the comp in defenders beaten and running metres.
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@Dice yeah as I said, havent watched today or the 2 weekends prior.
Great if he does kick on given the way he ended up in rugby...
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Great defence, turnover from Kezza Read, Counties send him away with a win.
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@Dice said in Taranaki v Counties:
@taniwharugby said in Taranaki v Counties:
@mikedogz I havent watched him the past few weeks, but prior to that I thought he was average at best.
People don't realize how good he's been the last several weeks. He's leading the comp in defenders beaten and running metres.
He just hasn't been able to link up with his team mates after those runs.
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@mikedogz well said , stoked for Counties , thought Read was superb with his little touches and his leadership for what is a young CM team was crucial ..thought the catalyst for the win was their D playing into the wind in the first half and then bench in the 2nd half ..Read can head off to Japan as the champion that he is.
I do wonder sometimes if winning the shield is can be a curse especially once you have lost it ..getting back on the horse seems to be a challenge for some teams . -
@Steven-Harris said in Taranaki v Counties:
@mikedogz well said , stoked for Counties , thought Read was superb with his little touches and his leadership for what is a young CM team was crucial ..thought the catalyst for the win was their D playing into the wind in the first half and then bench in the 2nd half ..Read can head off to Japan as the champion that he is.
I do wonder sometimes if winning the shield is can be a curse especially once you have lost it ..getting back on the horse seems to be a challenge for some teams .I just don't think they're that good without the Barretts( and Walden). This is pretty much the same group of guys that were very poor last season.
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@mikedogz said in Taranaki v Counties:
Great defence, turnover from Kezza Read, Counties send him away with a win.
Very fitting that Read won that penalty if that is to be his last action in a CM jersey.
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@Dice that’s a fair comment.
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Taulani should get a SR contract.
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Loved the emotion from the CM boys after Read won that penalty. Naki certainly had their chances in all that extra time camped in the 22.
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@ACT-Crusader Taranaki lacked a bit of leadership at the end. Not sure why they tapped it when Counties still had a man in the bin.
