Taranaki v Hawkes Bay

[Duluth]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/300372411/its-not-cricket--famous-taranaki-cricket-ground-ready-to-host-rugby-match

Might be hard to judge some of the conversions/penalties

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Bovidae]

Looking forward to this game because of the unique venue.

[Stargazer]

Your Yarrows Taranaki team vs Shield Snorters

Unavailable due to injury:
● Mitchell Brown (week to week)
● Lachlan Boshier (week to week)
● Logan Crowley(week to week)
● Kaylum Boshier (season-ending)

[cgrant]

Strong line up. No Grindlay ?

[Crucial]

That’s a very strong NPC side. And to think they could add two Bosh’s and a Brown to the mix.

[Number 10]

[Stargazer]

@number-10 Strong line-up! Good to see MMT on the team sheet. I had seen him on photos of training, but wasn't sure he was ready to play. His leg injury must have healed fast!

[Nepia]

I must admit I don't know anything about Tuitavuki. Is he any good?

[Higgins]

@nepia Watchyed him live against the Coast so it was a little hard to judge how he might go against the professional teams. He looked kind of the size of Lolagi Visinia ie quite tall and well built in a good kind of way. I would pick him to be more your forceful bustling type of winger rather than your Terry Wright type although he did seem to be quite quick off the mark but whether he has the 90 metre runaway try type of sustained speed I am unsure. Guess we will not know until we see him in action where he needs to display it, if he has got it that is.

[Nepia]

@higgins I assume, @Stargazer might know, he's a fill in until Makene/Fomai and Sapsford come back in?

[Number 10]

@nepia said in Taranaki v Shield Snorters:

I must admit I don't know anything about Tuitavuki. Is he any good?

He was in the 2020 HB Academy team and played once for the Shield Snorters last year.

Played for Havelock North last year and switched to Clive this year. He is a fulltime member of this year's Shield Snorters squad.

[Nepia]

@number-10 said in Taranaki v Shield Snorters:

@nepia said in Taranaki v Shield Snorters:

I must admit I don't know anything about Tuitavuki. Is he any good?

He was in the 2020 HB Academy team and played once for the Shield Snorters last year.

Played for Havelock North last year and switched to Clive this year. He is a fulltime member of this year's Shield Snorters squad.

Cheers, although you missed the key question in my post.

[bayimports]

out of curiousity where is Folau Fakatava? ..injured?

[Tim]

@bayimports Yep, out for season with ACL injury.

[bayimports]

@tim said in Taranaki v Shield Snorters:

@bayimports Yep, out for season with ACL injury.

ouch..poor guy, never wish an ACL on anyone.. seriously good young player

[Nepia]

@bayimports said in Taranaki v Shield Snorters:

@tim said in Taranaki v Shield Snorters:

@bayimports Yep, out for season with ACL injury.

ouch..poor guy, never wish an ACL on anyone.. seriously good young player

Pretty sure we wouldn't have had him anyway as he would have been with the ABs.

[KiwiMurph]

Great weather. Cool ground. Enjoying this.

[Higgins]

Holy crap, I know the boundaries for cricket at Pukekura Park are pathetically short but hell look at the miniscule in goal areas here, they would be considered small even by rugby league standards.

[Nepia]

Not a great start by the Shield Snorters.