Manawatu v Auckland
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Auckland team v Manawatu
1 Jordan Lay (University)
2 Robbie Abel (Waitemata)
3 Hamdahn Tuipulotu (Ponsonby)
4 Josh Beehre (DEBUT)(Grammar TEC)
5 Hamish Dalzell (College Rifles)
6 Terrell Peita (Ponsonby)
7 Niko Jones (Waitemata)
8 Vaiolini Ekuasi (East Tamaki)
9 Manu Paea (Manukau)
10 Simon Hickey © Grammar TEC)
11 Salesi Rayasi (Marist)
12 Pasqualle Dunn (East Tamaki)
13 Corey Evans (Grammar TEC)
14 Joel Cobb (Ponsonby)
15 Jordan Trainor (Ponsonby)
16 Soane Vikena (Waitemata)
17 Joshua Fusitua (Grammar TEC)
18 Charlie Abel (DEBUT)/ Marcel Renata (University)
19 Felix Kalapu (Grammar TEC)
20 Sam Hainswoth-Fa’aofo (DEBUT)(Grammar TEC)
21 Sam Wye (DEBUT) (Ponsonby)
22 Zarn Sullivan (College Rifles)
23 Sofai Maka (DEBUT)(Manukau) -
Zarn covering ten. He hasn't had many minutes in that position as an adult
Hopefully Beehre & Kalapu go well. Auckland needs some new talent at lock. Are there any semi accurate stats on their height/weight?
Hopefully Vikena gets a start v Southland. Would like to see Jock too
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@Duluth said in Manawatu v Auckland:
Zarn covering ten. He hasn't had many minutes in that position as an adult
Hopefully Beehre & Kalapu go well. Auckland needs some new talent at lock. Are there any semi accurate stats on their height/weight?
Hopefully Vikena gets a start v Southland. Would like to see Jock too
This seems to be the most recent info:
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@Stargazer Awesome. Do you have a link to the media guide?
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@Tim This is linked from the Bunnings NPC Media page: https://www.provincial.rugby/bunnings-npc/bunnings-npc-media-information/
Not all provinces give the same info. For example, Auckland only gives a player's weight; other provinces also height.
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@Stargazer Thanks.
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@Stargazer Do you know much of Josh Beehre (out of Hastings Boys)?
Good to see some new blood in the team.
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@KiwiMurph hes from up this way I believe (last couple of years at HB? @Steven-Harris) pretty sure i was a year or 2 behind his dad at WBHS.
@Stargazer Thats a great resource, I had never seen it before.
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@KiwiMurph No, I don't know much about him. Tbh, he wasn't one of the Hastings Boys' players that stood out like some other players did, so he didn't really feature in media write-ups of games. I'm not even sure how many years he attended Hastings Boys, possibly 2, but not sure. Before that, he attended Whangārei Boys'.
Edit: his last year at WBHS seems to be 2019. He played for Hastings Boys 1st XV in 2020.
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@Stargazer @taniwharugby Thanks!
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Only Rayasi and Evans were in the starting xv for both matches
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@Daffy-Jaffy Good to see some youngsters in there. If we lose, we lose but am happy to see us give them a go.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Manawatu v Auckland:
18 Charlie Abel (DEBUT)/ Marcel Renata (University)
Congrats to Charles, hopefully he gets his shot. A good kid.
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@Duluth said in Manawatu v Auckland:
Would like to see Jock too
McKenzie has not appeared at all in preseason or the first two games. I guess he is out injured at present.
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Turbos are putting out close to their best team, whereas we're putting out a B team. We should win, but I wouldn't be surprised if we struggled a bit in this one.
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A classic moment against the Turbos from 2009.
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@Dice Now those were some messy rucks! Who was number 20?
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@Tim said in Manawatu v Auckland:
@Dice No those were some messy rucks! Who was number 20?
Yeah. I thought we'd never get the ball back with how many numbers the Turbos committed at the breakdown. Onosai Auva'a came up with a miracle turnover.
Number 20 is Auvasa Faleali'i. Still plays for Papatoetoe and Manu Samoa. Surprised he doesn't have an NPC contract.
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@Dice Remember it well. We were cruising at 16-0 and then fell to pieces. They scored with about 3 to go in the corner and a young Aaron Cruden nailed a sideline conversion iirc before the winner at the end.
We had some very average teams then haha.
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fingers crossed for a good game. Love midweek rugby.
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Manawatu exceeding all expectations. Still nil nil after two minutes!
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@Higgins said in Manawatu v Auckland:
Manawatu exceeding all expectations. Still nil nil after two minutes!
This is more fun than watching the ABs
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Good break by Green 5 by the way, put into a nice gap
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@nzzp The NPC is still the most important and meaningful competition for a lot of us.
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@Higgins said in Manawatu v Auckland:
@nzzp The NPC is still the most important and meaningful competition for a lot of us.
it's embarassing how NZR have ignored it. I loved the 9/9/9 split.
On the actual rugby, the Aucklanders are using a rush defence! Fantastic and it looks effective! WTAF ... innovation?
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THat 50-22 from Manawatu 15 was superb. Not much room and he nailed it
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Turbos Looking better than Friday that's for sure😃
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Auckland defenxe around the fringes has been terrible.
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Good try Green
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@nzzp D Mac has a son🤫
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Impressive scrum from Hamdahn
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how was he allowed a 2nd crack at that turnover?
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Nice ball Rayasi to Jones
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Shit. Thought I had missed the tipping start. Thanks KP for ignoring this dead rubber
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Liking the look of Hamdahn Tuipulotu after an early scrum wobble.
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our maul has looked good in the first two games this year. Fringe defence weak so far
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Can't even be bothered criticising Simon Hickey anymore haha.
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@African-Monkey said in Manawatu v Auckland:
Can't even be bothered criticising Simon Hickey anymore haha.
He plays like a classic structured 10, but without all the skills. They're there, but slow or inaccurate.
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Nice offload by 12
