Wellington v Taranaki

[Duluth]

The starting XV's are up on the official site. Can't see the full match day 23 anywhere yet

[Tim]

How is Grindlay going this year?

[Duluth]

Lions Named to take on Taranaki at Sky Stadium this Sunday

1 Xavier Numia, Oriental-Rongotai
2 Asafo Aumua, Avalon *
3 Pekahou Cowan, Petone
4 James Blackwell, Petone
5 Caleb Delany, Old Boys University
6 Taine Plumtree, Old Boys University
7 Du’Plessis Kirifi, Northern United (c)
8 Peter Lakai, Petone
9 TJ Perenara, Northern United
10 Aidan Morgan, Marist St Pats
11 Nehe Milner-Skudder, Eastbourne *
12 Peter Umaga-Jensen, Wainuiomata
13 Billy Proctor, Marist St Pats
14 Julian Savea, Oriental-Rongotai
15 Connor Garden-Bachop, Northern United

16 James O’Reilly, Hutt Old Boys Marist
17 Solomona Sakalia, Northern United
18 PJ Sheck, Tawa
19 Josh Toómaga, Marist St Pats
20 Keelan Whitman, Marist St Pats
21 Richard Judd, Paremata-Plimmerton
22 Ruben Love, Wainuiomata
23 Riley Higgins, Petone

Unavailable for Selection: Vince Sakaria, Tietie Tuimauga, Connor Collins, Dominic Bird, Iona Apineru, Pepesana Patafilo.

[Grooter]

@Duluth this game is really must win for both sides.. Morgan being back is good for wellington

[Duluth]

@Tim said in Wellington v Taranaki:

How is Grindlay going this year?

He's only had one game so far. That was last week on the wing v Canterbury. From memory I think most of the big moments were down the other wing or through Rona in the midifield

[Winger]

I look at this Wellington team and it looks OK. Yet it's been so poor in the last 2 matches. I hope it can turn it around this week but am not expecting much

[Winger]

@FakatavaAllBlack said in Wellington v Taranaki:

@Duluth this game is really must win for both sides.. Morgan being back is good for wellington

JGB has been dropped it seems. Not anywhere to be seen and not on the unavailable list

Morgan being good for Wellington. Agree but it shows how limited the options are at 1st 5.

[Canes4life]

@Winger said in Wellington v Taranaki:

@FakatavaAllBlack said in Wellington v Taranaki:

@Duluth this game is really must win for both sides.. Morgan being back is good for wellington

JGB has been dropped it seems. Not anywhere to be seen and not on the unavailable list

Morgan being good for Wellington. Agree but it shows how limited the options are at 1st 5.

I think Morgan has looked by far the best at running a team VS Love/JGB, he's shown great maturity for such a young player.

I would still have Love starting at 15. Seems a bit stupid having two old wings. Not sure why we don't start CGB in one of those wing positions.

[bayimports]

I mean no disrespect to Lennox, but he is no Perofeta, for me that is probably the deciding factor for me that says Welly take this one. Taranaki looked a different team when he was involved last week.

[Bovidae]

And Lennox is a halfback playing at fullback due to injuries. By all accounts he has done well in that position.

[mikey07]

I reckon having Morgan at 10 will be 1000 times better then JGB this should be a close game.

[Stargazer]

[Canes4life]

Lovely try by Peter Umaga Jensen. We look so much better with Morgan at 10. His passing is slick.

[Winger]

@Canes4life

Looking a lot slicker with Morgan at first. His goal kicking is not good enough though

[Winger]

Aumua is everywhere.

Water break after 15 minutes FFS

[Canes4life]

Aumua with another strong start to this game. Getting back to his best me feels.

[Winger]

Early tackle. It was just but

[Canes4life]

First Welly try by NMS. Wellington looking like a different side with Morgan at 10.

[Winger]

@Canes4life said in Wellington v Taranaki:

First Welly try by NMS. Wellington looking like a different side with Morgan at 10.

Hope Wellington can keep this up for the full 80

Morgan makes a big difference but his goal kicking is awful. Surely someone else in the team can do better

[Canes4life]

@Winger that wind is all over the place tbf. The best kickers in the world have trouble on these sorts of days.

Didn’t Sexton describe the Cake Tin as the hardest place to kick.

The Lions need to help Morgan and score closer to the posts.