Highlanders v Rebels

[Stargazer]

Highlander v Rebels – 4:35pm, Saturday 20th May, Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin

1 Ethan de Groot
2 Andrew Makalio
3 Jermaine Ainsley
4 Shannon Frizell
5 Max Hicks
6 Sean Withy
7 Billy Harmon (C)
8 Hugh Renton
9 Aaron Smith
10 Freddie Burns
11 Jona Nareki
12 Sam Gilbert
13 Fetuli Paea
14 Jonah Lowe
15 Connor Garden-Bachop

Reserves: 16. Leni Apisai 17. Daniel Lienert-Brown 18. Saula Ma’u 19. Marino Mikaele-Tu'u 20. James Lentjes 21. Folau Fakatava 22. Mitch Hunt 23. Thomas Umaga-Jensen

Not Available due to injury: Vili Koroi (knee) Marty Banks (groin) Jeff Thwaites (back) Josh Timu (leg) Jake Te Hiwi (ankle) Cameron Millar (ankle) Fabian Holland (hamstring) Josh Dickson (concussion) Pari Pari Parkinson (illness) Will Tucker (concussion)

Highlanders to play Rebels in must-win Dunedin clash | Highlanders Rugby Club Limited Partnership

The Highlanders are back at home for two important games over the next two weeks. First up are the Melbourne Rebels on Saturday afternoon.

[Kiwiwomble]

for actual fucks sake....fucking paea plays and TUJ isn't

[Canes4life]

@Kiwiwomble that may suggest he's shifting next year. Usually players go out of favour when they've signed deals elsewhere. Didn't someone mention the Blues are interested in him?

[Kiwiwomble]

its been mentioned but thats just stupid, we should be wringing even minute out of him if thats true

If that was the case then surely we blood new guys rather than one out of position and one out of form

This is all unless we've actually written off the season and they just dont want him to get injured but dont care about paea

[Stargazer]

@Kiwiwomble TU-J is named on the bench.

[Kiwiwomble]

yes....i saw that

[Duluth]

@Stargazer said in Highlanders v Rebels:

4 Shannon Frizell
5 Max Hicks

The Highlanders website is showing Tucker instead of Hicks

[Stargazer]

@Duluth Yeah, I don't know whether the media release they sent per email or the one on their website is the correct one.

Edit: the line-up on their social media has Hicks starting at 5.

[Stargazer]

Melbourne Rebels Match Day 23 vs Highlanders

1 Matt Gibbon
2 Alex Mafi
3 Sam Talakai
4 Josh Canham
5 Matt Philip
6 Vaiolini Ekuasi
7 Brad Wilkin ( C )
8 Richard Hardwick
9 Ryan Louwrens
10 Reece Hodge
11 Monty Ioane
12 Stacey Ili
13 Lukas Ripley
14 Lachlan Anderson
15 Andrew Kellaway
16 Jordan Uelese
17 Isaac Aedo Kailea
18 Pone Fa'amausili
19 Trevor Hosea
20 Tamati Ioane
21 James Tuttle
22 Nick Jooste
23 Joe Pincus

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[Bones]

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Rebels:

its been mentioned but thats just stupid, we should be wringing even minute out of him if thats true

If that was the case then surely we blood new guys rather than one out of position and one out of form

This is all unless we've actually written off the season and they just dont want him to get injured but dont care about paea

Wait...is fucking Paea back again next year?

At least we've got Lowe on the wing, but fuck...that means we've got TUJ and Gregory to choose from, so we select Paea.

Spastic

[Grooter]

@Bones I've heard Paea is moving on to the Zebre club over in Italy

[Mattasaurus]

Scott Gregory dropped ... deservedly

[Nepia]

MMT's strangely on the outer (from starting) at the Highlanders this year. Or maybe he's trying the Frizell route to getting into the ABs?

[Mattasaurus]

8/12 in finals.... so crap... Landers don't deserve to be in with a sniff to be fair.

Hope they put a good performance on today.... gawd knows we the fans have suffered through the season so far.

[Mattasaurus]

@Nepia said in Highlanders v Rebels:

MMT's strangely on the outer (from starting) at the Highlanders this year. Or maybe he's trying the Frizell route to getting into the ABs?

I wonder if WIthy and Rentons form is a factor in it... I rate Marino one of the few areas we have a modicum of depth

[Nepia]

@Mattasaurus said in Highlanders v Rebels:

@Nepia said in Highlanders v Rebels:

MMT's strangely on the outer (from starting) at the Highlanders this year. Or maybe he's trying the Frizell route to getting into the ABs?

I wonder if WIthy and Rentons form is a factor in it... I rate Marino one of the few areas we have a modicum of depth

While I've found them to be in good form I haven't really noticed MMT being that out of form in his minimum amount of time on the field. Has he even started a match this year? I think even Nikora Broughton has started a match.

[Stargazer]

Looks like a try to me.

[Mattasaurus]

farking joke

[Stargazer]

The ref should have awarded the try and then let the TMO find conclusive evidence it was held-up.

[SouthernMann]

That is a horiffic call