North Harbour v BOP

[Duluth]

North Harbour

1 James Lay, 2 Bryn Gordon, 3 Sione Mafile'o, 4 Tom Savage (c), 5 Felix Kalapu, 6 Tristyn Cook, 7 Jed Melvin, 8 Gage Jackson, 9 Luke Campbell, 10 Cameron Howell, 11 Mark Telea, 12 Tom Gilbert Hendrickson, 13 Thomas Barham, 14 Kade Banks, 15 Hunter Rice

Reserves: 16 Peniaina Cakobau, 17 Leka Tu'ungafasi, 18 Sam Davies, 19 Jack Lee, 20 Karl Ruzich, 21 Siaosi Nginngini, 22 Oscar Koller, 23 Sofai Notoa-Tipo

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BOP

1 Josh Bartlett, 2 Kurt Eklund (c), 3 Benet Kumeroa, 4 Semisi Paea, 5 Jai Knight, 6 Jacob Norris, 7 Vevenni Lasaaqa, 8 Nikora Broughton, 9 Richard Judd, 10 Kaleb Trask, 11 Leroy Carter, 12 Seamus Bardoul, 13 Fehi Fineanganofo, 14 Emoni Narawa, 15 Cole Forbes

Reserves: 16 Taine Kolose, 17 Tevita Mafileo, 18 Filipe Vakasiuola, 19 Kieran Harris, 20 Joe Johnston, 21 Charlie Sinton, 22 Lucas Cashmore, 23 Tāmiro Armstrong

[UpTheHarbs]

• James Lay, Sione Mafile'o, Gage Jackson and Hunter Rice move to the starting lineup
• Mark Tele'a and Kade Banks return from injury to start on the wings
• Sam Davies and Karl Ruzich also return from injury off the bench
  

As mentioned in the ABs thread, Leroy Carter, Emoni Narawa and Tevita Mafile'o will be playing for BOP in this game.

[pakman]

Mafileo v Mafileo could be interesting.

Lots of AB wingers!

[Duluth]

Just kicked off

[Duluth]

Nice run Narawa

[Donsteppa]

A lot of possession and territory for the Bay, not much in the way of points to show for it so far.

[antipodean]

Poor decision by Telea.

Having said that, it seemed a natural progression from the decision to kick away possession won at a defensive lineout. Not smart rugby all round.

[antipodean]

refereeing. Counter ruck from BOP clearly off his feet.

[SouthernMann]

Been a bit of a meh game so far.

BoP lineojt especially has been rubbish. Certainly not looking like one of the best teams in the comp

[antipodean]

In 2025 how are there players who still don't know you can't dive on a player on the ground..?

[KiwiPie]

This is a tough watch. Missing Ah Kuoi.

[antipodean]

Harbour look terrible. Absolutely no structure on attack - each recipient of the ball looks surprised to have been given it. And instead of going into the sheds eight points down, they've instead given BOP a chance to extend their lead.

[antipodean]

And for all that, BOP are still only 0 - 11 up.

[KiwiPie]

Not getting any better .....

[pakman]

Shocking mistake. Just fall on ball?

[KiwiPie]

@pakman we needed a gift, have wasted a number of opportunities

[KiwiPie]

19-7, messy game full of mistakes. Bay generally on top but took too long to put the game to bed.

[pakman]

Bloody scrappy game.

[Steven Harris]

Bop too good should have won by a lot more
Jed Melvin would not look out of place in a super team
Overall a very hard watch

[UpTheHarbs]

Thank goodness for the Wahs... even though they're down at half time.
Harbour start the season 0-5 for the first time since 2012.