Hawkes Bay v Wellington
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@DurryMexted Pretty sure Cody Lokotui is the son of Lua Lokotui who was in the 'Ikale Taki squad that famous night when the 'Ikale Tahi took France down at Westpac Stadium in the 2011 World Cup! If not then he is certainly a very close relation judging by the look of him. Furthermore Lua earns himself big ticks as he played two seasons for the Magpies and is now currently coaching at the Axemen with Fa'atonu Fili and Esava Tiko. I will overlook the spell Lua had at MSP!
Cody goes good in Club rugby for a team that are no world beaters but can pull out real good efforts to run some of the better teams close but also have poor days when the wheels fall off completely. Needless to say but he will be the one of only two Lions players that I won't be positively discouraging at McLean Park on Saturday - Stan Soloman (son of Axemen Life Member Erin Rush) being the other.
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Parsons was very lucky not to go off early in the second half for a kick to the head of Sheck. Would have been a red card if someone saw it.
In saying that, Welly were never going to win that game, too much quality missing. Hawkes Bay much stronger on paper.
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@Duluth said in Hawkes Bay v Wellington:
Sullivan's form has fallen away a lot in the past 2 years
Haven't seen this game, but yeah, I have noticed that too. I had high hopes for him, but since he started getting hit with injuries he has regressed somewhat.
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@mikey07 said in Hawkes Bay v Wellington:
Nice to see this Wellington team back to their inconsistent selves of a few years ago definitely missing the likes of Dups and Lakai to this team. Just thankful there’s no promotion/relegation anymore.
Can’t be too hard on them, just look at the players we’ve lost from last year. I guess recent NPC success has been rewarded with AB calls ups for many of them…. Preston, Kirifi, Lakai, Love, Proctor have all been called in to the ABs
When you also factor in injuries to Numia, Aumua, Shields, Higgins and now Proctor, it’s really just one of those years.
Guys like Umaga-Jensen and Patafilo also left so we weren’t exactly going to set the house on fire this year.
If we had all those players fit and available above we would be near the top / if not top of the table. That’s not even including Ardie.
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@Duluth said in Hawkes Bay v Wellington:
Sullivan's form has fallen away a lot in the past 2 years
Yeah, injuries, mixed with not knowing where his best position is, it looks like he'll just slowly move to Japan eventually.
A talent that has just gotten stuck in the mud.
