Auckland v Manawatu

[Duluth]

Auckland

1 Oscar Cowley-Andrea, 2 Soane Vikena, 3 Angus Ta'avao-Matau, 4 Josh Beehre, 5 Ola Tauelangi, 6 Che Clark, 7 Anton Segner (C), 8 Sam Hainsworth-Fa'afao, 9 James Arscott, 10 Rico Simpson, 11 Xavier Tito-Harris, 12 Xavi Taele, 13 A.J Lam, 14 Caleb Tangitau, 15 Payton Spencer

Reserves: 16 Millennium Sanerivi, 17 Joshua Fusitu'a, 18 Hamdahn Tuipulotu, 19 Tai Cribb, 20 Ofa Topeni, 21 Taufa Funaki, 22 Alexander Harford, 23 Tanieul Tele'a

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Manawatu

1 Makai Ngatai, 2 Raymond Tuputupu, 3 Feletti Sae Ta'ufo'ou, 4 Rob Harley, 5 Taine Roiri, 6 Te Kamaka Howden (C), 7 Joseph Fabish, 8 Moseese Basom, 9 Jordi Viljoen, 10 Brett Cameron, 11 Pena Va'a, 12 Ngani Laumape, 13 Kyle Brown, 14 Taniela Filimone, 15 Drew Wild

Reserves: 16 Sase Va'a, 17 Liam Pratt, 18 Misinale Naufalu Epenisa, 19 Ofa Tauatevalu, 20 Rowan Slater, 21 Jai Tamati, 22 Sam Coles, 23 Tofuka Paongo

[Duluth]

Fusitu'a and Tele'a back from injury. Fusitu'a makes a huge difference because of the number of injuries at prop

Arscott starting and Funaki sniping at the end worked well last week

[Duluth]

Beehre out, Cribb starts & Allen on the bench

[Duluth]

Spencer out and Cohen Norrie starts at fullback

[Duluth]

Both sides scoring soft tries in that half

Auckland half asleep defending the fringes of the ruck

Che Clark playing well yet again. Norrie needs to be more pragmatic at the back

[Duluth]

Great try Segner off the back of the scrum

Auckland has had a very good second half so far

[Duluth]

50 up for Auckland

Segner with a brilliant lineout steal. Him and Clark have been very good

Funaki has made a huge impact off the bench

[Duluth]

Final score 52-29

Second half was 42-7

[KiwiMurph]

Really pleasing to see Che Clark show consistency. Backed up last week with another big effort.

Simpson has a long way to go but there are aspects of his game which are really exciting - he has a genuine big boot and looks to have a good rugby brain to go with good hands.

[Duluth]

@KiwiMurph said in Auckland v Manawatu:

Simpson has a long way to go but there are aspects of his game which are really exciting - he has a genuine big boot and looks to have a good rugby brain to go with good hands.

Doesn't seem to get rattled when things go wrong too

Norrie looked promising at fullback. He took some low percentage options early but got better and better.

Good to see Taele get back in form after having a rough few weeks

[Duluth]

[jamsb]

I’m not sure if I am missing anything but why is Brett Cameron not goal kicking for Manawatu? I thought I remembered him being a good goal kicker

[Kirwan]

Manawatu have a great backline (not you Laumape, thanks for the try). Their halfback in particular has great mongrel.

Missed the game, but the highlights were action packed.

[Duluth]

@Kirwan said in Auckland v Manawatu:

Manawatu have a great backline (not you Laumape, thanks for the try). Their halfback in particular has great mongrel.

I expect the centre, Kyle Brown, to get a SR contract. He makes some good decisions

Conditions were tough in this game. Auckland played into the strong wind and had the dipping sun in their face. Manawatu had to put up with that in the second half

Some very good goalkicking from Taele given the conditions

[Chris]

@Duluth said in Auckland v Manawatu:

@Kirwan said in Auckland v Manawatu:

Manawatu have a great backline (not you Laumape, thanks for the try). Their halfback in particular has great mongrel.

I expect the centre, Kyle Brown, to get a SR contract. He makes some good decisions

Conditions were tough in this game. Auckland played into the strong wind and had the dipping sun in their face. Manawatu had to put up with that in the second half

Some very good goalkicking from Taele given the conditions

Hopefully he does he was good last year as well.