Waikato v Auckland

Bovidae

Interesting that Toka Natua is only on the bench, as a starting Black Ferns prop.

Yeetyaah

Waikato take on Auckland at FMG Stadium Waikato on Saturday night, kick-off is at 7.35pm:

Ollie Norris (Hautapu)
Samisoni Taukei’aho (Fraser Tech)
Sefo Kautai (Hamilton Marist)
Api Naikatini (Taupiri)*
James Tucker (Hamilton Marist)
Samipeni Finau (Hamilton Old Boys)*
Mitch Jacobson (Hautapu)
Murray Iti (Otorohanga)
Jack Stratton (Hautapu)
Fletcher Smith (University)
Bailyn Sullivan (Hamilton Marist)
Dwayne Sweeney (Morrinsville Sports) - Captain
Quinn Tupaea (Hamilton Old Boys)
Declan O’Donnell (Melville)
Rivez Reihana (Melville)
Sekope Lopeti-Moli (Hautapu)
Haereiti Hetet (Otorohanga)
Josh Iosefa-Scott (Melville)
Antonio Shalfoon (Te Awamutu Sports)
Hamilton Burr (Hautapu)
Carlos Price (Hamilton Marist)*
Louis Rogers (University)/Matty Lansdown (Fraser Tech)
Brandon Mudzekenyedzi (Hautapu)*

= Waikato debut

Unavailable for selection

Solomon Alaimalo, Jahrome Brown, Tyler Campbell, Luke Jacobson, Ayden Johnstone, Anton Lienert-Brown, Damian McKenzie, Laghlan McWhannell, Sevu Reece, Taleni Seu, Toby Smith

http://www.mooloo.co.nz/newsarticle/81472

Bovidae

@DrivingMaul Have Waikato been training at Ruakura not Fred Jones/Beetham?

DrivingMaul

@Bovidae Yes because Beetham is being keptoff so it's perfect for the All Blacks when they come to play Tonga

Dice

Looking forward to the Tele'a vs Tupaea match-up.

DrivingMaul

looking forward to the double header today

Yeetyaah

Up the fucking Mooloos

Stockcar86

3 clear knockons in that series of plays and the officials did not see any of them WTF

KiwiMurph

Gibson is a bit of a gronk skills wise.

African Monkey

AJ Lam has had a shocking start.

KiwiMurph

Starting to see why Leuila hasn't kicked on haha.

African Monkey

We look a bit flat out there. Think we need to take some of those penalties and look to crawl our way back into the game.

Yeetyaah

Waikato defence on fire.

African Monkey

WTF take the points!

KiwiMurph

This Auckland team ain't a patch on last year's team.

Crazy that Stratton has not been playing Super.

African Monkey

@KiwiMurph Yeah our backline is horribly unbalanced. Lemalu is also a massive loss in our tight 5.

African Monkey

Our handling has also been awful so far.

Dice

Get that backrower in the number 9 jersey off.

Tim

Renata going well in the scrum this year.

Tim

Nine and 10 not great!

The Silver Fern

Waikato v Auckland