Wellington Lions 2020
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@Winger said in Wellington Lions 2020:
@Canes4life said in Wellington Lions 2020:
@Duluth I'd like to see a backline of: 9. Perenara 10. Garden-Bachop 11. Aso 12. Proctor 13. Umaga-Jensen 14. Goosen 15. Garden-Bachop, with Savea rampaging off the bench.
I'm keen for Wellington to persist with Proctor somewhere in the backline, he's still only 21 so has plenty of time on his side.
Proctor will likely come good soon enough. But he's been a bit disappointment so far. But then so was PUJ until he finally stepped up. My view is he still needs to bulk up.
With Savea, Wellington signed him so he needs a chance in his preferred position (2nd 5) so I would like to see in one game
- Perenara 10. Garden-Bachop 11. Aso 12. Savea 13. Umaga-Jensen 14. Goosen 15. Proctor
If he performs keep him there or as a backup midfielder
Its a big loss that our top two LH props are out (when did Armstrong move to Wellington?)
The coach has already said that Savea might have his ideas but they know where he has been proven in the past so will think of him there.
Sounds quite blinkered but I guess that if they think they can get value from him out wide they will try. -
@Winger He probably has been a disappointment but I don't think he's fully matured, like PUJ I think we need to give him time to develop properly before making too much judgment. If he's still playing like this in a year or two then we have a problem.
Giving Savea a go in the midfield will also come down to whether we have signed TUJ, if we have then I can't see Savea jumping our strong centre options.
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@Canes4life check Otago rugby Facebook, he's on the injured list for Otago, he's signed with Otago now
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@Canes4life said in Wellington Lions 2020:
@Duluth I'd like to see a backline of: 9. Perenara 10. Garden-Bachop 11. Aso 12. Proctor 13. Umaga-Jensen 14. Goosen 15. Garden-Bachop, with Savea rampaging off the bench.
I'm keen for Wellington to persist with Proctor somewhere in the backline, he's still only 21 so has plenty of time on his side.
There are two Garden-Bachop in your backline.
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@NateHill74 cool cool. Shame we lost TUJ but I guess it's the problem we have when we are so stacked in one position.
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How does O'Reilly still have a contract? Surely after the cocaine incident, this would be a massive black mark against his name. It's not like Wellington are short of decent hookers.
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@Canes4life Yep, Coles, Aumua and Tyrone Thompson. Not sure about the fourth.
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@Canes4life jeez what a fuckwit.
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https://www.wrfu.co.nz/news/post/wellington-lions-squad-named-for-2020-mitre-10-cup/News/detail/
Interstellar there’s 4 players that play or can play 10 excluding TJ -
@mikey07 So indeed, Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe in the squad. I wondered whether Wellington had signed him when I noticed he was playing club rugby in Wellington. It will be interesting to see if he can get more game time for the Lions.
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The Wellington Lions squad for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup is:
Naitoa Ah Kuoi
Fraser Armstrong
Vince Aso
Asafo Aumua
Ben Aumua-Peseta
Teariki Ben-Nicholas
James Blackwell
Dane Coles
Connor Collins
Caleb Delaney
Alex Fidow
Vaea Fifita
Connor Garden-Bachop
Jackson Garden-Bachop
Wes Goosen
Callum Harkin
Kemara Hauiti-Parapara
Mateaki Kafatolu
Du'Plessis Kirifi
Ruben Love
Aidan Morgan
Xavier Numia
James O'Reilly
Pepesana Patafilo
TJ Perenara
Taine Plumtree
Morgan Poi
James Poloniati
Billy Proctor
Trent Renata
Ardie Savea
Julian Savea
Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe
Tyronne Thompson
Kaliopasi Uluilakepa
Peter Umaga-Jensen
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Good depth in most positions but we look piss poor in the propping department with the loss of our two first-choice loose-head props.
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@Stargazer can he play both sides?
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@Canes4life I know him as a TH. Not sure I've ever seen him play at LH. During this year's club rugby season, he played all frontrow positions, I think, but that doesn't mean much at a higher level.
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@Stargazer I forgot Callum Harkins been playing 10 for OBU.
I’m sure he will if the rumours of Armstrong and Numia being done for the season.
On a side note good to see Reuben Love on the bench for Wainui this weekend he must’ve been injured or the WRU had wrapped him up in cotton wool.
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@Canes4life said in Wellington Lions 2020:
Good depth in most positions but we look piss poor in the propping department with the loss of our two first-choice loose-head props.
JGB would go well in there
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@Canes4life Can we get them at 1 and 3 respectively?
