Auckland v Northland
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@Steven-Harris Is any of this related to pay cuts and lost opportunities in 2020 related to COVID?
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@Steven-Harris said in Auckland v Northland:
i will be at the game on Saturday
Members lounge or cheap seats?
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@Tim hard to know Auckland are probably better financially placed than some other unions , really surprised Auckland are using a loan player not wanted by the Turbos ..
I had it confirmed Auckland have a budget of $110 k for PUD contracts which is staggering , but not surprising given you have a superb donor in Peter Thomson -
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@Tim player union development contracts , Auckland actually do it rather well, they will sign a promising kid, and then put him on a ranking system and map out his path ..
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@Steven-Harris Cheers.
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@Steven-Harris Have you heard anything about an SR contract for Jimmy Roots? He was in the frame for NZ U20, and looks like a good prospect.
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@Duluth said in Auckland v Northland:
@Winger said in Auckland v Northland:
Has Niko got any game time yet
Yes
3 or 4 games from the bench
Certainly looked the goods at schoolboy level (from the little I saw)
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Let’s go North Auckland
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Northland Team:
Li, Olsen, Tuiloma
Goodhue, Caird
R Rush, McNamara, Jacobson
Nock, Cooper
Tua, Ranger
Macilai, Wright, B Rush
Bench: Mason Hohaia (debut) Kearns, Te Whata-Colley, Funaki, Stokes, Grant, Faiane, GregoryKane Jacobson!! Great to see him back, have to assume M10 players have access to the same level of testing for head injuries that we do at super and AB level? If he is good to go, that is great news for him, classy player!
Can only assume they have trained expecting to lose Gregory? Only conclusion I can come to as to why he is on the bench after finally getting into the mid-field.
Starting loose trio from last week: Pryor & Matich both being given a rest, Robinson HIA (supposedly this week only) despite this, still like the look of our loose forward trio!
Ross Wright injured too
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@taniwharugby happy for young Mason Hohaia ..another Northland boy schooled at Mt Albert Grammar...on the small size for a hooker , but is mobile and throws good darts, you have probably seen him running around for Kamo , I think he is Blake’s younger brother ..
And speaking of Kamo the long lost Kane Jacobson ..hope he’s over his head knocks..
Aorangi Stokes must be thinking , I only get rolled out on the big stadiums in NZ..Westpac last year, and now Eden Park this year.. -
@Steven-Harris sadly Kamo struggled at lineout time this season, but more that they lacked any height.
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@taniwharugby it’s odd that it is actually a really exciting team even without some of our better players. A few less injuries and some different options early on and we could have really taken advantage of the squad. Hope everyone is up for it.
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James Lay (University)
Soane Vikena (Ponsonby)
Angus Ta’avao (Eden)
Hamish Dalzell (College Rifles)
Liam Hallam-Eames (Grammar TEC)
Presley Tufuga (Ponsonby)
Niko Jones (Waitemata)
Sione Tuipulotu (Eden)
Jonathan Ruru (University)
Simon Hickey
(Grammar TEC)
Salesi Rayasi (Marist)
Harry Plummer (Grammar TEC)
Tanielu Tele’a (Marist)
AJ Lam (Grammar TEC)
Zarn Sullivan (College Rifles)
Leni Apisai (Ponsonby)
Jarred Adams (Suburbs)
Marco Fepulea’i (Ponsonby)
Felix Kalapu (Grammar TEC)(Debut)
Terell Peita (Ponsonby)(Debut)
Danny Tusitala (Ponsonby)
Willie Talataina (Ponsonby)(Debut)
Joel Cobb (Ponsonby)
Very much a B/development team - Northland favorites?
Excited to see Terrell Peita get a run. He was great for Ponsonby in what we got of the club season.
Scott Scrafton, Jack Whetton, Adrian Choat, Blake Gibson and TJ Faiane and Tumua Manu all out injured. -
