Auckland v Northland
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@Nogusta this year they only started together briefly in the match v Ta$man when Tua was injured in the 1st half, so havent played together much either.
I cant see anything other than a 13+ win for Auckland unfortunately
@taniwharugby , we should’nt forget if it was’nt for injuries Brady Rush ,Robert Rush ,Johnny Cooper ,Will Grant ,Setafano Funaki and Mason Hohaia ..would not even be in the Match 23 ..so it’s not exactly Northlands number 1 lineup either , No Tom Robinson, Dan Pryor ,Harrison Levine, Temo Mayanvanua , Matt Matich ,Jordon Hyland, Dan Hawkins ,Ross Wright or Blake Hohaia based on selections earlier in the season ..still it’s a good opportunity to see how these young guys front up..still a good Auckland side in my opinion , many in theIr 23 man squad named would walk into either Southland , Manawatu , Counties Manukau or Northland without too much trouble In my opinion ..
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and again, our compressed defence leaves our wing exposed
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great touch finder by Cooper, then looked like a forward pass by Auckland
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some aimless kicking by Northland and poor handling, agian
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tough call there I reckon
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messy by Auckland as Northland manage to disrupt a maul!
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another tough one there!
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Northland hanging in off Auckland errors
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and another dropped ball
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and uncontested scrums and they play with 14??
@taniwharugby Do they play with 14 for the whole game, or from the scrum until the next stop?
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@taniwharugby Do they play with 14 for the whole game, or from the scrum until the next stop?
@Tim no idea!
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@Dice so far not looking like we will be good enough even with 14
