Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season
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Nehe Milner-Skudder, Ngatungane Punivai, Fetuli Paea, Sio Tomkinson, Jona Nareki, Mitch Hunt, Aaron Smith (c), Marino Mikaele-Tu’u, Billy Harmon, Shannon Frizell, Jack Regan, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, Siate Tokolahi, Ash Dixon, Daniel Lienert-Brown.
Reserves: Liam Coltman, Josh Hohneck, Jeff Thwaites, Josh Dickson, Bryn Evans, Folau Fakatava, Josh Ioane, Connor Garden-Bachop, Michael Collins, Teariki Ben-Nicholas, James Lentjes, Hugh Renton, Thomas Umaga-Jensen, Solomon Alaimalo.
@Kiwiwomble Fakatava, but no Hammington on the bench. Did Hammington get injured, last week, or is this a sign for things to change? Good to see that Tokolahi, MMT and Alaimalo have overcome their "niggles" and that the injuries to Dickson and Evans weren't serious. Still no Josh Ioane and Liam Squire.
That midfield, Tomkinson and Paea, anyone else think that these players are too similar to put them both in the starting line-up?
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@Kiwiwomble Fakatava, but no Hammington on the bench. Did Hammington get injured, last week, or is this a sign for things to change? Good to see that Tokolahi, MMT and Alaimalo have overcome their "niggles" and that the injuries to Dickson and Evans weren't serious. Still no Josh Ioane and Liam Squire.
That midfield, Tomkinson and Paea, anyone else think that these players are too similar to put them both in the starting line-up?
@Stargazer just edited it, josh is on the bench, the list I copied had him missing but the article and the list at the end had him there
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@Stargazer just edited it, josh is on the bench, the list I copied had him missing but the article and the list at the end had him there
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@Kiwiwomble Good to hear is he's fit in time for this game and will get some game time before round 1.
@Stargazer I think I agree re Paea and sio, althought I haven't seen loads of Paea. You also have Punivai outside them and you basically have three kind of tall strong bloke in a row and then little old NMS and Nareki the other way
I like pictures
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Nehe Milner-Skudder, Ngatungane Punivai, Fetuli Paea, Sio Tomkinson, Jona Nareki, Mitch Hunt, Aaron Smith (c), Marino Mikaele-Tu’u, Billy Harmon, Shannon Frizell, Jack Regan, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, Siate Tokolahi, Ash Dixon, Daniel Lienert-Brown.
Reserves: Liam Coltman, Josh Hohneck, Jeff Thwaites, Josh Dickson, Bryn Evans, Folau Fakatava, Josh Ioane, Connor Garden-Bachop, Michael Collins, Teariki Ben-Nicholas, James Lentjes, Hugh Renton, Thomas Umaga-Jensen, Solomon Alaimalo.
@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
Nehe Milner-Skudder, Ngatungane Punivai, Fetuli Paea, Sio Tomkinson, Jona Nareki, Mitch Hunt, Aaron Smith (c), Marino Mikaele-Tu’u, Billy Harmon, Shannon Frizell, Jack Regan, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, Siate Tokolahi, Ash Dixon, Daniel Lienert-Brown.
Interesting Front Row, back three lack a bit of pace....
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@Stargazer I think I agree re Paea and sio, althought I haven't seen loads of Paea. You also have Punivai outside them and you basically have three kind of tall strong bloke in a row and then little old NMS and Nareki the other way
I like pictures
@Kiwiwomble Interesting to see they have cloned Hugh Renton! :grinning_face:
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
Nehe Milner-Skudder, Ngatungane Punivai, Fetuli Paea, Sio Tomkinson, Jona Nareki, Mitch Hunt, Aaron Smith (c), Marino Mikaele-Tu’u, Billy Harmon, Shannon Frizell, Jack Regan, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, Siate Tokolahi, Ash Dixon, Daniel Lienert-Brown.
Interesting Front Row, back three lack a bit of pace....
@Machpants Paea is at 13, Nareki is the other wing
@Stargazer always on the cutting edge down south, we have roof on our stadium don't ya know
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@Machpants Paea is at 13, Nareki is the other wing
@Stargazer always on the cutting edge down south, we have roof on our stadium don't ya know
@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
@Machpants Paea is at 13, Nareki is the other wing
@Stargazer always on the cutting edge down south, we have roof on our stadium don't ya know
My point being it starts at 15 not 1, not how it should be done. Press man must be a back
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
@Machpants Paea is at 13, Nareki is the other wing
@Stargazer always on the cutting edge down south, we have roof on our stadium don't ya know
My point being it starts at 15 not 1, not how it should be done. Press man must be a back
@Machpants Or from the NH.
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For who, just like @Kiwiwomble and me, like pictures:
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@Machpants Or from the NH.
@Stargazer said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
@Machpants Or from the NH.
That's even worse, 15-9, 1-8. WTF?
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Starting highlanders backline better not be the one that starts the season proper....
Be interesting to see if NMS actually has anything to offer, but I won't be holding my breath.
@bones said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
Starting highlanders backline better not be the one that starts the season proper....
Based on the performances in Temuka it looks like 10 and 15 are the only positions that are really up for grabs. 1st 5 will depend on Ioane's fitness and fullback could be Alaimalo, CGB or even Hunt.
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@bones said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
Starting highlanders backline better not be the one that starts the season proper....
Based on the performances in Temuka it looks like 10 and 15 are the only positions that are really up for grabs. 1st 5 will depend on Ioane's fitness and fullback could be Alaimalo, CGB or even Hunt.
@bovidae said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
@bones said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
Starting highlanders backline better not be the one that starts the season proper....
Based on the performances in Temuka it looks like 10 and 15 are the only positions that are really up for grabs. 1st 5 will depend on Ioane's fitness and fullback could be Alaimalo, CGB or even Hunt.
Michael Collins come on down...
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@bones we’re all happy to hear, he did a interview the other day where he said he was concentrating on midfield
https://www.superrugby.co.nz/news/collins-eyes-up-spot-in-highlanders-midfield/
"At the moment I think it suits me a bit better," he said....always did mate
I don’t think the midfield is locked in either, we’ve got a group of guys that have been with us for a while and not really shone and some new guys
