Otago v Wellington (non-competition game)

[Winger]

1 Xavier Numia
2 James O’Reilly
3 Alex Fidow
4 James Blackwell
5 Taine Plumtree
6 Caleb Delany
7 Sam Smith
8 Keelan Whitman
9 Connor Collins
10 Jackson Garden-Bachop
11 Wes Goosen
12 Peter Umaga-Jensen
13 Julian Savea
14 Pepesana Patafilo
15 Ruben Love

Replacements:

16 Tyrone Thompson
17 Pekahou Cowan
18 Vince Sakaria
19 Iona Apineru
20 Du’Plessis Kirifi
21 Richard Judd
22 Aidan Morgan
23 Tomasi Alosio

https://www.wellingtonlions.co.nz/news/news-single/post/oreilly-to-captain-lions-in-50th-game/

[Kiwiwomble]

debut for Millar?

1 JOSH HOHNECK
2 LIAM COLTMAN - Captain
3 JERMAINE AINSLEY
4 JOSHUA HILL
5 JOSH DICKSON
6 SAM FISCHLI
7 SEAN WITHY
8 CHRISTIAN LIO-WILLIE
9 KAYNE HAMMINGTON
10 CAMERON MILLAR
11 VILIMONI KOROI
12 PATELESIO TOMKINSON
13 MATT FADDES
14 FREEDOM VAHAAKOLO
15 SAM GILBERT
16 RICKY JACKSON
17 ABRAHAM POLE
18 TAU KOLOAMATANGI
19 FABIAN HOLLAND
2. SLADE MCDOWALL
21 JAMES ARSCOTT
22 ALEKI MORRIS-LOME
23 MICHAEL MANSON

[Stargazer]

So Julian Savea was already grimacing because of pain (groin injury?) in the warm-up. Why not withdraw from the game, or swap with the bench back (in this case, Alosio) or an an extra reserve in their travelling squad? Why risk it in a non-competition game?

[Stargazer]

Also don't understand why they didn't give the start to Thompson, if they consider O'Reilly their first choice hooker.

[Stargazer]

And there you go, Savea replaced in the 14th minute. Alosio on.

[Kiwiwomble]

Game not being shown on Stan by the looks of it

[Stargazer]

@kiwiwomble It's 3 - 0 to Otago, but Wellington dominating possession and territory.

[Stargazer]

Saw that coming. Great try to Wes Goosen.

[Stargazer]

That was actually a good chip kick from JGB. Ruben Love converts from right in front of the sticks.

3 - 7 Welly

[Stargazer]

Great turnover Koroi. Otago go to the line-out, 6m from the Wgnt line.

Try Liam Coltman. Quick response! Newbie Millar again successful.

10 - 7 Otago

Toddler son of one of the players is the assistant waterboy. Cute.

[Canes4life]

Once again Umaga-Jensen makes metres setting up that try. The kid is in some form.

[Stargazer]

Great break from Peter U-J; Collins in.

Ruben love again making the easy conversion.

Tomkinson off (injured?); Morris-Lome replaces him.

10 - 14 Welly

[Stargazer]

Stupid from Alex Fidow to go for the handbags with Hohneck, while he should have run back to the defensive line.
Otago close to scoring, but ball lost forward.

[Stargazer]

Penalty goal Millar and it's time for the oranges.

HT: Otago 13 - 14 Wellington

[Stargazer]

Good to see stalling penalised, in this case Richard Judd. If the ref says "use it" twice and you don't, then there are consequences.

[Stargazer]

Great turnover from Withy, good run from Gilbert; if he'd passed to the man coming thourh on his left (Faddes?), it would have been a certain try.

[Steven Harris]

Everything that’s totally wrong about some of the laws in rugby right there , absolutely nothing gets done about teams taking their sweet arse time to set a line out , but a halfback who does not hurry to clear on the instructions of official from a ruck then pays the price by giving away the feed to the opposition.

[Bovidae]

@stargazer said in Otago v Wellington (non-competition game):

Great turnover from Withy, good run from Gilbert; if he'd passed to the man coming thourh on his left (Faddes?), it would have been a certain try.

Justice because Koroi should have been penalised for a blatant push in the back of the Wellington player (Judd?).

[Stargazer]

Try McDowall from the line-out drive. If the try hadn't been scored, Wellington would have had a man in the bin. Was it O'Reilly again, or Plumtree this time?

20 - 14 Otago

Kirifi on for the Lions, replacing Sam Smith.

[Stargazer]

Thompson on for O'Reilly.