Hawkes Bay vs. North Harbour (RS)
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Strong looking squad. Apart from - obviously - Brodie Retallick at 4, a deserved start for Tyrone Thompson; his first in the Magpies jersey. Great to see that the coaches finally realise that Ili should start at 13 instead of Grigg. Still coach's pet Tiatia at 15 though. Would have preferred Makene at fullback, so we have proper 10 cover as well.
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@Stargazer wow look at that forward pack!
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Strong looking squad. Apart from - obviously - Brodie Retallick at 4, a deserved start for Tyrone Thompson; his first in the Magpies jersey. Great to see that the coaches finally realise that Ili should start at 13 instead of Grigg. Still coach's pet Tiatia at 15 though. Would have preferred Makene at fullback, so we have proper 10 cover as well.
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@Stargazer it's not Tyrone's first start, he started against Otago and scored the first try that night
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in Hawkes Bay vs. North Harbour (RS):
@Tim Mark Telea ready to make a Viliame Waqaseduadua afternoon of it
I watched that game at stupid hours from London. What a day!
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The rain has arrived in Napier about an hour ago and looks like it has set in for a while. The forecast for tomorrow is not flash with showers all day until mid afternoon and a fresh sou-wester. Overnight temp tonight = 10 (currently 13 - down from 18 just 90 minutes ago) and tomorrow's high estimated to be 15degrees. All in all it looks to be not a nice rugby watching afternoon for the fans and those in the tipping competitions might want to revise the amount of points scored down a bit as it seems unlikely there will be much razzle dazzle flash backline movements given the forecast!
Still forecasts have been known to be wrong here in the Bay, fingers crossed that it is this time but either way it will be damp and a bit heavy underfoot, or what passes as heavy underfoot with these modern sand based surfaces these days. -
Felix Kalapu must be on loan from Auckland. He already played for Auckland v Manawatu this year
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