Magpies 2023

@Higgins Auckland has had plenty of stuff on Instagram about the NPC team - training photos etc - but nothing about this game, so maybe it was a mistake or cancelled?

kiwimatrix

A friend of mine on Facebook who lives in Taupo now,attended a game there yesterday but the photos are very unclear.One team looks like Auckland but the other team wore sky blue jerseys.

Stargazer

@kiwimatrix The Magpies seem to have blue training jerseys. I wouldn't call it sky blue, but it's still blue.

kiwimatrix

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kiwimatrix

I don't know how to put photos on here

Stargazer

@kiwimatrix If it's from a FB feed, on a computer, right-click on the photo and chose "copy image". Then right-click and paste here. Don't left-click on the photo first, because then usually the photo is bigger and if you try to paste that here, you usually get the message that the file is too large to post.

frugby

@kiwimatrix If we don't overthink things, the sky blue is surely Northland... though quite why they would play Auckland in Taupo? Unless of course it was a game of three halves at the end of a training camp.

Number 10

Magpies v Auckland was 29-29 draw.

Brad Weber and Isaia Walker-Leawere did not play.

Non-squad members who played were Ryo Kikkawa, Bethel Malasia and Paoraian Manuel-Harman.

Higgins

@kiwimatrix said in Magpies 2023:

It's almost as if the whole club season was a waste of time
They appear to have completely disregarded the club form and there's not even any fringe players named like they usually do.

Just happened to be passing Park Island during a very brief visit back home yesterday and miraculously found the very things Mr. James has been looking for all season :glasses:
By the way will you be a starter for the HB Tipping Team this year? Need to get a squad together quickly as it kicks off very shortly and we have not been in the best form these last few seasons. Ditto other regulars @Stockcar86 @Paj @Billsy111 @Number-10 @Stargazer etc etc

Stargazer

It looks like we're not going to get any info about today's preseason game against Waikato in Taupō. :disappointed_face:

Stargazer

Finally! They've posted the line-up and details for today's preseason game!

Stargazer

Of our NZU20 boys, only Hunter Morrison is getting a run. Tom Allen is still on suspension; Cooper Flanders and Godfrey rested? Of our All Blacks XV players, Rakete-Stones and Fakatava are playing, but not Thompson. I assume IWL didn't play for the ABsXV due to injury and that that is also the reason for not playing this game?

No first five cover on the bench, so that will be Makene shifting to 10 if McClutchie can't play 80, with Tiatia shifting to - or Manuel-Harman coming on - at fullback.

All in all, this is not our strongest squad possible, but reasonably close.

Higgins

@Stargazer What do we know about number 18 I. Salmon?

The Silver Fern

Magpies 2023