Auckland v Canterbury

[Landers92]

@Duluth said in Auckland v Canterbury:

Both sides out of form so hard to pick

Does Auckland get Plummer back this week? That should help the organisation, both starting tens have played poor so far

Canterbury lost Poihipi to an injury that didn’t look great last weekend and he has been their 10 this season. Only other 10 in Canterbury’s squad is James White who is an NPC rookie. Doesn’t get any easier for them.

[Bovidae]

BOK will be the ref.

[Duluth]

Auckland put up a few training photos. No Plummer in those photos but it did show Sullivan and Simpson training. So the first five availability problems appear to be over

[Duluth]

[Duluth]

1 Finlay Brewis, 2 Brodie McAlister, 3 Seb Calder, 4 Jamie Hannah, 5 Dominic Gardiner, 6 Billy Harmon (C), 7 Corey Kellow, 8 Cullen Grace, 9 Willi Heinz, 10 James White, 11 Ngatungane Punivai, 12 Jone Rova, 13 Braydon Ennor, 14 Isaac Hutchinson, 15 Chay Fihaki

Reserves: 16 James Mullan, 17 Daniel Lienert-Brown, 18 Gus Brown, 19 Tahlor Cahill, 20 Tom Christie, 21 Nic Shearer, 22 Ryan Crotty, 23 Kurtis Macdonald

[Bovidae]

I'll be keen to see how Sanerivi goes (re: SR selection).

[Duluth]

@Bovidae does he already have a Chiefs contract for 2025?

[Bovidae]

@Duluth No idea, but he would be the likely replacement for Thompson. Maybe Tyrone is staying with rugby?

[Canes4life]

This is a bit of a cripple fight so far. Both teams struggling to hold onto the ball in the first 15 minutes. Tito-Harris looking dangerous from fullback.

[Canes4life]

Cullen Grace off with a head knock.

[Duluth]

Get Simpson on

[Canes4life]

Gus Brown getting absolutely monstered at scrum time.

[Canes4life]

Shocking game so far. Even TJ's complaining how bad both teams have been.

Surely Canterbury are close to a card, they are getting munted at scrum time.

[Duluth]

Yay. Auckland didn’t fuck it up this time

7-6

[Canes4life]

Canterbury hit right back through Rova.

[Duluth]

Brewis looks bad

Maybe they should take an early half time break

[Canes4life]

Looks like Brodie McCalister.

[Kirwan]

Hope the second half is better, both teams are making this a hard watch

[Landers92]

Shit this a tough watch.

[Canes4life]

@Kirwan said in Auckland v Canterbury:

Hope the second half is better, both teams are making this a hard watch

It's not a good look with so many Super players on the park, especially in that Canterbury pack, they've been horrible.