The Silver Fern

Choat, Thomas, RTS

@Chris My comment was a bit of a pisstake, of course there are younger players there, Auckland have a few themselves like Heem, Royal etc. but it seems like Canterbury have a lot more older players than in previous years like Heinz, Crotty, Funnell, Moody, Romano mixed with guys like Lienert Brown, Drummond, Dunshea, Harmon, Prinsep and Jager either 30 or approaching 30. For an NPC side, it is fairly old.

@Kirwan said in Auckland MOTM v Southland:

One of those games where you could pick eight players.

can I pick Zarn's pass twice? His long balls were superb (again). He's warming into 10, still some 15 play (slow kicks) but overall starting to coem to terms with running the cutter

Michael Manson could be a good signing for the Highlanders WTG.

Spencer, McKenzie & Angus

Evans would’ve got a vote but that was costly miss. Akira good on defence didn’t get much going on attack. Tangitau a big improvement on his previous matches

@ACT-Crusader I think SOuthland may have that, 27 or so, they took it from us which was about the same as what Manawatu had when they beat us last week I think (24?)

@Duluth said in Auckland MOTM v Hawkes Bay:

Choat, Ioane & RTS

Evans, Fusitua, Tuipulotu we’re close too

Easy picks this week.

Akira, Plummer and Sullivan for me. Huge game from Akira, even stealing lineouts.

Jesus, the backs let the forwards down in this game.

I was happy to be able to FF through stoppages in this game as the TJ/Hames show becomes too much.

Thomas, Gibson, Choate.

Honorable mentions to Evans,Vikena and Clarke.

BOP players flopped over the ruck at the three rucks prior to the penalty. Could have been penalised four phases in a row.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/10/04/roger-tuivasa-sheck-admits-drink-driving/

I only voted for Plummer, looks so much more comfortable at 12.

What useless ending to a poor season. Completely and utterly outplayed by Welly and I hope they haven't played their final. I'm rooting for them this week that they get up against Canterbury.

Are we rid of Ieremia for 2023?

@Duluth said in Auckland MOTM QF:

Hard to give it to any backs

Akira and Tuipulotu were excellent in the middle of the field. Peita for his cameo showing Pugh how it should be done

Peita is such a busy player, has to start surely?

@KiwiMurph said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:

@Nogusta said in QF - North Harbour v Auckland:

@Tim Hickey 10, Plummer 12
, Lam 13, RTS 14

"Late change for Auckland with Hickey at 10"

More like

"Team is as @Nogusta suggested 4 days ago".

Yea strange why they didn't just list them with their actual playing numbers the last couple of games?

Peita, Beehre, Taavao.

Funaki and AJ were good in the backs.