Auckland Rugby 2021
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@duluth said in Auckland Rugby 2021:
Why? I don't follow league
He was my most disliked Warriors player before they decided to hire straight up thugs like Lodge.
He has an average passing game and his defence was poor and that's in league where he's standing on one side of the field. He'll be all at sea defending at centre.
Please select him there for the Magpies game.
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Ok so he's not a centre.
He had some goodish moments on the wing for the Brumbies so I think he'll handle the step down to NPC. If the rumour is true..
Maybe that other league guy as a centre
@duluth said in Auckland Rugby 2021:
Ok so he's not a centre.
He had some goodish moments on the wing for the Brumbies so I think he'll handle the step down to NPC. If the rumour is true..
Maybe that other league guy as a centre
Who is that?
Dolt, figured this one out eventually.
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@duluth said in Auckland Rugby 2021:
No idea. Maybe Kata? Assuming the rumour is correct.. I don’t think we’d recruit him as a winger?
I wouldn't think Auckland rugby would be dumb enough to recruit him as a centre. But then again it appears they're dumb enough to recruit him full stop so I should just return to my cave.
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We all know who thanks to Nogusta
@daffy-jaffy the photo doesn't exactly make it difficult either....
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Heem will fill 13 for this season, it looks like.
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Former Reds hooker Albert Anae on the bench.
Jamie Lane on the bench for both preseason games. Wonder who this season's locks will be?
Scrafton
Kalapu
Lane
Dalzell
BeehreMaybe Tuipulotu covers lock? Wikipedia lists him at 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) and 115 kg.
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Heem will fill 13 for this season, it looks like.
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@tim said in Auckland Rugby 2021:
Heem will fill 13 for this season, it looks like.
I forgot about Heem. Good choice
That's a strong backline with RTS & Kata to be added. Also presumably Caleb Clarke will have a few matches
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@duluth Heem played quite a lot at 13 for Toulon. No sign of Manu Paea in preseason. He must be in the Half back group surely. I guess he is injured. Also no sign of the rumored Dan Hollinshead or Joe Tupe yet?
@daffy-jaffy said in Auckland Rugby 2021:
Also no sign of the rumored Dan Hollinshead or Joe Tupe yet?
Hollinshead has been playing for New York within the last month. Google says NY lost a conference final in the weekend. Not sure if he was involved
If the rumour is true then he might be in isolation now? Assuming he had a voucher ages ago..
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@daffy-jaffy said in Auckland Rugby 2021:
Also no sign of the rumored Dan Hollinshead or Joe Tupe yet?
Hollinshead has been playing for New York within the last month. Google says NY lost a conference final in the weekend. Not sure if he was involved
If the rumour is true then he might be in isolation now? Assuming he had a voucher ages ago..
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@duluth jordan lay is there after his stint in wales
@cpt-kumera Assume James Lay is still injured.
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@cpt-kumera Assume James Lay is still injured.
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Heem will fill 13 for this season, it looks like.
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@tim The team is better than I thought it'd be.
Not the most balanced backrow. We tried that backrow last year and it didn't look that good.
Our best backrow last year was WRK, Choat and Tuipulotu, although we only got a small sample of it.
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Based on what we've seen so far, these are the non AB players available for the squad:
Prop
Hodgman
Jordan Lay
Woonton
Fusitua
Renata
H Tuipulotu
AhioHooker
Vikena
Apisai
Anae
Te PuniLock
Scrafton
Kalapu
Lane
BeehreLoose Forward
Choat
Gibson
Reidlinger-Kapa
S Tuipulotu
Vai
Jones
Ekuasi
Church
Peita
SititiHalfback
Ruru
Funaki
WyeFirst Five
Plummer
McKenzie
An import*Midfield
Evans
Talataina
Heem
Murray
Kata*Wing
Rayasi
Lam
Tangitau
Mocevakaca
Tuivasa-SheckFullback
Sullivan
MakaAside from the rumoured first five returning from overseas, there might be Marco Fepulea’i at tight head prop, Hamish Dalzell at lock, Manu Paea at halfback, Sage Shaw-Tait as wing and midfield, Joel Cobb (if not injured) at wing, Caleb Clarke (if available), and Jordan Trainor at fullback.
First choice XXIII is probably very similar to today's preseason game squad.
