SF Wellington v Auckland
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Auckland team named later today
• Angus Ta’avao left the field on Friday night with a spinal injury. Gus is doing well but will not be considered for selection this week. • Salesi Rayasi suffered a high ankle sprain against Taranaki and will not be available for the remainder of the season. • Adrian Choat received PCL ligament damage in the knee against Taranaki and will not be available for the remainder of the season. • Zarn Sullivan is still recovering from a left scapula fracture and will not be available for the remainder of the season.I doubt Ioane or RTS will be available either
So a similar side to last week but with these changes?
Peita in for Ioane
Renata in for Angus
Cobb in for RTSI hope they start with Evans/Lam in the midfield rather than starting both 10's
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@Bovidae said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
AB training camp in Nelson at the moment. The fairest rule would be that all ABs are unavailable.
Wellington might be the only semi-finalist that escaped without any major injuries.
I think it would be a bit shit if leading ABs joined the teams this late in the comp.
I don't mind fringe ones that need game time (and also who probably have turned out this season already).
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@Bovidae said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
AB training camp in Nelson at the moment. The fairest rule would be that all ABs are unavailable.
Yeah they are in camp. The only reason I mentioned Ioane and RTS is that they'll be missing from the team that played last week.. so more changes for Auckland
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@KiwiMurph said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
You can lock in Pugh at 8.....
I would think Ekuasi might take Peita's spot on the bench if Peita's starting.
Ekuasi should've played a lot more this year.
Auckland doesn't have that many options in the loose trio. Choat is injured. Jones is suspended. Hainswoth-Fa’aofo only played the midweek game
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@Bovidae said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
AB training camp in Nelson at the moment. The fairest rule would be that all ABs are unavailable.
Wellington might be the only semi-finalist that escaped without any major injuries.
Yeah, my only worry is that a lot of those starting Lions players have played plenty of minutes this year and I hope it's not a couple games too many for some of them.
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@Kirwan said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
Replace the 8 and that's a solid team.
Not sure about Jones & Aoake either
Would prefer a larger body at 6. Also Gibson's form has been uneven this NPC. Last week he missed a lot of simple tackles, but earlier in the year he won a game with his defence
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@foobaNZ said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
Hoping Wellington name their team today. Last week they named it the day before though.
May have been awaiting a clearance of a player under a cloud.
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@ACT-Crusader said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
@foobaNZ said in SF Wellington v Auckland:
Hoping Wellington name their team today. Last week they named it the day before though.
May have been awaiting a clearance of a player under a cloud.
Probably Peter Umaga-Jensen, I’d say he will be 50/50. Not the biggest loss if he can’t play because Riley Higgins has been sound in the 12 jersey.
