Highlanders v Blues
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@Crucial said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Tim jesus that backline!
According to AB threads that backline contains a useless halfback, a scattergun 10, a wannabe 12, a 13 that makes poor decisions, a stopgap wing, a wing with terrible defence that trips over his own feet and a fullback that isn’t good enough to get a game.
Just saying.I see that and raise you an; injury prone halfback with an experimental knee revovery, a midget a 10 whp has barely played in the last year, our main threat on the wing, can he see out a game at 12 or will we see another month on the sidelines? a tough battler at centre, Jonah MK11, and a Canterbury reject at fullback. Your batch sounds a lot better than ours
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@SouthernMann said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Crucial said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Tim jesus that backline!
According to AB threads that backline contains a useless halfback, a scattergun 10, a wannabe 12, a 13 that makes poor decisions, a stopgap wing, a wing with terrible defence that trips over his own feet and a fullback that isn’t good enough to get a game.
Just saying.I see that and raise you an; injury prone halfback with an experimental knee revovery, a midget a 10 whp has barely played in the last year, our main threat on the wing, can he see out a game at 12 or will we see another month on the sidelines? a tough battler at centre, Jonah MK11, and a Canterbury reject at fullback. Your batch sounds a lot better than ours
That's cos they are
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@Machpants well aware of this...
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@SouthernMann said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Machpants well aware of this...
Thank goodness someone pointed it out though eh.
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@Bones said in Highlanders v Blues:
@SouthernMann said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Machpants well aware of this...
Thank goodness someone pointed it out though eh.
We would have never known Rieko Ioane is a better player than Josh Timu
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*arguably
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@FakatavaAllBlack you say that....and i remember saying the same thing last year...and then we fielded teams completely different to those we used in pre season
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LAULALA CELEBRATES CENTURY IN SEASON OPENER — Blues Rugby
Blues prop, Nepo Laulala is poised to bring up 100 Super Rugby games this weekend with his side set to face the Highlanders in the opening game of the DHL Super Rugby Pacific 2023 season on Saturday, February 25, at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. Laulala, who has previousl
1 Ofa Tuungafasi
2 Kurt Eklund
3 Nepo Laulala
4 Patrick Tuipulotu
5 Cameron Suafoa
6 Akira Ioane
7 Dalton Papalii
8 Hoskins Sotutu
9 Finlay Christie
10 Beauden Barrett
11 Caleb Clarke
12 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
13 Rieko Ioane
14 Mark Telea
15 Stephen PerofetaReserves:
16 Ricky Riccitelli
17 Joshua Fusitu’a
18 Marcel Renata
19 James Tucker
20 Adrian Choat
21 Taufa Funaki
22 Bryce Heem
23 AJ LamInjured
Sam Darry (knee), Alex Hodgman (illness), James Lay (ankle), Sam Nock (calf), Harry Plummer (ribs), Tom Robinson (illness) -
Predictable XV the questions were more on the bench
Good to see Choat ahead of Segner. Shame that we have Ricky above Vikena
Sullivan vs AJ on the bench was the other decision. Sullivan gives better cover if there's an injury early, AJ more impact in the last 20. Zarn probably suffered by playing 10 behind a poor pack where ironically the only time he got to show anything was when he was returning the ball from deep, like a fullback
Big chance for Joshua Fusitu’a he could move up the rankings fast this year
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Highlanders side; Man for man clearly better than their opposite. Landers by 25+
Ethan de Groot
Rhys Marshall
Jermaine Ainsley
Paripari Parkinson
Josh Dickson
Shannon Frizell
Billy Harmon
Marino Mikaele Tu’u
Folau Fakatava
Mitch Hunt
Jona Nareki
Thomas Umaga-Jensen
Josh Timu
Jonah Lowe
Sam Gilbert
Reserves: 16. Andrew Makalio, 17. Daniel Lienert-Brown, 18. Saula Ma'u, 19. Will Tucker, 20. Sean Withy, 21. Kemara Hauiti Parapara, 22. Freddie Burns, 23. Connor Garden-BachopNot Available due to injury: James Arscott (knee), Marty Banks (groin), Fabian Holland (knee), Vili Koroi (knee), Fetuli Paea (calf)
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders v Blues:
No Zarn Sullivan.
Come and join your bro at the Canes son, we could do with a class first five. Plus, the Blues owe us for stealing Beaudy.
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@Canes4life Getting Zarn wouldn't even be stealing, considering he's from the Canes' catchment.
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@SouthernMann said in Highlanders v Blues:
Highlanders side; Man for man clearly better than their opposite. Landers by 25+
Ethan de Groot
Rhys Marshall
Jermaine Ainsley
Paripari Parkinson
Josh Dickson
Shannon Frizell
Billy Harmon
Marino Mikaele Tu’u
Folau Fakatava
Mitch Hunt
Jona Nareki
Thomas Umaga-Jensen
Josh Timu
Jonah Lowe
Sam Gilbert
Reserves: 16. Andrew Makalio, 17. Daniel Lienert-Brown, 18. Saula Ma'u, 19. Will Tucker, 20. Sean Withy, 21. Kemara Hauiti Parapara, 22. Freddie Burns, 23. Connor Garden-BachopNot Available due to injury: James Arscott (knee), Marty Banks (groin), Fabian Holland (knee), Vili Koroi (knee), Fetuli Paea (calf)
that has to be pretty close to full strength, if they can fire we cold be in with a good chance
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Blues:
Reserves: 16. Andrew Makalio, 17. Daniel Lienert-Brown, 18. Saula Ma'u, 19. Will Tucker, 20. Sean Withy, 21. Kemara Hauiti Parapara, 22. Freddie Burns, 23. Connor Garden-Bachop
Top backline at the moment.
Would suggest Holland would be in the mixer for our lock rotation, Arscott as the third nine and that would be the top unit.
