Waikato v Southland (RS)
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Waikato
1 Mason Tupaea, 2 Manaaki Boyle-Tiatia, 3 George Dyer, 4 Hamilton Burr, 5 Dylan Eti, 6 Xavier Saifoloi, 7 Mitch Jacobson (cc), 8 Jahmrome Brown, 9 Xavier Roe (cc), 10 Aaron Cruden, 11 Joshua Moorbey, 12 Gideon Wrampling, 13 Bailyn Sullivan, 14 Oli Mathis, 15 Liam Coombes-Fabling
Reserves: 16 Sean Ralph, 17 Taipari Quinn, 18 Sosefo Kautai, 19 Malachi Wrampling, 20 Senita Lauaki, 21 Rui Farrant, 22 Lima Sopoga, 23 Tepaea Cook-Savage
Southland
1 Hunter Fahey, 2 Jack Taylor, 3 Morgan Mitchell, 4 Mitch Dunshea, 5 Alefosio Aho, 6 Sean Withy (c), 7 Nathan Va’a-Tausili, 8 Semisi Tupou Ta’eiloa, 9 Nic Shearer, 10 Mika Muliaina, 11 Fletcher Morgan, 12 Faletoi Peni, 13 Matt Whaanga, 14 Tayne Harvey, 15 Michael Manson
Reserves: 16 Nic Souchon, 17 Joseph Walsh, 18 Paula Latu, 19 Sam Fischli, 20 George Reeves, 21 Connor McLeod, 22 Byron Smith, 23 Brad Kooman
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Again, no chance that is the eventual Waikato team. BOK is the ref.
I'll be interested to see where the ABs are played. Luke Jacobson may replace his brother at 7, as Mitch's ankle injury looked bad. Finau could end up at lock, and one of Wrampling or Sullivan pushed to the wing to accommodate ALB.
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@ploughboy said in Waikato v Southland:
southland with a big chance to win shield with othief as ref
What you mean because they got a top 5 ranked ref in the world?
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@Yeetyaah said in Waikato v Southland:
@Dan54 O'Keeffe hates Waikato based teams
What a lot of rubbish. Did O'Keefe tell you this or is it something you imagine.
I have never met a ref (and I been involved in game since 1960s, who didn't like a team because they were from a certain area. I have heard people say it, but usually ones looking for excuses.
I remember one classic case where I was at a club game, and one of mates said, "hell we got no chance this ref hates our club". A few minutes later I was talking to another fella from the club our boys were playing ,and lo and behold he said to me "your boys will win this, this ref hates our club".
Now the ref when I was having a beer with him after the game seemed quite a likeable man. who didn't seem to hate anyone, let alone the whole world.
I actually remember O'Keefe being asked if refs have favourites during game, and his reply ? If anyone has time in a game to see an offence decide whether they like team or not before deciding it ok he would be miles behind play. -
@Dan54 said in Waikato v Southland:
Did O'Keefe tell you this or is it something you imagine
Yeah mate he's actually a close mate of mine and we were on the beers one night and confessed to me that he rigged the 2023 SR final coz he fucking hates the Waikato as region and it goes all the way back to when Waikato took the Ranfurly Shield off Auckland in 1993.
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@Yeetyaah said in Waikato v Southland:
@Dan54 said in Waikato v Southland:
Did O'Keefe tell you this or is it something you imagine
Yeah mate he's actually a close mate of mine and we were on the beers one night and confessed to me that he rigged the 2023 SR final coz he fucking hates the Waikato as region and it goes all the way back to when Waikato took the Ranfurly Shield off Auckland in 1993.
Shit really?!? That's crazy if true!
You sound like my father in the 2nd part of that sentence too lol.
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@African-Monkey said in Waikato v Southland:
@Yeetyaah said in Waikato v Southland:
@Dan54 said in Waikato v Southland:
Did O'Keefe tell you this or is it something you imagine
Yeah mate he's actually a close mate of mine and we were on the beers one night and confessed to me that he rigged the 2023 SR final coz he fucking hates the Waikato as region and it goes all the way back to when Waikato took the Ranfurly Shield off Auckland in 1993.
Shit really?!? That's crazy if true!
You sound like my father in the 2nd part of that sentence too lol.
Of course it not true, f*** me even I can see that he's joking. Geez think about ot BOK would of been about 4 or 5 in 1993 to start with.
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I thought Eti might have been rested/benched as he has played the full 80 mins in both games since debuting.
Waikato never lists who is injured or rotated, i.e., Brown and Sullivan in this instance. Hopefully a decent crowd turns up as it is a double-header.
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In Withy we trust
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Lets go Stags
Scrum looking solid
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Stags are here to play
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Come on the Stags. Definitely well in this.
