Southland v Canterbury (RS)

[Duluth]

Southland

1 Paula Latu, 2 Jack Taylor, 3 Morgan Mitchell, 4 Mitchell Dunshea, 5 Alefosio Aho, 6 Sean Withy (C), 7 Nathan Va’aTausili, 8 Semisi Tupou Ta’eiloa, 9 Nic Shearer, 10 Byron Smith, 11 Fletcher Morgan, 12 Faletoi Peni, 13 Matti Whaanga, 14 Tayne Harvey, 15 Michael Manson
Reserves: 16 Nic Souchon, 17 Joseph Walsh, 18 Jone Tiko, 19 Sam Fischli, 20 George Reeves, 21 Connor McLeod, 22 Dan Hollinshead, 23 Isaac Te Tamaki

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Canterbury

1 Finlay Brewis, 2 George Bell, 3 Seb Calder, 4 Zach Gallagher, 5 Jamie Hannah, 6 Dominic Gardiner, 7 Tom Christie (C), 8 Corey Kellow, 9 Louie Chapman, 10 James White, 11 Ngatungane Punivai, 12 Dallas McLeod, 13 Braydon Ennor, 14 Chay Fihaki, 15 Andrew Knewstubb
Reserves: 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Daniel Lieniert-Brown, 18 Darcy Breen, 19 Tahlor Cahill, 20 Torian Barnes, 21 Tyson Bellworthy, 22 Manasa Mataele, 23 Jone Rova

[ACT Crusader]

Our strongest available backline and close to our best pack.

Shearer - Peni - Manson have been in very good form for Southland and will take some stopping.

[SouthernMann]

Southland will need the crowd to get them home.

[Chris B.]

Someone must have made the Connor McLeod Highlanders joke?

[KiwiMurph]

@Chris-B I don't understand why they haven't signed him for the PR alone

[cgrant]

How old is Ben Funnell ? I guess Letiu must be injured.

[Fredsaua12]

Letiu is starting for Canterbury B in the curtain raiser game so he is definitely not injured.

[Mattasaurus]

Squally hails showers, cold wind here in Invercargill this morning ...... I feel the stars aligning

[SouthernMann]

MetService has the temp at 3.9c, feeling like -1. Hopefully it stays that way

[Yeetyaah]

Get up Stags

[frugby]

Disaster of a start for Southland

[KiwiMurph]

Southland are no chance if they can't sort out their set piece

[frugby]

I suspect the conclusion after this game, is probably going to be genuine confusion as to how Taranaki ever managed to lose the shield to Waikato.

[KiwiMurph]

Credit to Canterbury

They are better than every other team in the comp by so much it isn't funny

[SouthernMann]

There are two different sets of contenders this year. Canterbury. The rest.

Looks like we are all competing to lose to Canterbury in the final

[Canes4life]

@SouthernMann said in Southland v Canterbury (RS):

There are two different sets of contenders this year. Canterbury. The rest.

Looks like we are all competing to lose to Canterbury in the final

I guess not having many ABs helps with that.

[KiwiMurph]

What's the problem

Guy was in ruck and he cleaned him out

Fucking Doleman

[frugby]

Southland are way too emotional here.

[frugby]

@KiwiMurph Have to agree. Countless unnecessary calls. Just not reading the room, and dare I say it, making it all about himself.

[SouthernMann]

@Canes4life said in Southland v Canterbury (RS):

@SouthernMann said in Southland v Canterbury (RS):

There are two different sets of contenders this year. Canterbury. The rest.

Looks like we are all competing to lose to Canterbury in the final

I guess not having many ABs helps with that.

They are just clearly the best team in the comp. An absolutely stacked team at this level.