Taranaki v Hawkes Bay

[Duluth]

Taranaki

1 Jared Proffit, 2 Bradley Slater, 3 Reuben O'Neill, 4 Josh Lord, 5 Hemopo Cunningham, 6 Arese Poliko, 7 Michael Loft, 8 Kaylum Boshier, 9 Logan Crowley, 10 Josh Jacomb, 11 Vereniki Tikoisolomone, 12 Meihana Grindlay, 13 Daniel Rona, 14 Adam Lennox, 15 Brayton Northcott-Hill

Reserves: 16 JJ Pokai, 17 Perry Lawrence, 18 Marika Parker, 19 Jesse Parete, 20 Sage Walters-Hansen, 21 Leone Nawai, 22 Ben Dufficy, 23 Obey Samate

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Hawkes Bay

1 Hadlee Hay-Horton, 2 Kianu Kereru-Symes, 3 Lolani Faleiva, 4 Isaia Walker-Leawere, 5 Tom Parsons, 6 Frank Lochore, 7 Cooper Flanders, 8 Devan Flanders, 9 Folau Fakatava, 10 Lincoln McClutchie, 11 Neria Fomai, 12 Le Roux Malan, 13 Anaru Paenga-Morgan, 14 Jonah Lowe, 15 Zarn Sullivan

Reserves: 16 Jacob Devery, 17 Nik Patumaka, 18 Joe Apikotoa, 19 Geoff Cridge, 20 Sam Smith, 21 Ere Enari, 22 Kienan Higgins, 23 Andrew Tauatevalu

[brodean]

I missed quite a bit of NPC. How has Zarn been playing?

[Nepia]

@brodean said in Taranaki v Hawkes Bay:

I missed quite a bit of NPC. How has Zarn been playing?

A bit up and down but he was pretty good last week.

[brodean]

@Nepia thanks. He seemed like he was laser focused when he was 20 in his debut season. Similar to Josh Ioane in his early career.

[Duluth]

@Nepia said in Taranaki v Hawkes Bay:

@brodean said in Taranaki v Hawkes Bay:

I missed quite a bit of NPC. How has Zarn been playing?

A bit up and down but he was pretty good last week.

His kicking game was back to its best

For whatever reason his error rate has gone up a lot in the last couple of years. He used to be so safe and reliable

[Duluth]

Hawkes Bay LH is really struggling

[Bovidae]

That was really poor from the local AR not to see Hay-Horton's elbow on the ground.

[Duluth]

Jacomb with a classy try assist

[zedsdeadbaby]

Jacomb looks like a game driver that our national team could use. And I’m no Naki fan.

[antipodean]

@brodean said in Taranaki v Hawkes Bay:

I missed quite a bit of NPC. How has Zarn been playing?

A class above tonight. Great kicking, good decision making etc. Be good to see hi have a injury free SR, especially if he can play fullback.

[Bovidae]

Taranaki's SR players stood up. Lord with a good shift.

[Kiwidom]

@zedsdeadbaby Agreed,they should at least get him in the squad for development..all our first fives are 30+

[Duluth]

[ACT Crusader]

@zedsdeadbaby said in Taranaki v Hawkes Bay:

Jacomb looks like a game driver that our national team could use. And I’m no Naki fan.

Was the best player on the park and made the most of the forward dominance. Lord was very active also.

[kidcalder]

Just watched the highlights but fakatava passing to put players into space was class

[reprobate]

@kidcalder hitting Fomai at the line was very Aaron Smith