Taranaki v Hawke's Bay
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<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Magpies to play Taranaki:</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">1. Ricky Riccitelli</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">2. Ash Dixon Â
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<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">3. Ben May</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">4. Geoff Cridge</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">5. Mark Abbott</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">6. Hugh Renton</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">7. Tony Lamborn</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">8. Fa'alemiga Selesele</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">9. Brad Weber</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">10. Ihaia West</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">11. Mason Emerson</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">12. Billy Ropiha</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">13. Jonah Lowe</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">14. Ryan Tongia</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">15. Lewis Marshall</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Reserves:</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">16. Jorian Tangaere</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">17. Jason Long</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">18. <span>Tolu Fahamokioa</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">19. Josh Eden Whaitiri</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">20. Ben Hamelink</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">21. <span>Ellery Wilson</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">22. Tiaan Falcon</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">23. Matt Garland</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Changes from last week:</div>
<div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ben May and Brad Weber start instead of Tolu Fahamokioa and Ellery Wilson, who move to the bench. Ben Hamelink replaces Marino Mikaele Tu'u on the bench.</div> -
Lengthy injury list is as follows:<br><br>
Gareth Evans<br>
Brendon Edmonds<br>
Michael Allardice<br>
Ross Filipo<br>
Sanaila Waqa<br>
Trent Boswell-Wakefield<br>
Chris Eaton<br>
Sam McNicol<br>
Robbie Fruean<br>
Shannan Chase<br><br>
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<p>Interesting change in the reserves with Hamelink coming in for Mikaele Tu'u who doesn't appear on the "not available for selection because of injury" list. Not knowing anything about Hamelink. Does he bring things to the game in different ares to Mikaele Tu'u that are more suited to what will be needed against Taranaki or is he rated higher than Mikaele Tu'u and simply coming back from injury that saw him sit out the Wellington match?</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Nepia" data-cid="609070" data-time="1472166306">
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<p>I'm really worried about this match now after seeing Wellington get dismantled by Otago last night.</p>
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<p>Is TBW still injured or is Philpott just being himself?</p>
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<p>This is from the HBT:</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;">In addition to swapping halfback and tighthead prop, the only other change sees Hastings Rugby and Sports loosie Ben Hamelink replace clubmate Marino Mikaele-Tu'u.</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">Should Hamelink get game time, it will be his first-class debut.</span></div>
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<div><strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Mikaele-Tu'u and Magpies prop Mason Kean will both play for the Hawke's Bay under-19s against Manawatu at Park Island tomorrow.</span></strong></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">Unavailable for the Magpies tomorrow are All Blacks Israel Dagg and Brodie Retallick and 10 players; Evans, Brendon Edmonds, Michael Allardice, Ross Filipo, Sanaila Waqa, Trent Boswell-Wakefield, Chris Eaton, Sam McNicol, <strong>Robbie Fruean</strong> and Shannan Chase, all on the injured list.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">Former Magpie Trinity Spooner-Neera has been named on the Taranaki bench after an outstanding performance for the Taranaki development team last weekend.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">Former Hawke's Bay Under-20 rep Rhys Marshall will start at hooker for the hosts.</span></div>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://nzh.tw/11700600'>http://nzh.tw/11700600</a></p>
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<p>Never really trust HBT though, because Fruean is on the team list of the HB Saracens (playing the Manawatu Development team tomorrow), so he can't be injured.</p>
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<p>About last night's Wellington game: they looked a lot weaker than last week, so I'm not sure there's much reason to worry. The ref (Nick Briant) was also much better than last week's ref (Brett Johnson). Brendon Pickerill will be tomorrow's ref.</p>
<p>On the hand, since the first PS game, the Bay have been especially weak on defence. That didn't improve much with the introduction of Super Rugby players. Last week, we had a team that had been training together for less than a week, so there's hope things will improve.</p> -
<div><strong>TARANAKI</strong>: </div>
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<div>15. Marty McKenzie, 14. Beaudein Waaka, 13. Sean Wainui, 12. Isaia Tuifua, 11. Manasa Mataele, 10. Stephen Perofeta, 9. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi,</div>
<div>8. Iopu Iopu-Aso, 7. Berny Hall, 6. Mitchell Crosswell (c), 5. Leon Power, 4. Ben Matwijow, 3. Mike Kainga, 2. Rhys Marshall, 1.Mitchell Graham. </div>
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<div>Reserves: </div>
<div>16. Sione Lea, 17. Jared Proffit, 18. Reuben O'Neill, 19. Mitchell Brown, 20. Toa Halafihi, 21. Kylem O'Donnell, 22. Declan O'Donnell, 23. Trinity Spooner-Neera</div>
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<div><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/83560968/taranaki-forced-to-shuffle-their-backs-for-hawkes-bay-match'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/83560968/taranaki-forced-to-shuffle-their-backs-for-hawkes-bay-match</a></div> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Higgins" data-cid="609085" data-time="1472168787">
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<p>Interesting change in the reserves with Hamelink coming in for Mikaele Tu'u who doesn't appear on the "not available for selection because of injury" list. Not knowing anything about Hamelink. Does he bring things to the game in different ares to Mikaele Tu'u that are more suited to what will be needed against Taranaki or is he rated higher than Mikaele Tu'u and simply coming back from injury that saw him sit out the Wellington match?</p>
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<p>Hamelink is a 7, Mikaele Tu'u is an 8.</p> -
<p>I would say Mark Abbott is covering six and eight.</p>
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<p>He played six against Canterbury last year and eight against Northland in 2014.</p> -
<p>Goodness, he must be keeping those things under his hat as everything I have seen him display points to him being suited exclusivelas a lock. Any too late for changes now as the Bay file out onto the field behind captain Ash Dixon, accompanied by a waving of his Magpies flag by yours truely!</p>
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<p>The Bay are rewarded with a nice early try out wide on the right by Mason Emerson converted by Ihaia West to take the lead seven nil in what looks like to be sunny conditions if a bit windy</p>
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<p>Jonah Lowe. Mason gets the points for the assist</p> -
<p>Fuck!!!!</p>
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<p>Dixon in. Justice done</p>
