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#2976112 1-Oct-2022 21:46

Canterbury challenged by a desperate Otago side, but Canterbury whilst trying their hardest to lose, managed to win.

Ennor is showing some signs of his prior form with some nice speed, steps and defence.

Romano is seriously a monster. They don't make them like him any more. He was one of the Blues best this season, and awesome for Canterbury the last two seasons.

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#2976477 2-Oct-2022 23:17

QUARTER FINALS :

FRI 7th OCT :

Harbour v Auck - 7.05pm

SAT 8th OCT :

Wgtn v Hawkes Bay - 2.05pm

Cant v Northland - 4.35pm

SUN 9th OCT :

Waikato v BOP - 2.05pm

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#2978446 7-Oct-2022 08:41

QUARTER-FINAL

Fri 7th Oct - 7.05pm

HARBOUR : 1-Tevia Langi, 2-Ray Niuia, 3-Nic Mayhew, 4-Isoa Nasilasila, 5-Felix Kalapu, 6-Tamarau McGahan, 7-Jed Melvin, 8-Cameron Sufoa, 9-Jamie Booth, 10-Bryn Gatland, 11-Tevita Li, 12-Henry Taefu, 13-Moses Leo, 14-Mark Telea, 15-Shaun Stevenson.

Reserves : 16-Luteru Tolai, 17-Alex Fidow, 18-Sam Davies, 19-Danny Drake, 20-Lotu Inisi, 21-Siaosi Nginingini, 22-Fine Inisi, 23-Kade Banks.

AUCK : 1-Alex Hodgman, 2-Soane Vikena, 3-Angus Ta’avao, 4-Patrick Tuipulotu, 5-Hamish Dalzell, 6-Akira Ioane, 7-Blake Gibson, 8-Jackson Pugh, 9-Taufa Funaki, 10-Harry Plummer, 11-Tomas Aoake, 12-Corey Evans, 13-AJ Lam, 14-Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 15-Jordan Trainor,

Reserves : 16-Leni Apisai, 17- Jordan Lay, 18-Marcel Renata, 19-Josh Beehre, 20-Terrell Peita, 21-Manu Paea, 22-Simon Hickey, 23. Jock McKenzie.

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#2978459 7-Oct-2022 09:35

I think Northland could get up for this match.

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#2978887 8-Oct-2022 08:27

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I think Northland could get up for this match.

Northland have played plenty of good rugby this year - reckon they'll give Cant. a good crack.

Auck were too strong in the scrums & rolling mauls - but Harbour still had a good chance to win the match, too many turnovers at the breakdown & poor lineout throwing really cost them though.

Harbour v Auck - quarter-final highlights

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#2980288 10-Oct-2022 16:24

Wgtn almost butchered a very good lead against Hawkes Bay in the quarter-finals... need to play far better than that in the semi against the Jafa's.

SEMI-FINALS :

FRI 14th OCT :

Wgtn v Auck - 7.05pm

SAT 15th OCT :

Cant v BOP - 7.05PM

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#2980290 10-Oct-2022 16:26

I didn't expect Auckland or Canterbury to struggle the way they did. I think it's a lot to ask of BOP to beat what has been a generally strong Canterbury side at home.

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#2980292 10-Oct-2022 16:35

Yeah, would be a massive upset for BOP to get the win over Cant... be great if it happened though 😀

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#2980294 10-Oct-2022 16:49

IMO Canterbury looked very average when using their backline. For a team that has looked so good and scored plenty of tries it was strange to me they looked so disjointed.

What I want to know is, with Auckland able to call on quite a few AB's will any of the 3 other teams left be able to call on the same in the semis?

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#2982509 14-Oct-2022 09:59

SEMI-FINALS

Fri 14th Oct - 7.05pm

WGTN : 1-Xavier Numia, 2-Asafo Aumua, 3-Pekahou Cowan, 4-James Blackwell, 5-Dominic Bird, 6-Caleb Delany, 7-Du'Plessis Kirifi (c), 8-Peter Lakai, 9-TJ Perenara, 10-Jackson Garden-Bachop, 11-Pepesana Patafilo, 12-Riley Higgins, 13-Billy Proctor, 14-Julian Savea, 15-Ruben Love.

Reserves : 16-Josh Southall, 17-PJ Sheck, 18-Tietie Tuimauga, 19-Taine Plumtree, 20-Keelan Whitman, 21-Richard Judd, 22-Aidan Morgan, 23-Connor Garden-Bachop.

AUCK : 1-Alex Hodgman, 2-Soane Vikena, 3-Marcel Renata, 4-Hamish Dalzel, 5-Patrick Tuipulotu, 6-Blake Gibson, 7-Niko Jones, 8-Jackson Pugh, 9-Taufa Funaki, 10-Simon Hickey, 11-Tomas Aoake, 12-Harry Plummer (capt), 13-Bryce Heem, 14-AJ Lam, 15-Jordan Trainor.

Reserves : 16-Leni Apisai, 17-Jordan Lay, 18-Sione Ahio, 19-Josh Beehre, 20-Terrell Peita, 21-Manu Paea, 22-Corey Evans, 23-Joel Cobb.

Cant. & BOP teams not out yet.

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#2982512 14-Oct-2022 10:04

artbloke:

...Laumape.... well weighted short kicking game & distribution skills.

You sure we were watching the same player? I would say his play was very one dimensional & could be questionable on defense, which I suspect is why he wasn't picked more. Sure, we do lack a bit of punch in the midfield currently, but it's not looking too bad at all IMO.

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#2982519 14-Oct-2022 10:23

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artbloke:

...Laumape.... well weighted short kicking game & distribution skills.

You sure we were watching the same player? I would say his play was very one dimensional & could be questionable on defense, which I suspect is why he wasn't picked more. Sure, we do lack a bit of punch in the midfield currently, but it's not looking too bad at all IMO.

SBW's was an one-dimensional player on attack, he just basically had an offloading game - whereas Laumape had plenty of pace, power & short kicking game, so the opposition were not sure whether he was going to pass, step & run round them, power through a player or execute a short kick in behind... with J.Barrett at 2nd-five we now have a 2nd-five that can consistently get past the advantage line & also has a kicking game, which gives our midfield more balance.

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#2982875 15-Oct-2022 09:53

Wgtn v Auck - semi-final highlights

Wgtn started poorly in the comp, lost our first two matches, from there won 9 in a row, that semi-final win our best performance of the season so far... Paul Tito a former Naki & Canes player is on the coaching staff, looks like he's made a big difference in drilling our forwards really well.

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#2982877 15-Oct-2022 10:16

SEMI-FINAL

SAT 15th Oct - 7.05pm

CANT : 1-Tamaiti Williams, 2-Brodie McAlister, 3-Oli Jager, 4-Luke Romano, 5-Zach Gallagher, 6-Dominic Gardiner, 7-Tom Christie, 8-Billy Harmon (C), 9-Willi Heinz, 10-Fergus Burke, 11-George Bridge, 12-Rameka Poihipi, 13-Dallas McLeod, 14-Manasa Mataele, 15-Chay Fihaki.

Reserves : 16-George Bell, 17-Daniel Lienert-Brown, 18-Owen Franks, 19-Reed Prinsep, 20-Corey Kellow, 21-Joel Lam, 22-Isaiah Punivai, 23-Ngatungane Punavai.

BOP : 1-Aidan Ross, 2-Kurt Eklund (C), 3-Tevita Mafileo, 4-Justin Sangster, 5-Manaaki Selby-Rickit, 6-Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 7-Jacob Norris, 8-Zane Kapeli, 9-Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 10-Wharenui Hawera, 11-Nigel Ah Wong, 12-Lalomilo Lalomilo, 13-Joey Walton, 14-Leroy Carter, 15-Emoni Narawa.

Reserves : 16-Anaru Rangi, 17-Haereiti Hetet, 18-Jeff Thwaites, 19- Etonia Waqa, 20-Veveni Lasaqa, 21-Lucas Cashmore, 22-Taylor Haugh, 23-Gillies Kaka.

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#2982958 15-Oct-2022 14:03

Looking forward to tonight's game. BOP and finals are two words you don't hear together often, so I'm going to enjoy it while I can.

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