Highlanders

1 Ayden Johnstone
2 Liam Coltman
3 Tyrel Lomax
4 Josh Dickson
5 Tom Franklin
6 Luke Whitelock (c)
7 Dillon Hunt
8 Shannon Frizell
9 Aaron Smith
10 Josh Ioane
11 Patelesio Tomkinson
12 Teihorangi Walden
13 Rob Thompson
14 Jordan Hyland
15 Matt Faddes

Reserves
16 Ash Dixon
17 Daniel Lienert-Brown
18 Siate Tokolahi
19 Jack Whetton
20 James Lentjes
21 Kayne Hammington
22 Daniel Hollinshead
23 Waisake Naholo

Unavailable due to injury: Marty Banks (foot), Ben Smith (hamstring), Tevita Li (hamstring), Jackson Hemopo (ankle)

Season ending injuries: Tevita Nabura (knee), Richard Buckman (achilles), Bryn Gatland (foot)

Frizell at 8. Nobody can tell me that Hansen and co. don't influence team selections. Surely, they'd normally have picked Frizell at 6 and Whitelock at 8!

And finally, Hunt at 7.

@Stargazer said in Lions v Highlanders:

Frizell at 8. Nobody can tell me that Hansen and co. don't influence team selections.

the article you just posted about Weber implies differently...

@taniwharugby Yep, but this Highlandeers 6 - 8 line-up just doesn't make sense, otherwise.

Finally, Hunt! I'd say he'll probably be lucky to get past the 50 minute mark though. Yanked just before/after half time I reckon.

Great to see Walden back, especially combining with Matchbox 20. Perhaps Walden's nickname could be Santana?

Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge
AR1: Jaco Peyper
AR2: Griffin Colby
TMO: Willie Vos

@Stargazer Bloody Rasta, so trash. Might be a mish for the Landers to get up as they have the travel factor and a trash referee. Not to mention the injuries.

@Yeetyaah He was okay in the Bulls v Crusaders game, last week.

@Stargazer said in Lions v Highlanders:

@Yeetyaah He was okay in the Bulls v Crusaders game, last week.

Yeah I thought he was good last week.

I'm generally not as critical as others on here of the Refs, but my impression is it's generally a fast and open game when he's in charge.

@SammyC What I, particularly, liked last week, was that the TMO was trying very hard to convince him to yellow-card a Crusaders player (Goodhue?) for a borderline high tackle (there was nothing in it), but Rasta wouldn't have a bar of it and only awarded a penalty.

@Stargazer said in Lions v Highlanders:

@Yeetyaah He was okay in the Bulls v Crusaders game, last week.

Yeah he's shit at 7s but decent at 15s.

I have been critical of Rasta before with good cause I might add,But I thought he did a good Job Bulls v Crusaders game in fact in his last couple of games so maybe he's getting better which we need in the SR Refs.

Andries Coetzee, Courtnall Skosan, Lionel Mapoe, Harold Vorster, Aphiwe Dyantyi, Elton Jantjies, Ross Cronje, Kwagga Smith, Cyle Brink, Marnus Schoeman, Marvin Orie, Stephan Lewies, Carlu Sadie, Malcolm Marx (c), Dylan Smith

Reserves: Jan-Henning Campher, Sti Sithole, Johannes Jonker, Vincent Tshituka, Hacjivah Dayimani, Nic Groom, Shaun Reynolds, Tyrone Green

Bloody good game of rugby.

@MiketheSnow You are freaking kidding surely? Freaking Rasta is a poor excuse for a ref Lions players off their all game high tackles all over the shop and not pulled up. Games was a load of bullocks. Oh and Faddes is rubbish.

@Jailbreak7 said in Lions v Highlanders:

@MiketheSnow You are freaking kidding surely? Freaking Rasta is a poor excuse for a ref Lions players off their all game high tackles all over the shop and not pulled up. Games was a load of bullocks. Oh and Faddes is rubbish.

Entertaining, competitive match with Lions deserved winners.

@MiketheSnow Spoken like a neutral with noyjing riding on it!

It's pretty disgusting, if I could be ar$ed I would compile a home ref penalty count for SA, Oz, and NZ during international games. I accept it will be slightly in home teams advantage, human nature, but

"Aaron Mauger's side were also hammered 12-3 in the penalty count by South African referee Rasta Rasivhenge, and the Lions now have an astonishing 42-6 penalty count in their favour in home games against the Highlanders, Waratahs and Rebels with local referees in charge."

Is disgusting

So Rasta was bad eh?

Sloppy by Faddes, or just plain slow?, to let Kwagga chase him down and not bring that try under/near the posts. Had a huge head start.

Cost them a bonus point in the end.