1 Mitch O'Neill, 2 Bradley Slater, 3 Reuben O'Neill, 4 Jayden Sa, 5 Josh Lord,
6 Arese Poliko, 7 Michael Loft, 8 Kaylum Boshier (C), 9 Adam Lennox, 10 Josh Jacomb,
11 Kini Naholo, 12 Daniel Rona, 13 Brayton Northcott-Hill, 14 Vereniki Tikoisolomone, 15 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens

Reserves: 16 Ricky Riccitelli, 17 Perry Lawrence, 18 Michael Bent,
19 Rowan Slater, 20 AJ Lemalu, 21 Logan Crowley, 22 Ethan Reti, 23 Jayson Potroz

1 Tim Farrell, 2 Jacob Devery, 3 Joel Hintz, 4 Geoff Cridge, 5 Tom Parsons (c), 6 Patrick Tuifua, 7 Sam Smith, 8 Hugh Renton, 9 Ereatara Enari, 10 Lincoln McClutchie, 11 Neria Fomai, 12 Danny Toala, 13 Nick Grigg, 14 Lukas Ripley, 15 Ben O'Donnell

Reserves: 16 Kianu Kereru-Symes, 17 Hadlee Hay-Horton, 18 Lolani Faleiva, 19 Hunter Morrison, 20 Josh Gimblett, 21 Samuel Wye, 22 Kienan Higgins, 23 Andrew Tauatevalu

Just kicked off

Poor kick by Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens. No idea how Rona wasn't penalised for the "failed intercept".

HB looking flat again. 14-0 Taranaki after 14mins

Enari's passing isn't helping.

This Naki 6 has had a great game so far. Talk about physical.

See what happens when you compete on 5 m defensive lineouts.

Jayden Sa has shown some nice touches. He isn't short but is dwarfed by Lord.

Taranaki 30 points in front with 25mins left

Looking at the tipping, most people were picking HB

Hawkes Bay have thrown in the towel after losing the Shield.

This has been such a strange 2nd half. A lot of injuries so that both starting halfbacks are back on as outside backs.

Smashed

They conceded 50 last week too

63-12 with 5mins left

@Donsteppa withdrawals?

Josh Lord dominant tonight. Get him playing more for the ABs

Time to bring back the Vikings

Great week in HB aye?

Embarrassing

@Yeetyaah said in Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Time to bring back the Vikings

Fuck off, I'd rather we lose by a hundred than suffer that fate ... at the rate we're going we'll probably hit that hundred next week.

Jeez naki scored some crackers.

Be great if Lord can remain uninjured, mobile and good workrate for such a big guy.

Lennox looks a good prospect too.

@taniwharugby said in Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Lennox looks a good prospect too.

I hope McMillan moves on from TTT and promotes Lennox. He is quick, and I remember he played at fullback when Taranaki had their injury crisis a couple of seasons ago.

@Bovidae said in Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

@taniwharugby said in Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:

Lennox looks a good prospect too.

I hope McMillan moves on from TTT and promotes Lennox. He is quick, and I remember he played at fullback when Taranaki had their injury crisis a couple of seasons ago.

He plays at fullback for his club quite a bit too.