Canterbury v Auckland

Duluth11 months ago

So similar starting XV. Simpson in for the injured Harford and Vikena drops to the bench

Anyone know much about Topeni?

Also what positions does Norrie cover?

KiwiMurph11 months ago

@Duluth Arscott a change on the bench too

Duluth11 months ago

@KiwiMurph

He was on the bench last week too.

He was part of that strange sub at the 70th minute when Funaki had to go to wing

Chris11 months ago

Daffy Jaffy11 months ago

@Duluth said in Canterbury v Auckland:

Anyone know much about Topeni?

Marist Captain out of Dilworth school. When he was named in the squad I went back and watched two Marist games on Auckland.TV to check him out. He is a chunky blindside not very tall. In those games he carried well, was noticeably aggressive and put in several Jerry Collins level big hits.

Here is a video of him scoring in the Gallaher Shield Final -

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george3311 months ago

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@Duluth Norrie 10/15 Ant Strachan said brilliant talent and Blues must hang on to him when the pack comes chasing played outside his son for Grammer on occasions..He said sees him as a 10 .

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Duluth11 months ago

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Auckland posted a short video for each player on debut

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tubbyj11 months ago

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What happened to the young Canterbury fullback that debuted at the end of last season and looked a real talent?

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tubbyj11 months ago

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Isaac Hutchinson was his name

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BellsGeorg11 months ago

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@tubbyj He got injured playing club footy a couple of months ago. From memory it was an ACL. Not 100% on that but I'm not expecting to see him this season.

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Torian11 months ago

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Good on ya Nick the cantab hooker

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Steven Harris11 months ago

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Struggling to understand how Canterbury let Shearer go and then select the number 2 halfback from Ta$man whom from what i have seen is not the best

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Duluth11 months ago

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Auckland playing very wide this year

More fun to watch than last season at least

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Torian11 months ago

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These Auckland wingers are great to watch

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Canes4life11 months ago

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Superb footy by Auckland. Getting the ball wide is killing Canterbury. Great skills in this weather.

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Duluth11 months ago

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All the young backs have been playing well

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Steven Harris11 months ago

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The scrum law is an arse and needs to be reviewed
As far as i am concerned once you get an intial shove and regardless of it screwing your the dominant scrum

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Duluth11 months ago

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Very little ball for Auckland in this half

Duluth11 months ago

Great pass Vai

Torian11 months ago

Rova with some big moments this half

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Frank11 months ago

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Rico Simpson looks to have potential

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Duluth11 months ago

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Auckland poll up early:
https://www.forum.silverfern.rugby/topic/7491/auckland-motm-v-canterbury

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pakman11 months ago

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Only caught last 10. Auks should have been able to find a way over from 5m. Lam play so predictable.

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Duluth11 months ago

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There’s a lot of talent in the Auckland side. Simpson and Spencer have plenty of distance on their kicks, just need to improve the accuracy

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Bovidae11 months ago

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@Duluth said in Canterbury v Auckland:

There’s a lot of talent in the Auckland side. Simpson and Spencer have plenty of distance on their kicks, just need to improve the accuracy

I was going to say that Spencer's defensive kicking wasn't great. He has always been a run-first fullback.

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Duluth11 months ago

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@Bovidae

A couple of mis-kicks but he seems to have good distance at least. Way too many kicks were going straight to hand without much pressure on though. Most of the contestable kicks came from Funaki