Sunday 2:05pm

1 Emosi Tuqiri
2 Zuriel Togiatama
3 Keran van Staden
4 Jimmy Tupou
5 William Furniss
6 Adam Brash
7 Cameron Church
8 Hoskins Sotutu
9 Jonathan Taumateine
10 Riley Hohepa
11 Peniasi Malimali
12 Gibson Popoali'i
13 Sione Molia
14 Josh Gray
15 Etene Nanai-Seturo

16 Ioane Moananu
17 Junior Passi
18 Suetena Asomua
19 Leo Ngatai-Tafau
20 Dalton Papali'i
21 Sam Wye
22 AJ Alatimu
23 Simon-Peter Toleafoa

Dalton returns from a quick paternity leave

1 Josh Bartlett
2 Kurt Eklund
3 Filipe Vakasiuola
4 Naitoa Ah Kuoi
5 Semisi Paea
6 Jacob Norris
7 Veveni Lasaqa
8 Nikora Broughton
9 Richard Judd
10 Lucas Cashmore
11 Cole Forbes
12 Lalomilo Lalomilo
13 Fehi Fineanganofo
14 Ngarohi McGarvey-Black
15 Kaleb Trask

16 Taine Kolose
17 Haereiti Hetet
18 Harold Rounds
19 Jai Knight
20 Joe Johnston
21 Charlie Sinton
22 Tamiro Armstrong
23 Frank Vaenuku

Changes at LH prop and lock for Counties. Sekope Moli has converted from hooker to prop.

Late mail

Joshua Gray will be unavailable for today's game due to injury. Blake Makiri will be joining the squad at #14

Kicking off now

14-0 BOP after 16mins

Cashmore has broken the line a couple of times

Captain Kurt YC for repeated team infringements. Then Trask commits a deliberate knock on. 13 v 15 for 9mins

Nice offload Sotutu

21-12 after 47mins

Good win that one with 4 players with the All Blacks and down to 13 for a bit. Glad Ah Kuoi wasn't called up by the ABs ...

That last counter attack try was great heads up play too, certainly happy with the win

Counties had a good 3rd quarter but BOP always looked in control

Poor form from the commentators to mis-identify Cam Church as Adam Brash when he scored his try. You can clearly see his jersey number (6) when he scored in the corner in space.

Even the 'official" NZR summary is wrong:

However, the combined loss to the sin bin of hooker Kurt Eklund at a goal-line ruck, and fullback Kaleb Trask for a deliberate knockdown in the resulting penalty movement, hit the Bay hard. Another penalty gave Counties Manukau a chance that flanker Adam Brash accepted.

@Bovidae said in Counties v BOP:

Poor form from the commentators to mis-identify Cam Church as Adam Brash when he scored his try. You can clearly see his jersey number (6) when he scored in the corner in space.

Even the 'official" NZR summary is wrong:

However, the combined loss to the sin bin of hooker Kurt Eklund at a goal-line ruck, and fullback Kaleb Trask for a deliberate knockdown in the resulting penalty movement, hit the Bay hard. Another penalty gave Counties Manukau a chance that flanker Adam Brash accepted.

Far ken amateur hour commentators.
They shouldn't let Codling (and Bryn Hall) anywhere near a mic after that game. Andy Ellis the night before was just as bad.