Saturday 4:35pm

Taranaki

1 Jared Proffit
2 Bradley Slater
3 Reuben O'Neill
4 Jesse Parete
5 Jayden Sa
6 Arese Poliko
7 Michael Loft
8 Kaylum Boshier
9 Logan Crowley
10 Josh Jacomb
11 Vereniki Tikoisolomone
12 Daniel Rona
13 Josh Setu
14 Adam Lennox
15 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens

16 JJ Pokai
17 Perry Lawrence
18 Mitch O'Neill
19 Scott Jury
20 Sage Walters-Hansen
21 Leone Nawai
22 Sam Clarke
23 Obey Samate

Did Fiti Sa get injured against NH? I didn't see any of the game.

He plays good footy, what's the bet he is wearing black by the end of the Rugby Championship

@Bovidae said in Auckland v Taranaki:

Did Fiti Sa get injured against NH? I didn't see any of the game.

Yep he out with a knees injury, don't know for how long. I think he actually did it first against the Taniwha.

Hopefully for both ABs and Auckland's sake Tangitau can recapture his Super Rugby form.

Makes sense he is coming off of the bench given he has had a number of months without playing (plus Auckland wingers have been playing well)

Haha well they have almost zero chance of winning now

At least we'll see some more new players

Be lucky to come third

Still playing with lots of width

going to be long game

AJ very casual there

uggh, people flinging the ball around aint going to help

@Kirwan said in Auckland v Taranaki:

uggh, people flinging the ball around aint going to help

Naki decided to copy us

I wonder how many of the starters are sick too. Some low energy errors

This is going to be a high scoring game, being this loose (from both teams) in this heavy rain

this is awful

Great run Crowley

Well that's good my Jacomb & Lennox multi comes in

Just need to practice wet weather rugby and not play sevens

A couple of powerful runs by Clark

I see handling errors come up there, need a stupid pass stat

sigh, was just about to say I was happy with 3-17

Tough watch for Auckland supporters

That was too easy. Auckland giving up a simple try just before half time.

What's wrong with playing wet weather rugby?

@antipodean said in Auckland v Taranaki:

What's wrong with playing wet weather rugby?

..and playing a tighter game plan makes even more sense with late changes and illness

C'mon the Naki, don't take foot off pedal boys!

@Duluth lack of smarts with alot of the coaching plans and players it seems.

of course we have lost Che Clark as well

Glorious day,
Watch the Mariners knock 11 runs to roll over the NY Mets,
Followed immediately by the Seahawks smashing the 2024 SuperBowl runner-up KC Chiefs.
And now, get home to see the mighty 'Naki Bulls dominating the hapless Aucklanders.
What a day, what a glorious day.

This could be a long 40mins.

Forwards making good ground with the carry clean in close, so they fling it to the backs once they're less than five metres out. And predictably it doesn't go to hand.

Time for some forwards to start punching teammates.

Some of this rugby being played in wet conditions by Taranaki despite the disposition of the home team with unavailability’s is absolutely sensational
The skill level is out the gate

how good are Crowley and rona

Lennox a solid winger

This is painful. Can't take out this many players against good teams like Taranaki

@taniwharugby the smarts in the Naki side when confronted with a situation is superb

Beautiful work by Rona. Reads the second man play and applies defensive pressure. Picks up the loose ball and kicks ahead perfectly for Lennox to score.

Fair to say Segners absence has a massive impact on this Auckland team