Canterbury

1 Finlay Brewis, 2 Ben Funnell, 3 Darcy Breen, 4 Sam Darry, 5 Jamie Hannah, 6 Dominic Gardiner, 7 Corey Kellow, 8 Cullen Grace (c), 9 Riley Williams, 10 Andrew Knewstubb, 11 Ngatungane Punivai, 12 Dallas McLeod, 13 Braydon Ennor, 14 Manasa Mataele, 15 Johnny McNicholl

Reserves: 16 Brodie McAlister, 17 Lewis Ponini, 18 Gus Brown, 19 Tahlor Cahill, 20 Torian Barnes, 21 Tyson Belworthy, 22 Shun Miyake, 23 Jone Rova

Manawatu

1 Joseph Gavigan, 2 Vernon Basson, 3 Feletti Sae Ta'ufo'ou, 4 Rob Harley, 5 Taine Roiri, 6 Te Kamaka Howden (c), 7 Joseph Fabish, 8 Brayden Iose, 9 Jordi Viljoen, 10 Sam Coles, 11 Junta Hamano, 12 Ngani Laumape, 13 Kyle Brown, 14 Taniela Filimone, 15 Drew Wild

Reserves: 16 Raymond Tuputupu, 17 Malaakai Ngatai, 18 Misinuale Nafu'alu Epenisa, 19 Reuben Allen, 20 Mosese Bason, 21 Jai Tamati, 22 Pita Manamanaivalu, 23 Tofuka Paongo

staring soon

Just tuned in. Did Grace get injured?

Yep did his knee

Manawatu made a mess of that kickoff. Just completely misjudged where it was landing

@zedsdeadbaby it look bad ?

Only half watching... but everytime I glance at the screen Kellow seems to be doing something good

Sam Darry is having a dominant npc season as expected

@Grooter said in Canterbury v Manawatu:

Sam Darry is having a dominant npc season as expected

Yeah, I was thinking he looks a class above, but one would hope most ABs would at this level. Lord might be looking over his shoulder.

@Landers92 didn’t look great but he turned down a medicab

It’s only NPC, but Kellow very prominent in highlights reel.

Kellow and Withy are the best NPC loose forwards so far., IMO.

Kellow has been a real standout for Canterbury in the last 3 games. He’s deceptively quick and not only his high activity rate, but seems to have a real shoulder on him.

What's his best position?

He's playing on the blindside because Christie is the incumbent 7, but I think his future is on the openside.