George Reeves called back from Southland.
Canterbury
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Tasman (RS)
@Bovidae said in Canterbury v Ta$man:
George Reeves called back from Southland.
yeah Kellow is in a knee brace,Gardiner and Cahill out with concussion.
Interesting.
Man for man, we're not badly outgunned anywhere - except Canterbury are going to have a very tall lineout, with Gallagher at 6. Loosehead prop maybe a bit of a worry - especially moli from the bench.
Very disappointed that Oudenryn isn't available. Blackadder will obviously be missed along with Johnny Lee.
I will at least watch this one - without expectation, but not without hope! 
Ta$man start with a really good try and then gift one back in comical fashion.
Lots of errors so far, but hard and fast.
Entertainiing game, so far.
Ta$man had the better of the first half hour - didn't bang a nail in the coffin and from a 15-7 lead, conceded two late tries.
19-15 to Canterbury at halftime.
Big Leicester causing some problems in midfield. Annoyingly, Louie Chapman has scored two tries and the other with an assist.
KSM a late withdrawl, I think - so our starting props will have to go deep.
@Chris-B said in Canterbury v Ta$man (RS):
Fihaki scored the third with a dominant aerial catch!
It says a lot about the state of the AB wings at the moment he would actually be an improvement - he can kick the ball and catch a high ball for a start
Third comical one - Taumoefolau scores.
McLeod looked like ribs!
Ta$man take the lead and playing with the wind!
Big Leicester creates more havoc and then delivers a pass for Maka to score in the crner.
Can't convert. Crucial miss.
Ta$man 25-19
Canterbury score.
We're defending too much - gotta force an early error from the restart.
25-24
Something about that log that produces more close games no matter how good or dumb the teams play.
Just ground the ball you eggs.
But in saying that, good to see some decent kick chasing going on.
Thought the Cantab pack took a. Bit of time to get into it, but finished strong.