Counties

1 Thomas Polo, 2 Ioane Moananu, 3 Keran van Staden, 4 Leo Ngatai-Tafau, 5 Jimmy Tupou, 6 Dalton Papali'i, 7 Adam Brash, 8 Hoskins Sotutu, 9 Cohen Brady-Leathem, 10 AJ Alatimu, 11 Peniasi Malimali, 12 Gibson Popoali'i, 13 Tevita Ofa, 14 Josh Gray, 15 Etene Nanai-Seturo

Reserves: 16 Rico McQuoid, 17 Vainikolo Fifita, 18 Suetena Asomua, 19 William Furniss, 20 Cameron Church, 21 Cam Roigard, 22 Sione Molia, 23 Simon-Peter Toleafoa

Auckland

1 Oscar Cowley-Andrea, 2 Soane Vikena, 3 Angus Ta'avao-Matau, 4 Tai Cribb, 5 Ola Tauelangi, 6 Che Clark, 7 Anton Segner (C), 8 Sam Hainsworth-Fa'afao, 9 James Arscott, 10 Rico Simpson, 11 Xavier Tito-Harris, 12 Xavi Taele, 13 AJ Lam, 14 Caleb Tangitau, 15 Cohen Norrie

Reserves: 16 Millennium Sanerivi, 17 Joshua Fusituua, 18 Hamdahn Tuipulotu, 19 Tom Allen, 20 Ofa Topeni, 21 Taufa Funaki, 22 Tanielu Tele'a, 23 Leo Gordon

No sign of Caleb Clarke or Rieko Ioane for the Aucks

@UpTheHarbs said in Counties v Auckland:

No sign of Caleb Clarke or Rieko Ioane for the Aucks

I'm sure that will change

Auckland hasn't posted a team on their social media yet

Auckland apparently have a bunch of injuries so expect the team itself to look quite different

Is Tangitau dropped or injured?

Patty T looking good also .

@SouthernMann There is a photo on Auckland Facebook of him Training yesterday.

Clarke and Clark have started well

Aucklands defence has been a mess all year. Sotutu’s passing causing issues

Nanai-Seturo is having some game

I can’t recall another side that has looked so disorganised on defence. Two months into the season and they still look confused without the ball. What’s happening at training?

@Grooter said in Counties v Auckland:

Nanai-Seturo is having some game

He should be in the AB's mix.

Man that was weak by Segner

Rough start to the season but Counties has done some freakish stuff on attack the last two weeks

@Duluth said in Counties v Auckland:

Rough start to the season but Counties has done some freakish stuff on attack the last two weeks

Yeah the attack has been brilliant but for this game you have to wonder about Auckland's defence.

Reiko had a shocker he dropped a heap of passes and really made no impact.
Clarke on the other hand looked a real handfull for the defense.

Some excellent attacking play by both teams but yes the rubbish Auckland defence meant this was a blowout despite scoring 28 points.

Agreed that Clarke and Roigard looked excellent. Rieko continues to look like a player who is cooked.

All aboard the Cam Roigard train. Choo choo!

It's been a while since we've had the L.V Dan Bryant Memorial Trophy.

I hear we won the Coronation Shield (Premier Dev trophy) today as well.

@KiwiMurph said in Counties v Auckland:

Some excellent attacking play by both teams but yes the rubbish Auckland defence meant this was a blowout despite scoring 28 points.

Agreed that Clarke and Roigard looked excellent. Rieko continues to look like a player who is cooked.

He just needs a break like Codie Taylor did.

@brodean maybe already got an eye on Leinster...

Hopefully that rejuvenates him.

@brodean said in Counties v Auckland:

@KiwiMurph said in Counties v Auckland:

Some excellent attacking play by both teams but yes the rubbish Auckland defence meant this was a blowout despite scoring 28 points.

Agreed that Clarke and Roigard looked excellent. Rieko continues to look like a player who is cooked.

He just needs a break like Codie Taylor did.

Certainly won't hurt him to get into a new environment in Ireland - I suspect it will be more like Julian Savea though and his form will never return.

@Chris said in Counties v Auckland:

Reiko had a shocker he dropped a heap of passes and really made no impact.
Clarke on the other hand looked a real handfull for the defense.

To be fair, he was getting passes bouncing at his feet and hitting his shoulder.

He didn't play well, but there was chaos around him.

More than enough talent in this team to be performing better than this, have to look at the coaches. All of them.

@Kirwan said in Counties v Auckland:

@Chris said in Counties v Auckland:

Reiko had a shocker he dropped a heap of passes and really made no impact.
Clarke on the other hand looked a real handfull for the defense.

To be fair, he was getting passes bouncing at his feet and hitting his shoulder.

He didn't play well, but there was chaos around him.

More than enough talent in this team to be performing better than this, have to look at the coaches. All of them.

That’s fair but looks like Reiko’s confidence is gone.