Canterbury

1 Finlay Brewis, 2 George Bell, 3 Seb Calder, 4 Liam Jack, 5 Jamie Hannah, 6 Zach Gallagher, 7 Tom Christie (C), 8 Dominic Gardiner, 9 Tyson Beworthy, 10 Andrew Knewstubb, 11 Ngatungane Punivai, 12 Dallas McLeod, 13 Braydon Ennor, 14 Manasa Mataele, 15 Chay Fihaki

Reserves: 16 Brodie Mcalister, 17 Daniel Liener-Brown, 18 Darcy Breen, 19 Sam Darry, 20 Torian Barnes, 21 Louie Chapman, 22 James White, 23 Jones Rova

Counties

1 Thomas Polo, 2 Ioane Moananu, 3 Keran Van Staden, 4 Leo Ngatai-Tafau, 5 Jimmy Tupou (C), 6 Cameron Church, 7 Adam Brash, 8 Dalton Papalii, 9 Cohen Brady-Leathem, 10 AJ Alatimu, 11 Peniasi Malimali, 12 Gibson Popoalii, 13 Tevita Ofa, 14 Joshua Gray, 15 Etene Nanai-Seturo

Reserves: 16 Zuriel Togiatama, 17 Ezekiel Lindenmuth, 18 Richard Taupariki, 19 William Furniss, 20 Alamanda Motuga, 21 Samuel Wye, 22 Sione Molia, 23 Simon Peter-Tolefaoa

Would be cool to see the team who started off the season unable to win knock off the consistent best team.

That wind is gonna play a huge role.

Gardiner often so clumsy lol

Zach Gallagher maybe should have started playing blindside a bit earlier than his last few weeks in NZ rugby

Canterbury would be advised not kicking it away this half. Just grind out phases ball in hand.

Love this Counties 12 Gibson Popoalli and his Sam Tuitupo headgear

of course Ioane Moananu scores in christchurch

@Grooter said in QF: Canterbury v Counties:

of course Ioane Moananu scores in christchurch

Haha Ikr, always the way.

Canterbury probably just about happy with that - damage could be been a lot worse given the wind.

Kieran Read is wearing his Counties jersey.

Nanai-Seturo looking lively as he often does

Darrylnot having a great start

Clutch Defence by Knewstubb

Damn ...counties have not been clinical with their 22 entries in the second half. Poor options.

Malimali is dangerous but his error rate is very high

Come on Steelers. Game is there for the taking.

McAlister unsure why Ryan rates him so much

If Counties had been brave, I reckon that kick from Knewstubb would've rolled 40 metres and dead.

Real lack of patience by Canterbury when they've occasionally got their hands on the ball.

@KiwiMurph said in QF: Canterbury v Counties:

Malimali is dangerous but his error rate is very high

He also looks much slower now.

Who would've thought this would have ended 15-15 once Canterbury drew level? I assumed they would ground out a 10 point win.

Such an absorbing game.

Counties have put in a heck of a shift. Feel like Canterbury will put some points on over the next 20 and run away with it.

Pretty smart 10 minutes into the wind from
Canterbury. Didn’t give them any ball in that 10 minutes really

Much better first 10 minutes into the wind for the Cantabs. Didn't give Counties a sniff of the ball.

McAlister going off has been a real positive for Canterbury

Bell playing much better

@KiwiMurph said in QF: Canterbury v Counties:

McAlister going off has been a real positive for Canterbury

Bell playing much better

Apparently the third best hooker in NZ while also being Canterbury's third best hooker. Probably the third best in this game too.

Good kick by Fihaki.

Long way back for Counties now.

Well congrats Canterbury they find a way as they often do, my multi is over as is Counties speculator season it's been a real treat watching them the last few months

Very enjoyable game

Excellent effort by Counties but Canterbury deserved winners

Counties didnt score a point after the 31st minute

I felt tired watching that.

You wouldn't have known that was 1 vs 8.

Oh well, another season as a Counties supporter over. All I ask is for improvement year on year and we are seeing that. We just need to start the year better. Hopefully a few more players get Super Rugby contracts.

Cam Church is an NZ Universities legend. Good to see him playing so well

@mikedogz said in QF: Canterbury v Counties:

Oh well, another season as a Counties supporter over. All I ask is for improvement year on year and we are seeing that. We just need to start the year better. Hopefully a few more players get Super Rugby contracts.

Other than BOP, CM was the team I was most worried about playing on the quarters. Their attack is very good especially the way they use some of their big forwards.

Was a hard fought win by the good guys

@mikedogz staggering back end of the season from Counties Manukau .
The heart they showed against a stacked Canterbury team was special and as CM supporter you should be extremely proud
When you consider the 2 rosters it just shows despite those differences In professional personal a gun coach like Reon Graham can inspire many players from club level
The CM Dev team also took out the NR Dev tournament.
I believe Reon does a ton of work behind the scenes in and around the development of players

Congratulations on a more than solid season

@Steven-Harris , Yeah, its part of Reon Grahams job description to do all of that work around development and working with other rep coaches. Some provincial coaches spend the first part of the year at Super rugby level or the new ones aren't even appointed at that time. As a recent Premier club coach, he would be fully aware of the talent in the province.