Waikato take on North Harbour at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton on Saturday afternoon, kick-off is at 2.05pm:

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Solomon Alaimalo, Sam Cooper, Ayden Johnstone, Sekope Lopeti-Moli, Laghlan McWhannell, Liam Messam, Rhys Dickinson, James Tucker

Iosefa-Scott will need to step up against big Karl in the scrum as Kautai was really good against Wellington. He looked leaner and fitter too.

@Bovidae

Rhys Dickinson

Bloody hell I played with him in 2nd XV at school. He was a year below me.

@Yeetyaah said in Waikato v North Harbour:

@Bovidae

Rhys Dickinson

Bloody hell I played with him in 2nd XV at school. He was a year below me.

He must be the 3rd halfback in the squad as he came off the bench in the Taranaki game.

Jared Page is starting for Harbour at 13. He was in this season's Blues squad, but I've never seen him play.

@Bovidae little blonde fella. He's been around the U19s and stuff before so makes sense. Good on him.

@Tim said in Waikato v North Harbour:

Jared Page is starting for Harbour at 13. He was in this season's Blues squad, but I've never seen him play.

Interesting. He played a couple of times for NH last year but I thought he was a 10/15

@Duluth I definitely thought he was a 15, and that's where he was selected to play in the Blues squad. Maybe an injury forced selection?

@Tim said in Waikato v North Harbour:

@Duluth I definitely thought he was a 15, and that's where he was selected to play in the Blues squad. Maybe an injury forced selection?

Actually:

North Harbour’s Jared Page, a talented allrounder who has been beset by injury in recent years, has been included as a utility.

He play 10 games for Counties in 2014 and 2015. Anyone know where he played and how he went?

@Tim

This is where he played (from rugbyhistory.co.nz)

2014: Fullback - 2 games - 4 tries, 10 C, 3 P (49 pts)
2015: Fullback [4], Sub [1] - 5 games - 2 tries, 4 C (18 pts)
2019: 1/5 [2], Sub [1] - 3 games - 5 C, 1 P (13 pts)

Sub Total: CM: 7 games (67 pts): NH: 3 games (13 pts)

Total: 10 games (80 pts)

Position: Utility Back/ Fullback/ First five-eighth

Jared Page is the future of Counties Manukau rugby, Steelers coach Tana Umaga says.

The fullback, who plays club rugby for Pukekohe, was the star of the Steelers' first Ranfurly Shield defence of the year, scoring 33 points, including three tries, in the 68-0 rout of Thames Valley last week. Umaga praised Page's well-rounded performance.

''He is only a young kid and was born and bred here,'' Umaga said.

''He is our local talent. He has had a few injuries and he obviously has a lot of promise.''

The union has yet to sign Page to a contract, but Umaga hoped he could secure Page' before the larger unions tried to recruit him.

''He is someone who we are looking at and we believe he can be the future of our union and he is someone we want to bring through,'' Umaga said.

Biography:

2014: Fullback - 2 games - 4 tries, 10 C, 3 P (49 pts)
2015: Fullback [4], Sub [1] - 5 games - 2 tries, 4 C (18 pts)
2019: 1/5 [2], Sub [1] - 3 games - 5 C, 1 P (13 pts)

Sub Total: CM: 7 games (67 pts): NH: 3 games (13 pts)

Total: 10 games (80 pts)

1-Karl Tu'inukuafe, 2-Lutero Tolai, 3-Sione Mafileo, 4-Gerrard Cowley-Tuioti, 5-Jacob Pearce, 6-Ethan Roots, 7-Dillon Hunt, 8-Murphy Taramai, 9-Bryn Hall, 10-Bryn Gatland, 11-Tomas Aoake, 12-Jimmy Little, 13-Jared Page,, 14-Ngarachi McGarvey-Black, 15-Shaun Stevenson

Reserves: 16-Zane Turner, 17-Teague McIlroy, 18-Jimmy Roots, 19-Xavier Cowley-Tuioti, 20-Lotu Inisi, 21-Lewis Gjatema, 22-Jack Heighton, 23-Walter Fifta

Why can't they print off a normal team list, in type that is big enough to read?

Waikato tighthead couldn't pull back that time.

Bloody great try by Roe.

Good try from Tupaea. Poor handling from Harbour.

16mins in and the NH forwards are struggling to get into position

Harbour needs to put the ball into the corners.

Forward pass oof