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[rugby101]

Ace barlow kerikeri
andrew richie mid northern
aterea davis welsford
brent murray mid western
brook gilmore mid western
brock mustard mid northern
dan mason kamo
davion young ohaeawai
eric wihongi hikurangi
ethan crucher old boys
gary whippy western sharks
jack tango kamo
jeff kalemani old boys
jershon witehira mid northern
josh woodman ohaeawai
matt harrison old boys
matt wright welsford
mike wiringi welsford
ray hutton marist
reece hamon western sharks
ryan barker western sharks
sione fonua western sharks
solomon palu western sharks
steve baker kamo
tevita vaipulu old boys
troy raitt hikurangi
ualosi kailea western sharks

[taniwharugby]

pretty solid looking side really, with a few warhorses in there as well (Whippy, Harrison, Baker) to guide the young fullas

[kev]

Where is Troy Woodman ?

[Chiefy]

Good to see some of the Far North boys made it, hopefully their will be even more next year. Their is about another 5 or 6 players on standby too.

You would expect Troy Woodman would go great guns at this level so I'm guessing he has gapped it back overseas. I wonder where Whiria Meltzer is...

[FarNthHayden]

perhaps their training with the A side?

[rugby101]

just heard northland b played yesterday and had a 23-16 win over counties

[Gunner]

rugby101 said:

just heard northland b played yesterday and had a 23-16 win over counties

The advocate said today, that Dews, Gilmore, Mustard, Harrison all played well. Hopefully this year some of these B players will actually put some pressure on the NPC players.

[rugby101]

how have this northland team been going??

[justin77]

rugby101 said:

how have this northland team been going??

Got a pasting from Auckland B (41-0) on the weekend, previous to that we beat King Country and Counties..They are playing the Auckland Emerging Players this weekend at College Rifles RFC, 2.00pm.

[taniwharugby]

they got pumped by Auckland....

40 odd to not much for the Dev and 60 odd to not much at U20...(think the actual scores are in the main Northland v Auckland thread in here.

[FarNthHayden]

john cocker was playing for auckland b

[Duluth]

taniwharugby said:

they got pumped by Auckland....

40 odd to not much for the Dev and 60 odd to not much at U20...(think the actual scores are in the main Northland v Auckland thread in here.

There's a highlights video in the video sub-forum
http://www.daimenhut...B-v-Northland-B

[Middy1]

They are playing at Eden Park now - Cam Goodhue is playing for them this week as they are taking 4 props for Wellington for Saturday

[OB1]

Close - Eden RFC, Gribblehurst Park just up the road from the park!!

[Chiefy]

I watched them play BoP in the curtain raiser. They got spanked 30 odd points to 10 but I don't think the gap was that big. Most of BoP's tries were intercept's or long range tries from dropped ball. BoP still deserved to win, but the scoreline flattered them.

Players that stood out for me were the prop Davis, the halfback and the first five. Brook Gilmore showed some nice touches and good strength at times but they didn't get him on the ball enough. Joel McKenty played the 2nd half and seemed to get through ok, hopefully he will be back for the top team this week.

[Gunner]

I saw the last 20 with TR, and as he said, a lot of them looked bloody unfit, and struggling to keep up with the play. The 10 (Reece Hamon from the sharks?) and Brook Gilmore looked good from where I was watching.

[taniwharugby]

funny listening to a comment form the Wanganui (??) coach on the radio last week, about thier shield match this year.

He is trying to get the players to take some responsibility to get themselves fit, as he says they have the talent and skills, as showed by the shield challenge (he said) they got dealt to by Southland's fitness and blown away in the second spell. But he said most of them felt they didnt need to...

I think if some of these guys are serious about stepping up, they need to hit the road and get bloody fit, a number of them looked in the same or worse shape than me!

who was the halfback? Was that Wihongi?

Edited by taniwharugby, 05 September 2010 - 04:11 PM.

[kev]

I would like more home grown talent to start coming through but the guys need to get fit - our Developement team should be as fit as the main squad.

[Chiefy]

Yep fitness definitely seemed an issue, especially in the pack.

TR I think the halfback was Davion Young

[Middy1]

Thought Matt Wright was the stand out for the B's made some telling runs - our midfield defence was awful don't think Brook Gilmour is up to A's yet he doesnt seem to want to tackle. In defence of the team a lot of 1st pick players were'nt avaliable ie Busta Tahere; Brad Taylor

[justin77]

Some good news on the injury front...Ryan Barker and Justin Davies named to start for the B's this week.

[Gunner]

Very good news that Davies is playing, hopefully he'll get through the game and step up the the A bench next week.

[taniwharugby]

JEEZ THAT'D Be huge if he could make it back, with half a dozen games still to go, he could yet make an impact, good luck to him!!!

[taniwharugby]

dev side beat NH 23-16

[kev]

Did both Justin Davies ( 60 mins J77 said) & Mckenty play - are they both in consideration for the main squad now? Are they fit

[taniwharugby]

well McKenty looked ok last week, thought he'd be on the bench this week?

That said, Pryor is supposedly the leading tackler in the comp, so tough to drop him for someone coming back from injury, he needs to play from the bench and make his claim from there IMO.

As to Davies, not sure what to do there, Wright is a great impact player, so would you slot him straight in? Alot of pressure being placed on him to solidify our scrum that has struggled.

[kev]

I'd still start with Pryor with Mckenty (when fit) being a bench option.

With Davies, if he is better than Wallis, he has to start - given they still see Wright as impact.

If they are both "match fit" they just give us a better player mix.

[Chiefy]

The Advocate said something about Davies having a very good 60 minutes where he dominated and he will be looking to move up to the top squad. I hope he does, he is a good player and we could definitely use a solid prop.

I would have thought McKenty would have been back after playing the week before. Pryor has been handy for us, but I don't think he is close to the same class as McKenty...

[taniwharugby]

I cannot see them dropping Pryor for McKenty, even if fit. Pryor has been very good for us, regardless of what we think of the loan system (I hope they are trying to get him up here for next season too)

He is a different player to McKenty, and IMO, fits the way we are playing so well (I'd add that his style is similar to Clutterbuck who'd also be revelling in this style)

He is apparently the leading tackler in the comp, coupled with the fact he misses so few tackles, his work on the deck isnt as good as McKenty, but he has made a couple of t/o's, but is complimented well by the rest of the pack picking up thier fair share.

Ideally, you start McKenty on the bench and get him to force his way in with performances, not by his reputation.

[the champ is here]

100% agree TR. Well said. Especially the last bit - too often people, at all levels, are rushed back due to reputation, when it wouldn't hurt to get them to fight for their spot.