Shaping up to be a good day in Auckland after being hammered by the storm and 100km hour winds yesterday.
Despite the sunshine due about lunchtime and no further rain, Mount Smart will likely be a heavy track tonight and a touch greasy. So this will be an up the guts game with strong carries and field position being key.
CNK coming back will be great for these conditions with his power and expect a 200+ m game from him tonight.
I don’t expect the Tigers will risk Doeuhi tonight - this type of surface will bust a dodgy hammy, so I expect Latu to start with him a late scratching. Why risk it?
Kick chase should be a feature. I’m expecting
Boyd to land it on the 10m line
all night and we strangle them inside their half all night.
Wildcard is Adam Gee. Let’s see how liberal he is with the 10m given the conditions and how he handles 6 against. Once again, home ground advantage and given how fast we play I have us as being likely here to have a few more penalties and 6 agains than the tigers.
I’ve gone Wahs 13+ - just too much forward firepower - but I do expect Tigers to put up a decent fight.
Give
Lukey Met,
RTS and Mitch to score tonight. And probably
Leka off a bomb.
36-8 final score for mine. This train keeps rolling on…
