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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 395484" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>I wouldn't be surprised if Evans or Atkins actually get a few games for the Otago team this year, because they have both stood out for Dunedin at club level. Will be good to see Axtens playing, as he sounds like another promising player - they may even be tempted to play him at lock if he is capable there (if they are wanting to play the expansive game which seems so effective at this level).</p><p></p><p>I wasn't overly impressed by Luke Whitelock through most of last years tournament; he was certainly overshadowed by both Rory Grice and Sean Polwart. In fact I was slightly surprised he even got selected for the final, however I thought he had a standout game in the final. If he can play as well as he did in that final I will be very happy, otherwise there are plenty of other options (as you have mentioned).</p><p></p><p>A couple of other interesting omissions in my opinion are Hanipale Galo and Chauncy Edwardson. I would have thought that one of them would have made the squad ahead of Nathan George. Nothing against George (as I've never seen him play), but he would be only the 4th ranked first-five in the squad, so he seems a bit superfluous to me, while there are only really two specialist mid-field backs in the squad (Rhys Llewellyn & Francis Saili). Does George cover an position other than first-five?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 395484, member: 24910"] I wouldn't be surprised if Evans or Atkins actually get a few games for the Otago team this year, because they have both stood out for Dunedin at club level. Will be good to see Axtens playing, as he sounds like another promising player - they may even be tempted to play him at lock if he is capable there (if they are wanting to play the expansive game which seems so effective at this level). I wasn't overly impressed by Luke Whitelock through most of last years tournament; he was certainly overshadowed by both Rory Grice and Sean Polwart. In fact I was slightly surprised he even got selected for the final, however I thought he had a standout game in the final. If he can play as well as he did in that final I will be very happy, otherwise there are plenty of other options (as you have mentioned). A couple of other interesting omissions in my opinion are Hanipale Galo and Chauncy Edwardson. I would have thought that one of them would have made the squad ahead of Nathan George. Nothing against George (as I've never seen him play), but he would be only the 4th ranked first-five in the squad, so he seems a bit superfluous to me, while there are only really two specialist mid-field backs in the squad (Rhys Llewellyn & Francis Saili). Does George cover an position other than first-five? [/QUOTE]
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