Battered Taranaki hope to salvage pride against Canterbury RICHARD KNOWLER1 NEWSArdie Savea shows the hard work the All Blacks are putting in ahead of Sunday's test in Pretoria. If the Canterbury players botch this, their loyal supporters might have to undergo counselling. True, the amber and blacks were pipped by Tasman in their semi but, overall, there wasn't much to gripe about in the 'Naki. Hence Canterbury coach Joe Maddock and assistant Reuben Thorne have been wise enough to name a competitive line-up for the Taranaki fixture. Canterbury: George Bridge, Connor Garden-Bachop, Braydon-Ennor, Sam Beard, Ngane Punivai, Brett Cameron, Mitchell Drummond (capt), Hugh Renton, Tom Christie, Billy Harmon, Mitchell Dunshea, Luke Romano, Sef Fa'agase, Nathan Vella, Alex Hodgman.

Source: Stuff October 05, 2018 00:22 UTC