By Campbell BurnesThe Counties Manukau squad for Sunday's Premiership semifinal in Christchurch has more brackets than Mitre 10. Co-captain Jimmy Tupou has an eye injury, but if the bleeding stops in good time, he will take his usual place at blindside. "With a couple of little things done better, it could have been us sitting at the top of the table hosting a semifinal. "The fact that no one has convincingly put us away suggests they are a tough young bunch," says Suasua. One of that tough young bunch, though he is 26, is fullback/wing Toni Pulu, who ran in two tries with his pace last weekend.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 21, 2016 04:41 UTC