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No change to Canterbury for final

Newstalk ZB - November 5, 2009, 11:12 am

Canterbury coaches Rob Penney and Tabai Matson have named an unchanged line-up to take on Wellington in the Air New Zealand Cup final in Christchurch on Saturday night.

The squad of 22 which beat Hawke's Bay in last week's semifinal will get the chance to retain Canterbury's title in a repeat final from last season.

The match is centre Casey Laulala's last match for Canterbury before he takes up a contract with the Cardiff Blues. He made his Canterbury debut in 2003 and first played for the Crusaders a year later.

Saturday night's match will be his 65th for Canterbury. He played 61 times for the Crusaders.

The final at AMI Stadium is shaping up as a lonely experience for the players with just 6,800 tickets being sold.

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Colin 01:23pm Thursday 05th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
Gotta agree with Mark, totally rugbied out..another meaningless test against the Wallabies (yawn), another Northern Hemisphere tour (yawn), plus the game is becoming unwatchable, it is so defense/kick orientated; the Phoenix -Jets A League game last night had less kicks than some of the NPC games th ...
Blair 12:04pm Thursday 05th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
We had 17,000 for a thursday night game in Napier Vs Canterbury more than they get to a super 14 match and the Hurricanes haven't played here for 10 years. Stuff the Hurricanes go the MAGPIES.
cran.brooks 12:00pm Thursday 05th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
It's a question of whether rugby as an event not just a game is giving entertainment value. It is shameful that we seem to have so much disrespect and even hate spewing forth from so called fans - grow up Les.
cran.brooks 11:52am Thursday 05th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
Amazing the perception of canterbury fans - I don't live there but I've seen nothing that makes them any different than other crowds - except that they've lost their passion for the game and team. That's the local union and city councils fault (cost and marketing no ...
Jack 11:25am Thursday 05th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
What do you expect? its only rugby...
Brendon G 11:23am Thursday 05th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
too right Les. Bloody JAFCs
Jonathan H 11:15am Thursday 05th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
this is a shame. the yarpies have just had the curry cup final and it was a 52000 sell out. We should be concentrating on ouyr national game rather that the AB's playing in Toyko
Mark 10:03am Thursday 05th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
We're all rugbyed-out. Win, lose or draw -- who really cares, these days?
LES 09:38am Thursday 05th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
The attendance figures for the Canterbury home games have been a total disgrace considering the fans are the most one eyed,snobbiest and arrogant in the country. It's ironic that when Southland took the shield there were more of their fans at the match. Go the LIONS.