Chiefs 2025

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@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2025:

Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi gone for the season with a shoulder injury.

Boo. Am a fanboi

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Fellow test reps Quinn Tupaea (who was nursing a foot injury) and Emoni Narawa (following off-season wrist surgery) are also set to be back, as well as playmaker Kaleb Trask, who had required stitches to a leg he sliced open on a sprig at training, while uncapped loose forward Malachi Wrampling may also return from a hip impingement which scratched him from the weekend.

Along with All Blacks hooker Samisoni Taukei’aho, who is still on the mend from the achilles tendon rupture he suffered in last year’s semifinal, and winger Liam Coombes-Fabling, who will miss the first couple of rounds following knee surgery, the Chiefs will also start the season without rookie lock Fiti Sa, who will be aiming for mid-season after having dislocated his shoulder during the NPC, and Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, with McMillan still awaiting full results of scans on a shoulder the halfback damaged at training.

The Waikato Times

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Taukei’aho is aiming to be available by Rd 3 (Brumbies).

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The teams for each half have been named. It's good to see some players return from injury and the ABs.

Alyse Sharpe  /  Feb 5

All Blacks group set for game time in second pre-season clash  - Chiefs

Damian McKenzie, Cortez Ratima and Tupou Vaa’i are among the Gallagher Chiefs’ All Blacks representatives set to see game time in the club’s second and final pre-season match against Moana […]

[Bones]

@Bovidae so good to be able to read a team sheet and know what position they are even when the numbers are all over the show. Take note England you Muppets.

[Mr Fish]

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2025:

The teams for each half have been named. It's good to see some players return from injury and the ABs.

Alyse Sharpe  /  Feb 5

All Blacks group set for game time in second pre-season clash  - Chiefs

Damian McKenzie, Cortez Ratima and Tupou Vaa’i are among the Gallagher Chiefs’ All Blacks representatives set to see game time in the club’s second and final pre-season match against Moana […]

Tupaea on the wing and Mataele at centre for the second half seems a unusual choice.

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Ha! The graphic is correct, so Tupaea and ALB in the midfield.

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I look forward to crayfish at the game.

Alyse Sharpe  /  Feb 6

Chiefs Rugby Club welcome Ngāti Porou East Coast Rugby Union as provincial affiliate  - Chiefs

Following approval from New Zealand Rugby and an agreement being reached with the Hurricanes, the Chiefs Rugby Club are honoured to welcome Ngāti Porou East Coast Rugby Union into its […]

[Yeetyaah]

@Bovidae can't say I was expecting another provincial defector but I'll take it.

[Nepia]

Sheesh, even the coast beat us to defecting from the Horror-canes,

[Machpants]

At least, unlike Taranaki, they have been part of a SR title winning franchise

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Audio interview with CMcM-

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'We showed some good signs': Chiefs braced for 2025 Super Rugby season

The Chiefs are feeling hopeful ahead of the 2025 Super Rugby season.

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ENS, Dyer, McAlister and Ross were all rested against MP with minor niggles.

TTT's shoulder injury is not season-ending but he will be out for a while. Trask didn't play as his partner had a baby. He hasn't played any pre-season games so I doubt he makes the 23 for Rd 1.

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I hope there is a return fixture next month.

Salabiau is back. No Poihipi or M Wrampling. A lot of U20 players on the bench.

[African Monkey]

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2025:

I hope there is a return fixture next month.

Salabiau is back. No Poihipi or M Wrampling. A lot of U20 players on the bench.

That's a very experienced B team.

[Daffy Jaffy]

@African-Monkey Final score Blues A 26-27 Chiefs A

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@Daffy-Jaffy Did you go to the game?

The Chiefs had an 18 yr old halfback starting and a 19 yr old on the bench. They will be the Chiefs U20s halfbacks.

[Daffy Jaffy]

@Bovidae No sorry. Info from Blues Instagram.
Steven Harris was at the game. He posted a report on the Blues thread.

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Very pleasant first game. I’m pretty surprised that the starters kept it that close and we could get the ABs to finish it that strongly, so hats off to Donk for the selections.

What to do next week?

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I certainly hope that McAlister is fit, as starting with Slater and him having to play big minutes makes me nervous.

It was interesting to hear McMillan say that he didn't want to play DMac but injuries meant he had to.

I think there may be some minor rotation with the Brumbies the following week in a tough opening 5 game schedule. I'm sure there will be plenty of sore bodies from both teams.