Highlanders 2026
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Bit of an update on the Jacomb situation. Herald stating it is a big shout. Also, on the propping front, Napier says will be landing Angus Ta’avao, who will be turning 36 during the season.
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Solomon also mentioned by Cully as well. So Herald, Stuff and Fern. Three sources. Will take that done.
Ta'avao. I kind of like it. Will do a job and offer experience we can't get anywhere else.
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@frugby said in Highlanders 2026:
Seems an odd move for him.
Blues left him with not much choice, got squeezed out.
Landers have sounded out Xavier Tito Harris as well about a shift south.
Pretty much straight on the phone to him after his first round hat trick performance -
@SouthernMann yeah, I think it's excellent, know he can do a job and what a great professional for the up and comers to be mentored by.
Who is Solomon?
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@Bones said in Highlanders 2026:
@SouthernMann yeah, I think it's excellent, know he can do a job and what a great professional for the up and comers to be mentored by.
Who is Solomon?
Stanley Solomon from Welly.
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@Canes4life I hang my head in shame
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Xavier Tito-Harris was impressive tonight aswell.
That Canterbury 13 is a great player too, Jone Rova. Imagine a midfield of him and big Jim…
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@Nogusta said in Highlanders 2026:
@frugby said in Highlanders 2026:
Seems an odd move for him.
Blues left him with not much choice, got squeezed out.
Landers have sounded out Xavier Tito Harris as well about a shift south.
Pretty much straight on the phone to him after his first round hat trick performanceAnd is he interested?
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Solomon is talented but not more than Finn Hurley who seems to run faster. Both are midgets and the way Solomon tried to tackle the Waikato hooker on Saturday is an ominous sign of things to come, but I hope I will be wrong and he will become a SR very good player.
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@upthelanders said in Highlanders 2026:
Xavier Tito-Harris was impressive tonight aswell.
That Canterbury 13 is a great player too, Jone Rova. Imagine a midfield of him and big Jim…
Apparently Rova has signed for the Canes.
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@SouthernMann said in Highlanders 2026:
@Nogusta said in Highlanders 2026:
@frugby said in Highlanders 2026:
Seems an odd move for him.
Blues left him with not much choice, got squeezed out.
Landers have sounded out Xavier Tito Harris as well about a shift south.
Pretty much straight on the phone to him after his first round hat trick performanceAnd is he interested?
Yea hes very keen to get a SR gig. Not fussed where it is.
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Update on the Jacomb situation. Negotiations still ongoing - would seem Jacomb is keen, but there are some complexities to work through in relation to him still being contracted to the Chiefs for next year.
I would be surprised if that deal did not get completed.
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@frugby said in Highlanders 2026:
Update on the Jacomb situation. Negotiations still ongoing - would seem Jacomb is keen, but there are some complexities to work through in relation to him still being contracted to the Chiefs for next year.
I would be surprised if that deal did not get completed.
Can see a bit of a merry-go-round situation developing around the country with the 10s. Maybe Cashmore ends up back at the Chiefs? Not sure the Hurricanes need all of Love Harkin, Godrey and Cashmore.
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