Crusaders 2026
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Saders squad for 2026:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQsozSskun-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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I've heard good things about Toby Bell the new midfielder but oddly he hasn't featured that much in npc
@Grooter been in the Crusaders system for some time, I believe he and Lucas Casey would have played for Kerikeri at the same time.
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I've heard good things about Toby Bell the new midfielder but oddly he hasn't featured that much in npc
@Grooter Every midfielder in the Canterbury squad has a full-time super contract, and two of them are former All Blacks, so it's just really hard to get the younger guys any minutes.
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@Grooter Every midfielder in the Canterbury squad has a full-time super contract, and two of them are former All Blacks, so it's just really hard to get the younger guys any minutes.
@BellsGeorg said in Crusaders 2026:
@Grooter Every midfielder in the Canterbury squad has a full-time super contract, and two of them are former All Blacks, so it's just really hard to get the younger guys any minutes.
Looking to the future Toby Bell and Cooper Roberts plus,
Aki Tuivailala.
With Ennor and McLeod maybe moving on in 2027. -
@Grooter Every midfielder in the Canterbury squad has a full-time super contract, and two of them are former All Blacks, so it's just really hard to get the younger guys any minutes.
@BellsGeorg said in Crusaders 2026:
@Grooter Every midfielder in the Canterbury squad has a full-time super contract, and two of them are former All Blacks, so it's just really hard to get the younger guys any minutes.
He was also coming back from a long term injury that he sustained in the Crusaders pre season match earlier this year so they were managing him. Very decent prospect who IMO will quickly move up the ranks should he see decent minutes. Can also cover 10 as a point of difference.
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@Grooter Every midfielder in the Canterbury squad has a full-time super contract, and two of them are former All Blacks, so it's just really hard to get the younger guys any minutes.
@BellsGeorg when will the Le Roux Malan signing be announced
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WTG
Jack Sexton – Prop
Gus Brown – Prop
Tomasi Maka – Hooker
Xavier Treacy – Lock
Sam Hainsworth-Fa'aofo – Loose Forward
Johnny Lee – Loose Forward
Oli Mathis – Loose Forward
Mitchell Drummond – Halfback
Cooper Grant – First Five
Cooper Roberts – Midfield
Jae Broomfield – Outside
Kurtis MacDonald – Outside -
Leicester Faingaánuku in for Levi Aumua
Louie Chapman for Mitch Drummond
Liam Jack for Quinten Strange
Manumaua Letiu for Ioane Moananu
James White for James OÇonnorToby Bell for Fletcher Anderson
Maloni Kunawave for Tom ChristieSeems slightly odd signing two backs to replace two loose forwards. Kunawave strikes me as more WTG than full squad material, but maybe he'd have gone to Sevens without a full contract?
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@Chris said in Crusaders 2026:
Stuart Yule recruited as new Crusaders physical conditioning and strength coach.
Has he been doing anything in NZ or coming straight from Scotland?
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@Chris said in Crusaders 2026:
Stuart Yule recruited as new Crusaders physical conditioning and strength coach.
Has he been doing anything in NZ or coming straight from Scotland?
@ACT-Crusader said in Crusaders 2026:
@Chris said in Crusaders 2026:
Stuart Yule recruited as new Crusaders physical conditioning and strength coach.
Has he been doing anything in NZ or coming straight from Scotland?
Straight from Scotland just finished with them.
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@Chris he almost had to be the last name but thank god it's confirmed
