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Chiefs 2020

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  • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

    @Nepia said in Chiefs 2020:

    @mariner4life said in Chiefs 2020:

    @Nepia said in Chiefs 2020:

    @mariner4life said in Chiefs 2020:

    @Nepia said in Chiefs 2020:

    pretty much immediately

    took 3 rounds. The first two were shit house. By the 3rd they looked like a different team.

    That is my kind of pedantry! πŸ˜‰

    I remember the first round shellacking from the Highlanders but can't remember the second match!

    same shit (facebook memories reminds me every year). Set piece was ropey, defense was passive, rucks were sloppy. It was the Foster years Mark II

    Another reason to be happy I don't Facebook.

    bro do you even modern life?

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    Nepia
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    @mariner4life @Stargazer I go on once a month to see if I have been invited to any parties but that's about it.

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    • NepiaN Nepia

      @mariner4life @Stargazer I go on once a month to see if I have been invited to any parties but that's about it.

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      @Nepia said in Chiefs 2020:

      @mariner4life @Stargazer I go on once a month to see if I have been invited to any parties but that's about it.

      must be a disappointing time of month

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        https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12284792

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          He's a bloody good talking head, should stick with that

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            Stuff understands that Cooper was keen on using Naholo in Super Rugby last season but the former Chiefs coach decided against it because he was struggling with a hip injury.

            https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/117379754/super-rugby-mentors-back-chiefs-recruit-kini-naholo-to-match-heights-of-all-black-brother

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            • BovidaeB Bovidae

              Stuff understands that Cooper was keen on using Naholo in Super Rugby last season but the former Chiefs coach decided against it because he was struggling with a hip injury.

              https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/117379754/super-rugby-mentors-back-chiefs-recruit-kini-naholo-to-match-heights-of-all-black-brother

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              #263

              A possible starting xv
              1.moli
              2.harris
              3.lualala
              4.ardon
              5.alladrice
              6.karpik
              7.cane
              8.jacobsen
              9.weber
              10.cruduen
              11.alamolia
              12.linert brown
              13.manu
              14.Stevenson
              15.mckenzie

              Reserves
              16.tuakeiaho
              17.ta vaou
              18.ross
              19.mcwhallel
              20.sowuluka
              21 te tahourangi
              22 falcon
              23 wainui

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                I think you could go back every year at squad announcement time and these 'optimum' XVs are posted. Very rarely do we ever see them on the field.

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                • CrucialC Crucial

                  I think you could go back every year at squad announcement time and these 'optimum' XVs are posted. Very rarely do we ever see them on the field.

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                  mariner4life
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                  @Crucial said in Chiefs 2020:

                  I think you could go back every year at squad announcement time and these 'optimum' XVs are posted. Very rarely do we ever see them on the field.

                  What matters waaaay more is players 23-30.

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                  • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                    @Crucial said in Chiefs 2020:

                    I think you could go back every year at squad announcement time and these 'optimum' XVs are posted. Very rarely do we ever see them on the field.

                    What matters waaaay more is players 23-30.

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                    Crucial
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                    @mariner4life said in Chiefs 2020:

                    @Crucial said in Chiefs 2020:

                    I think you could go back every year at squad announcement time and these 'optimum' XVs are posted. Very rarely do we ever see them on the field.

                    What matters waaaay more is players 23-30.

                    Yep. You have to have a massive amount of luck to not be dipping deeply into the squad bucket.
                    Mind you, some gems have been unearthed because of that.

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                    • CrucialC Crucial

                      @mariner4life said in Chiefs 2020:

                      @Crucial said in Chiefs 2020:

                      I think you could go back every year at squad announcement time and these 'optimum' XVs are posted. Very rarely do we ever see them on the field.

                      What matters waaaay more is players 23-30.

                      Yep. You have to have a massive amount of luck to not be dipping deeply into the squad bucket.
                      Mind you, some gems have been unearthed because of that.

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                      taniwharugby
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                      @Crucial yep, Crusaders and Reece last year...Chiefs with Tu'nukuafe and Ta'avao the year before....

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                      • taniwharugbyT taniwharugby

                        @Crucial yep, Crusaders and Reece last year...Chiefs with Tu'nukuafe and Ta'avao the year before....

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                        @taniwharugby said in Chiefs 2020:

                        @Crucial yep, Crusaders and Reece last year...Chiefs with Tu'nukuafe and Ta'avao the year before....

                        Anyone think Ardron was going to be as good as he turned out?

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                        • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                          @Crucial said in Chiefs 2020:

                          I think you could go back every year at squad announcement time and these 'optimum' XVs are posted. Very rarely do we ever see them on the field.

                          What matters waaaay more is players 23-30.

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                          Bovidae
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                          @mariner4life said in Chiefs 2020:

                          @Crucial said in Chiefs 2020:

                          I think you could go back every year at squad announcement time and these 'optimum' XVs are posted. Very rarely do we ever see them on the field.

                          What matters waaaay more is players 23-30.

                          And those players tend to be involved anyway as injuries are a given throughout a season. Each of the 5 teams will have a larger pool of players involved during the preseason so it will be interesting to see who they are.

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                            Bovidae
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                            Hmmm....

                            https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/117427880/john-mitchell-rejected-coaching-role-with-chiefs-and-warren-gatland-in-super-rugby

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                            • BovidaeB Bovidae

                              Hmmm....

                              https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/117427880/john-mitchell-rejected-coaching-role-with-chiefs-and-warren-gatland-in-super-rugby

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                              Nepia
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                              @Bovidae Damn, that's lucky, I would have been Highlanders bound if he was signed on and fast running out of teams to support in Super rugby. πŸ˜‰

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                              • NepiaN Nepia

                                @Bovidae Damn, that's lucky, I would have been Highlanders bound if he was signed on and fast running out of teams to support in Super rugby. πŸ˜‰

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                                Bovidae
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                                @Nepia

                                MH.jpg

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                                • BovidaeB Bovidae

                                  @Nepia

                                  MH.jpg

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                                  Nepia
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                                  @Bovidae Oh shit, forgot about that, Blues it would've been then.

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                                    A possible starting xv
                                    1.moli
                                    2.harris
                                    3.lualala
                                    4.ardon
                                    5.alladrice
                                    6.karpik
                                    7.cane
                                    8.jacobsen
                                    9.weber
                                    10.cruduen
                                    11.alamolia
                                    12.linert brown
                                    13.manu
                                    14.Stevenson
                                    15.mckenzie

                                    Reserves
                                    16.tuakeiaho
                                    17.ta vaou
                                    18.ross
                                    19.mcwhallel
                                    20.sowuluka
                                    21 te tahourangi
                                    22 falcon
                                    23 wainui

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                                    Yeetyaah
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                                    @Jonty-lean Taukei'aho over Harris. Jacobson to 6. Karpik to bench over Sowakula. Boshier at 8.

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                                    • NepiaN Nepia

                                      @Bovidae Damn, that's lucky, I would have been Highlanders bound if he was signed on and fast running out of teams to support in Super rugby. πŸ˜‰

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                                      @Nepia said in Chiefs 2020:

                                      @Bovidae Damn, that's lucky, I would have been Highlanders bound if he was signed on and fast running out of teams to support in Super rugby. πŸ˜‰

                                      Only one left.

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                                        Billy Tell
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                                        I’ll be intrigued to see how Cruden goes. He was borderline hopeless for Montpellier. Do the chiefs get a returning gem or Luke McAlister Mk II?

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                                        • CrucialC Crucial

                                          @Nepia said in Chiefs 2020:

                                          @Bovidae Damn, that's lucky, I would have been Highlanders bound if he was signed on and fast running out of teams to support in Super rugby. πŸ˜‰

                                          Only one left.

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                                          Bovidae
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                                          @Crucial said in Chiefs 2020:

                                          @Nepia said in Chiefs 2020:

                                          @Bovidae Damn, that's lucky, I would have been Highlanders bound if he was signed on and fast running out of teams to support in Super rugby. πŸ˜‰

                                          Only one left.

                                          @Nepia would never support the Tahs. 🀣

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