Chiefs 2020
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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.
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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.
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.mckenzieReserves
16.tuakeiaho
17.ta vaou
18.ross
19.mcwhallel
20.sowuluka
21 te tahourangi
22 falcon
23 wainui -
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.
@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 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.
@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. -
@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. -
@Crucial yep, Crusaders and Reece last year...Chiefs with Tu'nukuafe and Ta'avao the year before....
@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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@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.
@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 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.
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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.mckenzieReserves
16.tuakeiaho
17.ta vaou
18.ross
19.mcwhallel
20.sowuluka
21 te tahourangi
22 falcon
23 wainui@Jonty-lean Taukei'aho over Harris. Jacobson to 6. Karpik to bench over Sowakula. Boshier at 8.
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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.
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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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@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.
Only one left.
@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.
Only one left.
@Nepia would never support the Tahs.
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@cgrant Just checked. Listed at 1.96 m, I thought he was taller. 2 m locks aren't easy to find but I would have selected Vaa'i myself.
Judging by Neil Barnes comments Jacobson is a good bet to be the no.8.
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@Bovidae Va'ai has a reputation as being a bit of a tool so that mightnt have helped his cause
@Nogusta That surprises me. When I was at Wesley watching a game in which Vaa'i was playing in I was talking to a local Wesley supporter who was very complimentary about him, saying he had some brains not just athletic ability. He only turns 20 in Jan so plenty of time.
