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Chiefs 2020

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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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        @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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          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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            @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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            • 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. 😉

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              @Nepia

              MH.jpg

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                @Nepia

                MH.jpg

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

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                • J Jonty lean

                  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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                  @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. 😉

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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.

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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. 😉

                        Only one left.

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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. 😉

                        Only one left.

                        @Nepia would never support the Tahs. 🤣

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                          https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12285033

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                          • BovidaeB Bovidae

                            @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

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                              @Bovidae Va'ai has a reputation as being a bit of a tool so that mightnt have helped his cause

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                              @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.

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                                Just saw Alex Nankivell at K-Mart ready for pre-season. Dudes a unit.

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                                • YeetyaahY Yeetyaah

                                  Just saw Alex Nankivell at K-Mart ready for pre-season. Dudes a unit.

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                                  @Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2020:

                                  Just saw Alex Nankivell at K-Mart ready for pre-season. Dudes a unit.

                                  Chiefs do their pre-seson in K-Mart?

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                                    @Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2020:

                                    Just saw Alex Nankivell at K-Mart ready for pre-season. Dudes a unit.

                                    Chiefs do their pre-seson in K-Mart?

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                                    @Machpants yeah gotta get ya clothes horses from somewhere

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                                    • YeetyaahY Yeetyaah

                                      Just saw Alex Nankivell at K-Mart ready for pre-season. Dudes a unit.

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                                      @Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2020:

                                      Just saw Alex Nankivell at K-Mart ready for pre-season. Dudes a unit.

                                      With a scarcity of genuine second-fives around the traps, Alex is well worth watching.

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                                      • YeetyaahY Yeetyaah

                                        Just saw Alex Nankivell at K-Mart ready for pre-season. Dudes a unit.

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                                        @Yeetyaah In the Mitre 10 cup advisory guide he is listed at 1.88 98kgs.

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                                          https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/117567678/super-rugby-liam-polwart-the-latest-chiefs-player-to-be-struck-down-by-concussion

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