Chiefs 2020
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I love Lats, but he and Cane always shared the 7 jersey, so it's a bit hard to move them around like that.
Messam almost always played 6 in big games too:
https://super.rugby/superrugby/news/2012-super-rugby-semi-final-preview-crusaders-v-chiefs/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Super_Rugby_Final
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U missed Luke Jacobson from the starting team cuz. Not even Colin Cooper was dumb enough to not start him. Also Laulala is a tight head not a loose head
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You also said set piece is our strength with “2 tall timber locks” ummmmm we haven’t had one of those apart from Retallick... we usually play 5 loosies + the outside backs imo aren’t our strength it’s our loosies
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Tipping Blues to win the conference and Crusaders to be 4th? You’re joking right
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I don't need to watch the video to see the first mistake, it is the first word in the title...
Or was that a deliberate piss take?
@Snowy Maybe @Ruggy is from the Northern Hemisphere? Not everyone in the NH seems to know that we don't use the name of provinces in our NZ SR team names anymore.
I once commented on a blog post on a rugby news website that called the Chiefs the "Waikato Chiefs". The author said he wasn't allowed to remove the name of the provinces, because the NH editors of the website insisted on using the provincial names to distinguish the Chiefs from the Exeter Chiefs (and the Blues from the Cardiff Blues). They also said that they preferred it that way, to make it easier for rugby fans reading their site to get an idea where in NZ (Aus/SA) teams were from. As if the average rugby fan in England or Ireland knows where in NZ to find Waikato, Canterbury or Otago etc.
I made a similar comment under a French article that included the provinces' names and they didn't know that that was outdated.
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@Snowy Maybe @Ruggy is from the Northern Hemisphere? Not everyone in the NH seems to know that we don't use the name of provinces in our NZ SR team names anymore.
I once commented on a blog post on a rugby news website that called the Chiefs the "Waikato Chiefs". The author said he wasn't allowed to remove the name of the provinces, because the NH editors of the website insisted on using the provincial names to distinguish the Chiefs from the Exeter Chiefs (and the Blues from the Cardiff Blues). They also said that they preferred it that way, to make it easier for rugby fans reading their site to get an idea where in NZ (Aus/SA) teams were from. As if the average rugby fan in England or Ireland knows where in NZ to find Waikato, Canterbury or Otago etc.
I made a similar comment under a French article that included the provinces' names and they didn't know that that was outdated.
@Stargazer Aussie comms usually say the Waikato Chiefs, Wellington Hurricanes etc too.
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@Stargazer Aussie comms usually say the Waikato Chiefs, Wellington Hurricanes etc too.
@taniwharugby said in Chiefs 2020:
@Stargazer Aussie comms usually say the Waikato Chiefs, Wellington Hurricanes etc too.
mainly because they are blinkered, ignorant fuckheads.
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https://www.rugbypass.com/news/the-chiefs-new-wrecking-ball-option-in-the-midfield/
This article suggests Quinn Tupaea had a contract for this year locked in at the end of 2018 for the 2020 season. Not a bad insight, although they say Manu was a key 12 for them last year when he only played 13, at least from what I recall.
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@Yeetyaah Good on him! He's had a hell of a journey the last few years, with that terrible health scare. It's incredible that he's been able to get back to where he is now. Another older player who can be useful as a mentor to all the rookies. With so many players having gone overseas the last few years, it's players like Thomson (and Cruden) who can add value by letting the young ones benefit from their experience.
