Chiefs v Hurricanes
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Given their second half against the Tahs, hard to see many teams beating them if they can play like that week in, week out.
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Jordie Barrett, Kobus van Wyk, Vince Aso, Ngani Laumape, Ben Lam, Fletcher Smith, TJ Perenara (co-captain), Gareth Evans, Du'Plessis Kirifi, Devan Flanders, Isaia Walker-Leawere, James Blackwell, Ben May, Dane Coles (co-captain), Fraser Armstrong
Reserves: Asafo Aumua, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Alex Fidow, Scott Scrafton, Vaea Fifita, Jamie Booth, Billy Proctor, Wes Goosen
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@Bovidae said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
I thought Nankivell might have started but clearly they prefer ALB to be playing 2nd 5.
Maybe ALB wants to concentrate there as well and has shown as much in training. I'm happy with that for the ABs. Our 12 cupboard isn't overflowing at the moment.
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@Bovidae said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
I thought Nankivell might have started but clearly they prefer ALB to be playing 2nd 5.
Can he play 13? Manu didn't do anything to change my thoughts about him on the weekend.
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I hope Devan Flanders takes his chance here. Fifita deserves to be dropped.
@Canes4life Big game for the 20-year-old to get his first SR start in! Hope indeed he goes well!
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@Canes4life Big game for the 20-year-old to get his first SR start in! Hope indeed he goes well!
@Stargazer I hope devan flanders goes will and he could cement that spot until ardie back
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@Stargazer I hope devan flanders goes will and he could cement that spot until ardie back
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That article cracks me up though. Holland is deluded if he thinks Lomax just got his height slightly wrong. Also got his timing and arm wrong as well. If he had adjusted his height down he would have smashed his teammates ribs.
@Crucial said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
That article cracks me up though. Holland is deluded if he thinks Lomax just got his height slightly wrong. Also got his timing and arm wrong as well. If he had adjusted his height down he would have smashed his teammates ribs.
Lomax also took out Numia in friendly fire.
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@Jonty-lean When Ardie comes back, it will be Kirifi who has to move to the bench (or out of the 23). Flanders is competing for the no. 6 jersey with Fifita and Prinsep, not Ardie.
@Stargazer Are teams still going for two opensides, as was popular last year, or is it just the Chiefs?
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@Stargazer Are teams still going for two opensides, as was popular last year, or is it just the Chiefs?
@Tim said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
@Stargazer Are teams still going for two opensides, as was popular last year, or is it just the Chiefs?
TBF, the two Chiefs 7s can play like 6s as well ... maybe they are the quintessential 6.5s?
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@Stargazer Are teams still going for two opensides, as was popular last year, or is it just the Chiefs?
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@Stargazer Are teams still going for two opensides, as was popular last year, or is it just the Chiefs?
@Tim I think it is simply the squad and injuries as far as the Chiefs go.
Ardron, when fit, has to play lock often and Jacobson is also injured. Aside from that Boshier is in top form and Sowakula is proving to be effective at 8.I don’t think Bosh is really an out and out 7 anyway. Is developing nicely as a hybrid 6/7
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So Manu is rated higher than Tupaea, which is surprising as the latter is far more promising and has an X-factor that Manu doesn't have.
@cgrant If you read some of Gatland's recent comments his plan is to give everyone in the squad opportunities to impress so I wouldn't read too much into that selection just yet.
"The experience I've had before in club rugby is that you have to make sure you keep the players motivated and interested and feeling like they've got an opportunity, particularly at the start of the year. "We're aware that we can't keep picking the same team week-in, week-out. "Because all of a sudden three or four of them pick up injuries and people will say: 'Why haven't you given others an opportunity early on just in case you did pick up injuries?"
The same article says 38 players have been used so far but that does include some injury replacements. Only McWhannell (coming back from injury), Sullivan and Naholo haven't had any game time yet.
