Chiefs 2021

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2021:

A new article with the accompanying photo showing van den Hoven and Taulini. Who is that behind Taulini?

https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/gallagher-chiefs-set-for-trainings-around-the-region

I need a better picture to be sure, but I think that's Magpies TH prop Joe Apikotoa.

[Bovidae]

@Stargazer Yeah, it's hard to see clearly. Apikotoa is tall isn't he? So is Norris for comparison.

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae Yep, Apikotoa is really tall for a prop. Norris is 1.85m (110kg) according to his Chiefs' profile. Apikotoa is 1.91m (and approx. 120kg).

[Bovidae]

@Stargazer As you can see from the photo Norris is not 1.85 m. He's more like 1.95 m when you see him standing next to loose forwards or locks.

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae Yeah, might be a typo on the Chiefs' site.

[Bovidae]

@Stargazer said in Chiefs 2021:

@Bovidae Yeah, might be a typo on the Chiefs' site.

Some of the player info is definitely not correct. Otherwise Norris is a young looking 51 yr old. Josh Lord too!

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae 1/01/1970 must be the default setting. All new players have that as their date of birth. :grinning_face:

[Yeetyaah]

Last year Guzzler was listed as a halfback. I saved a screenshot of it I'll have a dig.

[Stargazer]

@Yeetyaah As a halfback, he wouldn't have had this "problem" :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Visited Awaji island in the weekend for a Ryokan experience, hardest part was getting the shanks under that table .

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/ChiefsRugby/status/1349038434480836608

The Chiefs Rugby Club have today announced Gallagher Chiefs interim Head Coach Clayton McMillan has signed on as an Assistant Coach with the Gallagher Chiefs for 2022 and 2023.

[Bovidae]

A predictable decision. To me, this means that Barnes will leave after this season and McMillan will take over as the forwards coach.

[Crucial]

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2021:

A predictable decision. To me, this means that Barnes will leave after this season and McMillan will take over as the forwards coach.

I certainly hope so

[Bovidae]

@Stargazer If that is Apikotoa there is video footage here:

https://www.facebook.com/chiefsrugby/videos/823596468188233/

I can also see Lisati Milo-Harris and Sekope Lopeti-Moli so they must be part of the extras. Maybe someone is at the training now to confirm.

[Yeetyaah]

@Bovidae I was just there. They're both in the WTG. I have a few more points down that I'll post in a bit.

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae Those images change way too fast for me to actually spot many individual players, except where they zoom in on them for longer. I don't like this kind of editing at all. Fortunately, a bit easier to pause the clip on instagram, but still no close-up of what could be Apikotoa.

[Bovidae]

@Stargazer said in Chiefs 2021:

@Bovidae Those images change way too fast for me to actually spot many individual players, except where they zoom in on them for longer.

I needed to enlarge the video myself.

If you pause the video 9 secs in you see him between Gatland and Roe. There is another extra player in that frame too (to the left of O'Neill).

[taniwharugby]

yeah that was a bit of a shit clip...probably needs that epilepsy warning at the starts! sheesh

[Yeetyaah]

Extra players I saw:

Lisati Milo-Harris
Sekope Lopeti-Moli
Josh Iosefa-Scott
Viliami Taulani
Samipeni Finau
Stan van den Hoven
Kiniviliame Naholo (wasn't taking part)
Joe Apikotoa (confirmed after cross referencing his photos with a player I saw today)

3 players I couldn't pick out, 2 wearing BOP shorts.

Atu Moli and Mitchell Brown were not taking part in training and just walking around.

[Bovidae]

@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2021:

3 players I couldn't pick out, 2 wearing BOP shorts.

Was this one of them?

[Yeetyaah]

@Bovidae yeah he had a hat on but I'm pretty sure.