Chiefs 2021

[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.

[Bovidae]

@Yeetyaah Where the Chiefs wearing their purple training kit today?

There was a story about McMillan extending his contract on TV3 tonight and Rob Cobb was in the video. It could have been archive training footage from last year, but maybe there is another prop in the squad if Ross and Moli are still not fit.