Chiefs 2021
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With a bye in week one of Super Rugby Aotearoa, the Chiefs will get an opportunity to rest and recover from a busy pre-season. On the much-talked about injury front, a few niggles were reported this week, with Damian McKenzie (foot) and Pita Gus Sowakula sitting out training. -
Weber and Cane are coming-captains which doesn’t look good for contenders for their positions.
Both should be being subbed later in the game.@crucial said in Chiefs 2021:
Weber and Cane are coming-captains which doesn’t look good for contenders for their positions.
Yeah, this doesn't seem like a practical choice to me.
I can understand that Weber could be captain if Cane is rested but Weber will be subbed during a game. What happens then if neither are on the field? I'm trying to remember who the Highlanders use when both Smith and Dixon aren't on the field at the end of games.
I finally had a chance to watch the game of 3 halves. Harris should be relegated to the 3rd choice hooker with that throwing performance.
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@crucial said in Chiefs 2021:
Weber and Cane are coming-captains which doesn’t look good for contenders for their positions.
Yeah, this doesn't seem like a practical choice to me.
I can understand that Weber could be captain if Cane is rested but Weber will be subbed during a game. What happens then if neither are on the field? I'm trying to remember who the Highlanders use when both Smith and Dixon aren't on the field at the end of games.
I finally had a chance to watch the game of 3 halves. Harris should be relegated to the 3rd choice hooker with that throwing performance.
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Messam training with the Chiefs?
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Stan van den Hoven must now be the official injury replacement for McWhannell.
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@bovidae Oh nice, was waiting for all the new player profiles to go up. Is he the first Dutch born player in Super that we know of?
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@stargazer Likewise Josh Kronfeld
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@stargazer said in Chiefs 2021:
@higgins Isn't he of German descent, not Dutch? He has a German name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kronfeld
Kronfeld was born in Hastings in Hawkes Bay, and attended Hastings Boys' High School. Kronfeld described himself as "German-Samoan" and he is Jewish.[1] He played his early rugby union at scrum-half and centre, switching to flanker at high school.In 1990 Kronfeld moved to Dunedin to study physical education at the University of Otago. Here he became involved in the Otago University Rugby Club. After playing one game in 1992, Kronfeld gained a starting position in the Otago team in the National Provincial Championship (NPC) for 1993. Kronfeld would eventually play 69 matches for Otago. He completed his BPhEd degree in 1993.
I will have to bow to your knowledge and that of Wikipedia, must be a further strengthening of oncoming alzheimers!
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@stargazer said in Chiefs 2021:
@higgins Isn't he of German descent, not Dutch? He has a German name.
Also, Is Hoeft actually of Dutch descent? As it’s a North German as well as Dutch name.
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@stargazer said in Chiefs 2021:
@higgins Isn't he of German descent, not Dutch? He has a German name.
Also, Is Hoeft actually of Dutch descent? As it’s a North German as well as Dutch name.
@nepia From the article below (from 2003):
"My great, great grandfather was from Germany with a Dutch background. He left Europe and came to the Pacific where he married a Samoan and then settled in Tonga. My grandmother is a Cook Islander while my mum is a Kiwi so there is a lot of mixed bloodlines."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/hoeft-back-in-the-engine-room/ATXVJBQS4OL3PA7L7L5G7YJJPM/
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love the chat about some Otago Legends......:smirking_face:
*i was also born in Hastings
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The Chiefs Rugby Club welcome the return of the 2021 Chiefs Country Centurion Cup. The Centurion Cup will once again see Chiefs Country Provincial Unions Bay of Plenty, Counties Manukau, Taranaki and Waikato play a quadrangular 1-day tournament in Cambridge at Hautapu Rugby Club on Saturday 20 March.
At the conclusion of the Centurion Cup tournament, a Chiefs Development XV will be selected to play the Blues Development XV as curtain raiser to the Gallagher Chiefs vs. Blues fixture on Saturday 27 March at FMG Stadium Waikato.
Fixtures:
Saturday 20 March - Hautapu Rugby Club, Cambridge
Counties Manukau vs. Bay of Plenty, 1.00pm
Waikato vs. Taranaki, 1.50pm
3rd and 4th Play-off: Loser Game 1 vs. Game 2, 2.50pm
Centurion Cup Final: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 3.45pmSaturday 27 March
Chiefs vs. Blues, FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton, 7.05pm kick-off
Chiefs Development XV vs. Blues Development XV, FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton, 4.25pm
Chiefs Country Centurion Cup returns for 2021https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/Chiefs-Country-Centurion-Cup-returns-for-2021
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The Chiefs Rugby Club welcome the return of the 2021 Chiefs Country Centurion Cup. The Centurion Cup will once again see Chiefs Country Provincial Unions Bay of Plenty, Counties Manukau, Taranaki and Waikato play a quadrangular 1-day tournament in Cambridge at Hautapu Rugby Club on Saturday 20 March.
At the conclusion of the Centurion Cup tournament, a Chiefs Development XV will be selected to play the Blues Development XV as curtain raiser to the Gallagher Chiefs vs. Blues fixture on Saturday 27 March at FMG Stadium Waikato.
Fixtures:
Saturday 20 March - Hautapu Rugby Club, Cambridge
Counties Manukau vs. Bay of Plenty, 1.00pm
Waikato vs. Taranaki, 1.50pm
3rd and 4th Play-off: Loser Game 1 vs. Game 2, 2.50pm
Centurion Cup Final: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 3.45pmSaturday 27 March
Chiefs vs. Blues, FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton, 7.05pm kick-off
Chiefs Development XV vs. Blues Development XV, FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton, 4.25pm
Chiefs Country Centurion Cup returns for 2021https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/Chiefs-Country-Centurion-Cup-returns-for-2021
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@bovidae Looks like they are only playing about 25 minutes each way given the 3rd v 4th 2.50pm kick off is just sixty minutes after the game two kick off at 1.50pm.
