Chiefs 2021

[Bovidae]

So Waikato will be missing of lot of their main loose forwards this year.

[mofitzy_]

Parker hasn't had any game time, has he?

[Bovidae]

@mofitzy_ said in Chiefs 2021:

Parker hasn't had any game time, has he?

He was a reserve in at least one game this season.

Edit: Two games - Blues at home and Hurricanes away.

[Donsteppa]

Good time to bring Messam’s experience into the wider squad ahead of the final.

[Bovidae]

@donsteppa Messam has been training with the team one day a week for a few weeks now. Now, he'll need to turn up daily.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/124753700/liam-messam-back-with-chiefs-fighting-literally-for-nephews-brain-tumour

[Crucial]

@donsteppa said in Chiefs 2021:

Good time to bring Messam’s experience into the wider squad ahead of the final.

Fuck yeah! Great time to have the Kaumātua take his place on the bench.
179 Super matches of experience and owner of the blueprint on how to get up the Crusader's noses.

Now where is BBBR?

[Hooroo]

@crucial said in Chiefs 2021:

@donsteppa said in Chiefs 2021:

Good time to bring Messam’s experience into the wider squad ahead of the final.

Fuck yeah! Great time to have the Kaumātua take his place on the bench.
179 Super matches of experience and owner of the blueprint on how to get up the Crusader's noses.

Now where is BBBR?

Does like a silly penalty at a crucial time though.

[Stargazer]

There used to be rules in Super Rugby that if a player wasn't named in the initial squad and was added at a later date, that player had to play an x-number of games before a certain date. If not, that player wasn't allowed to play in the QF, SF and Final. That happened to Messam a few years back, after he returned from Japan. I wonder whether those rules don't apply in SRA, or whether nobody has thought about that.

[Bovidae]

Common sense should prevail. At the moment the Chiefs have lost 4 of their original loose forwards and only have 3 fit, 4 if you include Finau as a 6.

If Kapeli is also in the squad (Cane's replacement), at least one of Kapeli, Messam or Florence has to be in the 23 this week.

[cliff]

I think viliame taulani is also in the squad

[Bovidae]

@cliff said in Chiefs 2021:

I think viliame taulani is also in the squad

Yes. I was just listing the players who could provide backup to Boshier at 7. Kapeli would likely be option A. No point in playing Jacobson this weekend.

[Yeetyaah]

Oosh Matua is back.

[Bovidae]

This suggests good news for Tupaea.

Hill also confirmed injured midfielder Quinn Tupaea has been replaced by Waikato utility Gideon Wrampling for just the rest of the Aotearoa campaign.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/124958847/super-rugby-chiefs-set-to-rest-raft-of-players-for-dead-rubber-against-blues

[taniwharugby]

[Yeetyaah]

@taniwharugby can't argue with the stats

[taniwharugby]

@yeetyaah look at Goodhue too, he wasnt as good after he cut the mullet off!

[Mackerzzzz]

@taniwharugby said in Chiefs 2021:

No body can bare to tackle that hideousness...

[Bovidae]

Atu Moli starting for Varsity tomorrow. He must be getting closer to his return for the Chiefs.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Bovidae]

Sowakula won't be playing for Moana Pasifika as he is signed for the Chiefs until 2023. He'd be wiser to throw his lot in with Fiji now.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/125055130/super-rugby-chiefs-star-pita-gus-sowakula-committed-to-all-blacks-dream-for-now