Crusaders 2022
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@stargazer ZS will definitely be wasted at the Blues!
@Chris Is Liam Allen an openside? We could probably do with another specialist there.
With Matera, Blackadder, Grace, Segner plus SBarrett and Dunshea we're probably reasonably well off for blindside and 8 options - though Norris and Fox-Matamua are worth a look from Ta$man if they wanted a 6 or 8.
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@chris-b said in Crusaders 2022:
@stargazer ZS will definitely be wasted at the Blues!
@Chris Is Liam Allen an openside? We could probably do with another specialist there.
With Matera, Blackadder, Grace, Segner plus SBarrett and Dunshea we're probably reasonably well off for blindside and 8 options - though Norris and Fox-Matamua are worth a look from Ta$man if they wanted a 6 or 8.
Allen is a 6 we may see Blackadder getting some start time at 7 now The AB's see him as cover there.
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@chris-b said in Crusaders 2022:
@chris With Havili likely to focus on the midfield, I wonder if they will replace Mataele with a fullback rather than another wing. Which might open the door for Josh McKay?
If the starting midfield was Havili and Goodhue - there would be Ennor, McLeod and Faingaánuku (and Punivai?) as midfield back up.
And Bridge, Reece, Faingaánuku, Punivai, Fihaki, Ennor and Jordan capable of playing wing. I thought we had a bit of excess at wing this year.
But just Jordan - and then Havili and Bridge as possible fullback cover.
That Zarn Sullivan would fit in nicely.
I cant see Sullivan moving he would sit behind Jordan at FB and Mounga as a First Five.
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@chris-b said in Crusaders 2022:
@chris He's got a queue of first-fives to get past at the Blues if he wants to end up playing there.
Give him a ring, Razor. He looks like his favourite colour might be red, to me!
You're all wrong, he should join his brother at the Chiefs. Especially if DMac goes to Japan for a year. It's the best thing for NZ rugby and you poaching/player hoarding b'stards know it.
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@nepia ZS is already poached. He should go back to the Canes' catchment, but because I want him in black and white, the Canes might not be the best place for him, considering their HB quota system. So that's a long way of saying I could live with ZS being poached by the Chiefs, although not ideal.
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@stargazer I remember him playing in Papamoa at primary level. Who poached who?
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@arhs said in Crusaders 2022:
@stargazer I remember him playing in Papamoa at primary level. Who poached who?
So now you're saying that BOP got in on the poaching act as well?
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@mikey07 He has to go through their academy first. This is future proofing the squad. He probably won't play SR before 2024, as he's never played rugby IIRC. By that time, some players may have left. Also, there's a possibility that he'll never play SR; maybe he won't be good enough.
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Private message me if you want to know the third halfback. It’s actually quite a surprise. Fakatava had verbally agreed to join crusaders. His dad told him to stay loyal and stick with highlanders.
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@chchfanatic Foreign or domestic player?
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@arhs said in Crusaders 2022:
@stargazer I remember him playing in Papamoa at primary level. Who poached who?
Papamoa is just weekend well-off Auckand these days so that settles it, he stays at the Blues. Which is the best place if any of you slinky banditos with sly fingers really cared about New Zealand rugby...
