Chiefs v Highlanders
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@mariner4life Yes, no.
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@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@mariner4life Yes, no.
then Feb rugby can definitely frig off
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@hooroo said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@tim said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
So who is going to run out for the Chiefs on Saturday?
Blues fans would have had a full discussion of 23s by now, along with some hot tips from one or two posters.
Get on it.
Cricket season. We don't care yet.
Lol, there hasn't even been a cricket season...
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@kiwi_expat said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@hooroo said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@tim said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
So who is going to run out for the Chiefs on Saturday?
Blues fans would have had a full discussion of 23s by now, along with some hot tips from one or two posters.
Get on it.
Cricket season. We don't care yet.
Lol, there hasn't even been a cricket season...
???? Cricket is being played everywhere
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cricket during the day, rugby in the evening...sounds perfect
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https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/highlanders-name-team-chiefs-clash
or for those people that prefer text
Sam Gilbert, Mosese Dawai, Fetuli Paea, Scott Gregory, Josh Timu, Mitch Hunt, Aaron Smith, Gareth Evans, James Lentjes, Shannon Frizell, Josh Dickson, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, Jermaine Ainsley, Liam Coltman, Ethan de Groot
Reserves: Andrew Makalio, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Josh Hohneck, Bryn Evans, Marino Mikaele-Tu’u, Folau Fakatava, Marty Banks. Thomas Umaga-Jensen
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Ive been wondering the same thing, after a bit of a break out season last year i would have thought a bit more press
Timu is the only one im a little worried about, when ive seen him for otago it has mainly been midfield so now worried we're a bit light on left wingers
Other than that pretty much full strength, glad Paea seems to have shaken off the arm injury
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@kiwiwomble Both Fijians are normally left wingers. Dawai played in the no.11 jersey for Waikato last season.
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@bovidae ....ok, maybe we're light on wingers in general then if we're having to swing left wingers to the right and play a midfielder (i know they list him as an outside) on the left. I do wish we'd picked up Freedom, at best he's a clinical finisher and at worst he has some things to work on positionally but was looking solid
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@crucial said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
Strong team on paper.
Could even look stronger than the Chiefs depending on how ABs are reintroduced.Where's Connor G-B at? Just no room in the 23 or is he still not ready for play?
Connor G-B has been out for a while with a broken wrist. Expected back soon.
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@canes4life yeah, he did it in April last year, seems like a long recovery
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@duluth said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@bovidae said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
Both Fijians are normally left wingers. Dawai played in the no.11 jersey for Waikato last season.
It'll be interesting to see if Dawai has tightened up his defence. He missed a lot of tackles in the NPC
Yeah, still very raw but has the potential to be a weapon. I'm happy if he misses a few more tackles on Sat.
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@kiwiwomble must have been quite a break for that stint on the sideline.
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1 Ollie Norris
2 Bradley Slater
3 Sione Mafileo
4 Laghlan McWhannell**
5 Brodie Retallick
6 Luke Jacobson
7 Sam Cane (cc)
8 Pita Gus Sowakula
9 Xavier Roe
10 Josh Ioane*
11 Jonah Lowe
12 Quinn Tupaea
13 Alex Nankivell
14 Shaun Stevenson
15 Emoni Narawa*16 Samisoni Taukei’aho (50th Match)
17 Atu Moli
18 Angus Ta’avao
19 Naitoa Ah Kuoi
20 Kaylum Boshier
21 Brad Weber (cc)
22 Bryn Gatland
23 Chase Tiatia -
@duluth interesting to have the co-captain on the bench...or maybe they are planning on subbing Cane earlyish, knowing they can bring Webber on?
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@taniwharugby looks like maybe their hand is forced around return to play protocols. Healthy bench though.
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@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@duluth interesting to have the co-captain on the bench...or maybe they are planning on subbing Cane earlyish, knowing they can bring Webber on?
We're going to have similar situations this year, Fakatava is going to be starting games and at very least going to coming on for smith, worked ok when smith was a CC but will be interesting who takes charge when hes off
