2022 Super Rugby U20s
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@bobily2 I'm pretty sure it's the same Logan Henry but I could be wrong. I think he may have been given an exemption to play in this tournament.
He was squad reserve halfback for the main squad last week when they were in Sydney.
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@Canes4life Siale Lauaki at TH prop if they think he is ready (was named in the NZ Schools squad last year).
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@Bovidae he reminds me of Alex Fidow, awesome ball carrier but not the best scrummager. I just don't know enough about the rest of the squad to make certain that he's the best man to fill that 3 jersey.
Eli Fraser started against the Crusaders the other day at lock but he hasn't been selected so I wonder if he picked up an injury.
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@Canes4life said in 2022 Super Rugby U20s:
@Stargazer said in 2022 Super Rugby U20s:
@Canes4life Hard to believe that an absolute gun of a power winger like Bethel Malasia isn't in the squad. Our other winger, Josiah Sakaria not named either. Only 4 of the original 7 left. Ezra Malo was initially listed under Whanganui, but has joined the Hawke's Bay Academy.
Anyway, with Larsen still in charge, my expectations aren't very high.
I can probably pick a pretty strong side from the players selected but I’m having trouble picking wingers and props. Isi Saumaki would be one of them I would say, who are the others?
I’ve got this team as our top side so far but there are a few gaps to fill.
- Bradley Chrichton (Wellington)
- Raymond Tuputupu (Manawatu)
- ?
- Matt Monaghan (Hawkes Bay)
- ?
- Peter Lakai (Wellington)
- Cooper Flanders (Hawkes Bay)
- Dominic Ropeti (Wellington)
- Logan Henry (Manawatu)
- Harry Godfrey (Hawkes Bay)
- Isi Saumaki (Wellington)
- Riley Higgins (Wellington)
- Kyle Brown (Manawatu)
- ?
- Chicago Doyle (Wellington)
@bobily2 is right. You've got the wrong Logan Henry. I expect the first-choice halfback to be Jordi Viljoen.
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@Stargazer said in 2022 Super Rugby U20s:
@Bovidae Jordi Viljoen is a halfback.
I realise that, as I've seen him play for both Palmy and Hastings.
Two points made in the same post, as all three hookers in the Hurricanes U20 squad are from Manawatu.
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@Stargazer said in 2022 Super Rugby U20s:
@Canes4life said in 2022 Super Rugby U20s:
@Stargazer said in 2022 Super Rugby U20s:
@Canes4life Hard to believe that an absolute gun of a power winger like Bethel Malasia isn't in the squad. Our other winger, Josiah Sakaria not named either. Only 4 of the original 7 left. Ezra Malo was initially listed under Whanganui, but has joined the Hawke's Bay Academy.
Anyway, with Larsen still in charge, my expectations aren't very high.
I can probably pick a pretty strong side from the players selected but I’m having trouble picking wingers and props. Isi Saumaki would be one of them I would say, who are the others?
I’ve got this team as our top side so far but there are a few gaps to fill.
- Bradley Chrichton (Wellington)
- Raymond Tuputupu (Manawatu)
- ?
- Matt Monaghan (Hawkes Bay)
- ?
- Peter Lakai (Wellington)
- Cooper Flanders (Hawkes Bay)
- Dominic Ropeti (Wellington)
- Logan Henry (Manawatu)
- Harry Godfrey (Hawkes Bay)
- Isi Saumaki (Wellington)
- Riley Higgins (Wellington)
- Kyle Brown (Manawatu)
- ?
- Chicago Doyle (Wellington)
@bobily2 is right. You've got the wrong Logan Henry. I expect the first-choice halfback to be Jordi Viljoen.
Lol what are the chances of two Logan Henry's playing rugby in Manawatu. Thanks for clarifying.
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@Bovidae said in 2022 Super Rugby U20s:
@Stargazer said in 2022 Super Rugby U20s:
@Bovidae Jordi Viljoen is a halfback.
I realise that, as I've seen him play for both Palmy and Hastings.
Two points made in the same post, as all three hookers in the Hurricanes U20 squad are from Manawatu.
There is also Vernon Bason who could potentially be the best of the lot (also from Manawatu) but he's still in his final year of school.
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@Canes4life said in 2022 Super Rugby U20s:
There is also Vernon Bason who could potentially be the best of the lot (also from Manawatu) but he's still in his final year of school.
Yes, he looks promising.
Last year it was Ben Strang (who played for the Turbos) and Tuputupu. Bryn Gordon is in the Barbarians again. As I said, full of them.
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@Canes4life said in 2022 Super Rugby U20s:
Media release:
https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/news/article/hurricanes-u20-team-named-for-bunnings-warehouse-super-rugby-u20s/
Unavailable due to injury:
Maea Tema-Schmidt (Wellington)Josh Taula (Manawatū)
Hunter Morrison (Manawatū)
Joyner Gaualofa (Wellington)
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To answer my own question via Waikato's FB page:
I will be interested to see the official Chiefs media release because there are a couple of notable omissions, one I thought was a good chance of being the captain. Maybe they are injured.
Note: Te Rama Reuben is unavailable due to injury.
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@Tim it took some convincing to get Northland Prop JT Pont Bellamy across the line ..Blues forward coach Stephen Bates was not convinced ., Northland kicked up stink as Pont Bellamy despite his age was putting up better numbers in terms fitness and gym work than any of the other props ..
JT Pont Bellamy more than looked after his side of the scrum despite the chiefs doing the business in preseason game on Saturday .
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@Steven-Harris Out of interest, do you know where the Blues-Chiefs game was played?
Scrummaging props are always a weakness for the NZ U20s, so it will be interesting to see how the scrum battles go in the tournament.
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@Steven-Harris what is more concerning, if true is the lack of interest in him from the Northland coaches, who again, if rumours are true, have barely seen him play.
If it were me, I'd be all over him for someone to develop and build.
maybe that gun of a Halfback Noah Hotham leaves the mako and relocates to Invercargill in spring