Chiefs 2017

Bovidae

Taleni Seu is out for at least 6 weeks with an arm fracture. A pity for Seu as he would have started against the Lions, and has been excellent off the bench. I thought that Allardice played well against the Tahs so he will have 2 big games coming up.

Tim Bond (BOP) has been brought into the squad as cover.

Michael Leitch is now on international duty for Japan so won't be involved in the Canes and Lions games either.

Stargazer

The following players have been selected for the Chiefs U18 camp to be held at St Paul's Collegiate in Hamilton from July 10-15.

Full squad:
Loosehead Prop:
Ollie Norris (St Peter's School,Waikato)
Pou Sorenson (Rotorua BHS ,Bay of Plenty)
Matthew Kemp (Hamilton BHS,Waikato)
Corrigan Millar (New Plymouth BHS,Taranaki)

Tighthead Prop:
George Dyer (St Paul's Collegiate, Waikato)
Jonas Pomare (Hamilton BHS,Waikato)
Shayne Paeato (Rotorua BHS, BayofPlenty)
Tevita Kofeloa (Manurewa HS,Counties)

Hookers:
Sam Cooper (St Paul's Collegiate, Waikato)
Chandler Hayward- Kingi (New Plymouth BHS,Taranaki)
Tane Te Aho (Hamilton BHS, Waikato)
Mafi Fifita (Tauranga BC, Bay of Plenty)

Locks:
TupouVa'ai ( Wesley College, Counties)
Thomas Martin (Hamilton BHS, Waikato)
Peni Finau (St Peter's School, Counties)
Alex McRobbie (St Kentigern College, Counties)
JamesThompson (St Peter's School,Waikato)
Semisi Paea (Rotorua BHS, Bay of Plenty)

Loose Forwards:
Charles Alaimalo (Hamilton BHS, Waikato)
Jeriah Mua (Hastings BHS, Bayof Plenty)
Andrew Viane(St Peter's School,Waikato)
Michael Loft (NewPlymouth BHS,Taranaki)
Matthew Letoga (Tokoroa HS, Waikato)
Kaipo Brown (Rotorua BHS, Bay of Plenty)
Taituha Woller (Te Wharekurao Mauao, Bay Of Plenty)
Tevita Fa'aukafa (Hamilton BHS, Waikato)
Shamus Hurley Langton (Francis Douglas MC, Taranaki)
Geordie Lloyd (Tauranga BC, Bay of Plenty)

Halfbacks:
Luke Donaldson (St Paul's Collegiate, Waikato)
Leroy Carter (Tauranga BC, Bay of Plenty)
Brad McNaughten (Hamilton BHS, Waikato)
Jackson Sinclair (Francis Douglas MC, Taranaki)

First Fives:
Fergus Burke (St Paul's Collegiate, Waikato)
Quinn Collard (Rotorua BHS, BayofPlenty)
Logan Karl (Te Awamutu College,Waikato)

Midfield:
Quinn Tupaea (Hamilton BHS,Waikato)
Hayze Perham (Rotorua BHS, Bay of Plenty)
Tom Ale (Rotorua BHS, Bay of Plenty)
Paula Mahe (St Peter's School,Waikato)
Josh Setu (New Plymouth BHS, Taranaki)
Tala Potifara (Manurewa HS,Counties)

Wings:
Siave Seti (St John's College, Waikato)
Tauterangimarie Kapea (Hamilton BHS, Waikato)
Valynce Crosby- Te Whare (StPaul's Collegiate, Waikato)
ShiJie Young (Tauranga BC, Bay of Plenty)
Shanucy Waho (Te Awamutu College, Waikato)
Jamahl Hapi (New Plymouth BHS, Taranaki)
Taniela Filimone (Rotorua BHS, Bay of Plenty)

Fullbacks:
Issac Ratumaitavuki- Kneepkens (Francis Douglas MC, Taranaki)
Selestino Ravutaumada (Rotorua BHS, Bay of Plenty)

Stand by Players:
Aston Finau (St Paul's Collegiate, Waikato), Victor Beach (Wesley College, Counties), Eli Jordan (New Plymouth BHS, Taranaki), Laith Hammond (Kings College, ThamesValley), Braydon Porteous (Hamilton BHS, Waikato), Joe Vaka (Hamilton BHS, Waikato), Keegan Harris (Hauraki Plains, ThamesValley), Hendrix Beazley (Paeroa College, ThamesValley), Sione Faiva (Tauranga BC, Bay of Plenty), Motu Ofisa (Wesley College, Counties), Kalem Strickland (Rotorua BHS, Bay of Plenty), Emoni Narawa (Hamilton BHS, Waikato), Kaia Hongara (St Peter's School, Waikato)

Nepia

@Stargazer said in Chiefs 2017:

Jeriah Mua (Hastings BHS, Bay of Plenty)

Poached already! Off to Waikato Uni but playing with BoP in the NPC.

Stargazer

@Nepia Must be one of the lesser gods of Hastings then. Didn't make the Magpies Academy?

Nepia

@Stargazer said in Chiefs 2017:

@Nepia Must be one of the lesser gods of Hastings then. Didn't make the Magpies Academy?

Sadly, I feel that he chose to avoid the Magpies Academy.

Bones

That seems like a long list just to say there's no more Barretts coming through.

Bovidae

The Chiefs 2017 award winners were named last night. Interesting that the players of the year differed between fans, players and the coaches.

University of Waikato Development Taua Player Award: Luteru Laulala

Generation Homes Under 20’s Player Award: Luke Jacobson

Rookie of the year: Solomon Alaimalo

Fans Player of the Year: James Lowe

Coaches Player of the Year: Damian McKenzie

Players Player of the Year: Brodie Retallick

Chiefs Mana Kotiate: Liam Messam

For only the second time in Chiefs history in a fitting tribute, head coach Dave Rennie was awarded the Chiefs Tohunga lifetime award.

Crucial

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2017:

The Chiefs 2017 award winners were named last night. Interesting that the players of the year differed between fans, players and the coaches.

University of Waikato Development Taua Player Award: Luteru Laulala

Generation Homes Under 20’s Player Award: Luke Jacobson

Rookie of the year: Solomon Alaimalo

Fans Player of the Year: James Lowe

Coaches Player of the Year: Damian McKenzie

Players Player of the Year: Brodie Retallick

Chiefs Mana Kotiate: Liam Messam

For only the second time in Chiefs history in a fitting tribute, head coach Dave Rennie was awarded the Chiefs Tohunga lifetime award.

I think the criteria in the minds of each group is different. Fans will lean toward entertainment value and showing out on field. Coaches will include training attitude (and in DMacs case the fact that they have been able to rely on him every minute of every game (I think)). Players will go for the guy that has helped them perform and set standards to follow.

Bovidae

The Chiefs U18s beat the Blues U18s 27-14 in Hamilton today.

Stargazer

@Bovidae Would be interesting to know whether Kini Naholo scored one or more tries ...

Bovidae

@Stargazer I haven't seen the scorers. I was going to go along to watch another winger in the Chiefs team but he was injured so couldn't play.

The Silver Fern

Chiefs 2017