Chiefs 2020
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I actually thought this was the most interesting bit.
Contrary to recent media speculation I can confirm to Shareholders that the Chiefs Rugby Club does not employ the head coach nor the senior assistant head coach. It is standard operating practice that New Zealand Rugby employs two coaches for every New Zealand Super Rugby Clubs. Anything contrary to this point in the media is misleading.
obviously nzr decided they couldn't possibly pass up the opportunity to get Gats back to NZ, I couldn't see him going anywhere other than Chiefs.. nzr think he's the future, not Coops.. so he got shuffled along with the rest of his salary paid out.
I didn't realise that wasn't a Chiefs decision... and a pointer towards Gats moving into AB's role?
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I actually thought this was the most interesting bit.
Contrary to recent media speculation I can confirm to Shareholders that the Chiefs Rugby Club does not employ the head coach nor the senior assistant head coach. It is standard operating practice that New Zealand Rugby employs two coaches for every New Zealand Super Rugby Clubs. Anything contrary to this point in the media is misleading.
obviously nzr decided they couldn't possibly pass up the opportunity to get Gats back to NZ, I couldn't see him going anywhere other than Chiefs.. nzr think he's the future, not Coops.. so he got shuffled along with the rest of his salary paid out.
I didn't realise that wasn't a Chiefs decision... and a pointer towards Gats moving into AB's role?
@WillieTheWaiter The fact that it's NZR who employs (two) coaches per franchise, doesn't mean that it wasn't the Chiefs decision to have him as their head coach. One doesn't exclude the other. I don't believe for a second that he would be the new Chiefs head coach if they didn't want him.
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Anyone on here rate Taumateine?
@Canes4life as a Blues supporter I would take him over Christie
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@Bovidae Yeah, really disappointing. Apart from being injury prone, Debreczeni was a good signing for the Chiefs in 2019. So basically, the Chiefs - as far as we know - only have Falcon and Dmac, who should be playing at fullback, for the 10 jersey in 2020. There's only a small pond to fish in for first fives in NZ and both the Chiefs and Canes are fising in it.
@Stargazer yeah a bit shattered with that news, Debreczini has been fantastic for the Taniwha and unfortunately we only saw a bite size of how good he was at super level.
I actually believe he is more rounded than any of the first fives at the Blues..,he definitely better than Otere Black, I am willing to cut young Plummer a bit of slack to be fair..
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And what about Tyler Bleyendaal ? He's warming the bench in Munster. A come back to NZ could be welcome as the cupboard is rather bare as far as 1st 5/8 are concerned.
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@cgrant said in Chiefs 2020:
Tyler Bleyendaal
Has he played well for Munster? He was very average in NZ.
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@cgrant No way I'd want Bleyendaal anywhere near the Chiefs. Find someone local to develop.
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@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2020:
@cgrant No way I'd want Bleyendaal anywhere near the Chiefs. Find someone local to develop.
D'Angelo Leuila went pretty good last night!?
@Nogusta said in Chiefs 2020:
D'Angelo Leuila went pretty good last night!?
I thought he looked very handy but I would much prefer the Chiefs pick a 1st 5 from within the region. Leuila is the same age as Falcon, who is already there. I would select one of Trask or Reihana (or both) and make them long-term investments.
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@Nogusta said in Chiefs 2020:
D'Angelo Leuila went pretty good last night!?
I thought he looked very handy but I would much prefer the Chiefs pick a 1st 5 from within the region. Leuila is the same age as Falcon, who is already there. I would select one of Trask or Reihana (or both) and make them long-term investments.
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@Bovidae yea I'm a big fan of Trask. IMO he should've been the starting 10 for the NZ20s last year ahead of Plummer. Hope he gets some good M10 minutes this year.
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@cgrant yea he played for Samoa on their 2016 Northern tour. He kicked some crucial penalties in their win against Canada from memory. He'd just led the Samoa 20s in their the U20 Championships win then got selected for the senior Samoa side when Alama Ieremia was coach.
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Etene set for the Olympics next year and seems like he won't take part in Super Rugby.
https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/nanai-seturo-set-for-2020-olympics
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I expected someone to mention this...
