Highlanders 2021
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awesome news
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It will be interesting to see whether he'll make the ABs already this year. That is, if he decides to play for NZ instead of Tonga, which isn't a given. If it happens this year, I hope Weber doesn't leave immediately, or we'll have a problem in Hawke's Bay (which we'll also have if Fakatava takes Perenara's spot in the ABs, instead of Weber's).
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@stargazer we're sure he's qualified? i thought there was some doubt if he needed another year?
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@kiwiwomble No, he's definitely eligible. Even if they hadn't postponed the starting date of the 5-year residency requirement, I think he'd still be eligible. He arrived in NZ just in time.
Edited to add that the 5-year-residency rule enters into force on 1 January 2022. So the last day to enter NZ under the 3-year residency rule was 31 December 2016. Fakatava already played for Hastings Boys in 2016.
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@stargazer I'm pretty sure the clock only starts ticking once the player leaves High School.
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@higgins Oops, yes, that's true, but that doesn't change the fact that he's NZ eligible. The residency requirement up to and including December 31, 2021 is “thirty-six consecutive months of Residence immediately preceding the time of playing”. After that date, it's a sixty-month residency requirement . So if they cap him before 31 December 2021, it's three years. He left school at the end of 2017. That's more than enough.
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Himeno - Meeting the Highlanders
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@stargazer said in Highlanders 2021:
"It was really cool, and then the shock of Jamie Joseph saying, ‘You can be Jimmy Cowan..."
I think Smith exceeded that target...buy quite a bit
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2021:
@stargazer said in Highlanders 2021:
"It was really cool, and then the shock of Jamie Joseph saying, ‘You can be Jimmy Cowan..."
I think Smith exceeded that target...buy quite a bit
You could lump in Piri and Angela with the Southland bogan and he exceeded that target by lots still.
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Pari Pari is now a very solid 130kg. That's the kind of size we could use against the NH packs if he hasn't sacrificed too much mobility
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PPP would be heavier than any AB lock so far. Cooksley is listed as 125 kg, BBBR and Mika at 123 kg.
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@bobily2 said in Highlanders 2021:
Pari Pari is now a very solid 130kg. That's the kind of size we could use against the NH packs if he hasn't sacrificed too much mobility
