Chiefs 2021
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@donsteppa said in Chiefs 2021:
Good time to bring Messam’s experience into the wider squad ahead of the final.
Fuck yeah! Great time to have the Kaumātua take his place on the bench.
179 Super matches of experience and owner of the blueprint on how to get up the Crusader's noses.Now where is BBBR?
@crucial said in Chiefs 2021:
@donsteppa said in Chiefs 2021:
Good time to bring Messam’s experience into the wider squad ahead of the final.
Fuck yeah! Great time to have the Kaumātua take his place on the bench.
179 Super matches of experience and owner of the blueprint on how to get up the Crusader's noses.Now where is BBBR?
Does like a silly penalty at a crucial time though.
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There used to be rules in Super Rugby that if a player wasn't named in the initial squad and was added at a later date, that player had to play an x-number of games before a certain date. If not, that player wasn't allowed to play in the QF, SF and Final. That happened to Messam a few years back, after he returned from Japan. I wonder whether those rules don't apply in SRA, or whether nobody has thought about that.
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Common sense should prevail. At the moment the Chiefs have lost 4 of their original loose forwards and only have 3 fit, 4 if you include Finau as a 6.
If Kapeli is also in the squad (Cane's replacement), at least one of Kapeli, Messam or Florence has to be in the 23 this week.
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This suggests good news for Tupaea.
Hill also confirmed injured midfielder Quinn Tupaea has been replaced by Waikato utility Gideon Wrampling for just the rest of the Aotearoa campaign.
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@taniwharugby can't argue with the stats
@yeetyaah look at Goodhue too, he wasnt as good after he cut the mullet off!
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Sowakula won't be playing for Moana Pasifika as he is signed for the Chiefs until 2023. He'd be wiser to throw his lot in with Fiji now.
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Black and white eyepatch or not, I thinkJonah Lowe had a great game for the Chiefs in the Final, and more generally, a very good SRA season. I'm glad the Chiefs' coaches gave him a good shot at it (starting in most games), and I think he's repaid their trust. It boggles the mind that the Hurricanes never gave him a chance, despite all the signs being there that he could become a good SR player during M10 Cup and preseason. I'm really pleased for him and hope he'll continue to develop into a great SR player! I hope the Chiefs have already re-signed him for the next few seasons.
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Black and white eyepatch or not, I thinkJonah Lowe had a great game for the Chiefs in the Final, and more generally, a very good SRA season. I'm glad the Chiefs' coaches gave him a good shot at it (starting in most games), and I think he's repaid their trust. It boggles the mind that the Hurricanes never gave him a chance, despite all the signs being there that he could become a good SR player during M10 Cup and preseason. I'm really pleased for him and hope he'll continue to develop into a great SR player! I hope the Chiefs have already re-signed him for the next few seasons.
@stargazer I thought he was a bit underwhelming in the final and probably lacks decent pace for the wing eh, but didn't look out of place and does a fair job. Be interesting to see how he gets on in TT.
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Sowakula won't be playing for Moana Pasifika as he is signed for the Chiefs until 2023. He'd be wiser to throw his lot in with Fiji now.
@bovidae Pita Gus Sowakula 1.95m 108kg (at least I'd say). Big lad. But he has a bit of competition now at 8.
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Black and white eyepatch or not, I thinkJonah Lowe had a great game for the Chiefs in the Final, and more generally, a very good SRA season. I'm glad the Chiefs' coaches gave him a good shot at it (starting in most games), and I think he's repaid their trust. It boggles the mind that the Hurricanes never gave him a chance, despite all the signs being there that he could become a good SR player during M10 Cup and preseason. I'm really pleased for him and hope he'll continue to develop into a great SR player! I hope the Chiefs have already re-signed him for the next few seasons.
@stargazer said in Chiefs 2021:
Black and white eyepatch or not, I thinkJonah Lowe had a great game for the Chiefs in the Final, and more generally, a very good SRA season.
Lowe has been a good signing for the Chiefs but I'd like to see him back himself a bit more when he is in space. Maybe as @Bones says, he lacks a little top-end speed.
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@stargazer said in Chiefs 2021:
Black and white eyepatch or not, I thinkJonah Lowe had a great game for the Chiefs in the Final, and more generally, a very good SRA season.
Lowe has been a good signing for the Chiefs but I'd like to see him back himself a bit more when he is in space. Maybe as @Bones says, he lacks a little top-end speed.
@bovidae Not sure about lacking top-end speed. He almost caught Nareki - who had a headstart - in the Chiefs v Highlanders game. It's probably more a matter of lacking that explosiveness for the first 10-20 metres, but he's very fast when sprints are longer.
