Chiefs 2021
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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Hill also confirmed injured midfielder Quinn Tupaea has been replaced by Waikato utility Gideon Wrampling for just the rest of the Aotearoa campaign.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
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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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@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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@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.
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@bovidae said in Chiefs 2021:
@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.
I think that sometimes he tends to like the physicality of smacking into a player to make a ruck with that low driving style similar to his brother.
