Chiefs 2021

Bovidae

@Stargazer

Other players off-contract.
Cane
Ta’avao
McKenzie

Stargazer

@bovidae said in Chiefs 2021:

@Stargazer

Other players off-contract.
Cane
Ta’avao
McKenzie

And:
L Boshier
Harris
Lowe
S Mafileo?
Poihipi

(in addition to Weber and TTT)

And a lot of players whose contract duration hasn't been published.

cliff

I think ah kuoi is off contract too and probably sullivan

Bovidae

I was only listing 3 key players mentioned in the season review, the other being Weber.

I would expect Harris and Lowe to be retained. Mafileo signed a 2-yr deal.

Tim

@bovidae said in Chiefs 2021:

Harris

Does he still have the body to play professional rugby?

cliff

Am hoping next season we pick a big fast winger maybe narawa or taniela telea from the blues we really struggled to score tries despite performing relatively well, also a hooker that is abit accurate I wonder if we have a spot for finau

Stargazer

@bovidae said in Chiefs 2021:

I was only listing 3 key players mentioned in the season review, the other being Weber.

I would expect Harris and Lowe to be retained. Mafileo signed a 2-yr deal.

With NZR or the Chiefs? As I recall it, he signed a two-year contract, served one year in the Blues squad and the second with the Chiefs.

Bovidae

@Tim Harris will need a full NPC of rugby so will need to share minutes with Eklund.

I can't see another experienced hooker in the region to take his place. Ioane Moananu and Bernie Hati from the U20s are still too green.

Bovidae

@stargazer Chiefs according to this.

After six seasons with the Auckland team, an opportunity presented itself for Mafileo to move south, in what was a virtual swap with All Black Nepo Laulala, and he signed a two-year deal at a Chiefs club where his younger brother, Tevita, had played as an injury replacement in 2019.

Bovidae

@cliff

Google says Ah Kuoi is off-contract but appeals as the 3rd lock in the squad as Lord continues to develop.

McWhannell would have to be lucky to get a new contract given he has been injured for 3 years. Hopefully he is fit and ready to go for Waikato. If the Chiefs don't sign Finau someone else will.

Yeetyaah

Someone said in the Blues thread that the Chiefs have signed Sam Nock I think. I think I feel good about that.

gt12

@yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2021:

Someone said in the Blues thread that the Chiefs have signed Sam Nock I think. I think I feel good about that.

I said it wouldn't be bad signing but I'd pick him to go Saders or Moana Pasifika.

McWhannell should not be signed, we should keep Finau and Ah Kuoi ahead of him. If he goes onto be an AB after getting healthy, that's too bad.

Tim

@gt12 said in Chiefs 2021:

Moana Pasifika.

Are they actually going to be a real franchise next year or in 2023?

Very little evidence of them signing anyone for next year.

cliff

@yeetyaah he is a very good halfback

gt12

@tim said in Chiefs 2021:

@gt12 said in Chiefs 2021:

Moana Pasifika.

Are they actually going to be a real franchise next year or in 2023?

Very little evidence of them signing anyone for next year.

Good question, but assuming that they are going to play, they'd make an interesting destination for players who aren't quite getting the chances they should/could get (Nock, Joane).