Chiefs 2022

[Yeetyaah]

@bovidae right? Pretty stoked, hopefully that means he sticks around for the Mooloos as well.

[Bovidae]

@yeetyaah I'm sure he is. A good chance to play at 6 too if Luke is with the ABs.

[ARHS]

Excellent news

[Bovidae]

This article gives a little more info about the status of other forwards.

For their forwards, they’re yet to confirm the futures of young locks Laghlan McWhannell and Josh Lord, as well as back row options such as Mitchell Brown, Kaylum Boshier, Simon Parker, Mitchell Karpik, and All Blacks Luke Jacobson and Sam Cane.

Of those, McWhannell and Karpik would be most at risk of not being re-signed.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/125605646/super-rugby-chiefs-resign-naitoa-ah-kuoi-samipeni-finau-after-losing-lachlan-boshier

[Number 10]

Twitter is reporting Chiefs have signed Wellington hooker Tyrone Thompson.

[Bovidae]

That would be a great pickup, probably for Harris.

So who would be replacing Riccitelli at the Canes? O'Reilly?

[cliff]

Tyrone Thompson would form a great one two punch with taukeiaho

[Canes4life]

@cliff this is not the news I want to be hearing on a Sunday arvo. Wtf are we upto?

[Canes4life]

@number-10 where abouts on Twitter, I can’t seem to find anything.

[Crucial]

@canes4life said in Chiefs 2022:

@cliff this is not the news I want to be hearing on a Sunday arvo. Wtf are we upto?

You have two AB hookers already. What aspiring rake would want to sign up behind that?

[Nepia]

@canes4life said in Chiefs 2022:

@cliff this is not the news I want to be hearing on a Sunday arvo. Wtf are we upto?

You can take the boy out of Hawkes Bay ... still wont get him a Canes jersey though.

[Canes4life]

@crucial yeah but one of them is winding down his career. Canes got it the wrong way around IMO, they should have signed Thompson until the end of 2023 and Coles to a one-year deal only.

I would be interested to see the source, or is it just a rumour like Jordie’s a couple weeks ago.

[Crucial]

All these years living in the capital and I have mistakenly thought that the whining noise was the wind traveling through the buildings….

[Stargazer]

@canes4life said in Chiefs 2022:

@number-10 where abouts on Twitter, I can’t seem to find anything.

You have to practice your search skills. I found it within a second.

This guy has been wrong before. Wait and see.

https://twitter.com/buster125/status/1411464567041916929

[Stargazer]

@nepia said in Chiefs 2022:

@canes4life said in Chiefs 2022:

@cliff this is not the news I want to be hearing on a Sunday arvo. Wtf are we upto?

You can take the boy out of Hawkes Bay ... still wont get him a Canes jersey though.

There's another very good Hawke's Bay hooker the Canes can sign :face_with_raised_eyebrow: . But yeah, he stayed loyal to his province ... Kianu Kereru-Symes, I'd take him in a heart beat if the other option is the coke snorter.

[Yeetyaah]

@number-10 fuuuuuuuuck yes what a poach.

[Higgins]

@stargazer said in Chiefs 2022:

@canes4life said in Chiefs 2022:

@number-10 where abouts on Twitter, I can’t seem to find anything.

You have to practice your search skills. I found it within a second.

This guy has been wrong before. Wait and see.

https://twitter.com/buster125/status/1411464567041916929

Matt Buck has pretty good connections within the MSP Club so he might be on the good oil here.

[Stargazer]

@higgins If it's true, I hope he finally sees the light and signs with the Magpies next year, if this year happens to be Ash Dixon's last.

[Yeetyaah]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/no-one-wanted-me-surprise-reason-why-otere-black-is-leaving-nz/

The Chiefs have Bryn Gatland and Kaleb Trask on their books for next year while Rivez Reihana is also expected to return to the franchise.

Don't think we've had this confirmed yet

[Bovidae]

I was speaking to a Chiefs squadie at the NZ U20 game. He said that some of the last positions won't be filled until after the NPC as they are wanting to see the players in contention perform and get rewarded with selection.