Chiefs 2022

[Yeetyaah]

I'll have a crack at a 23 including some players where I'd like to see them.

1. Ross
2. Taukei'aho
3. Moli
4. Retallick
5. Vaa'i
6. Finau
7. Cane
8. Jacobson
9. Weber
10. Ioane
11. Lowe
12. Tupaea
13. Leinert-Brown
14. Nanai-Seturo
15. Trask

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16. Thompson
17. Norris
18. Ta'avao
19. Lord
20. Sowakula
21. Ratima
22. Reihana
23. Narawa

[bobily2]

Who is backup 7 out of thst bunch? I'd hope Jacobson would stick to 8, with Finau at 6

[Yeetyaah]

@bobily2 I believe Parker is a 7? Hasn't played for Waikato all year so unsure really.

[gt12]

@chris said in Chiefs 2022:

Surprised the Chiefs didn't sign Tom Florence.

He is missing. Dammit.

[bobily2]

@yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2022:

@bobily2 I believe Parker is a 7? Hasn't played for Waikato all year so unsure really.

He was 6 for U20s and for Waikato last year, I believe.

Slater played some 7 for Taranaki though

[Chris]

@gt12 said in Chiefs 2022:

@chris said in Chiefs 2022:

Surprised the Chiefs didn't sign Tom Florence.

He is missing. Dammit.

I wonder if he has been picked up by another team.
I thought he was outstanding for Waikato.

[gt12]

@chris said in Chiefs 2022:

@gt12 said in Chiefs 2022:

@chris said in Chiefs 2022:

Surprised the Chiefs didn't sign Tom Florence.

He is missing. Dammit.

I wonder if he has been picked up by another team.
I thought he was outstanding for Waikato.

Rumor at the Blues? Looks like a Crusader but he could be a good Lander?

[Chris]

@gt12 said in Chiefs 2022:

@chris said in Chiefs 2022:

@gt12 said in Chiefs 2022:

@chris said in Chiefs 2022:

Surprised the Chiefs didn't sign Tom Florence.

He is missing. Dammit.

I wonder if he has been picked up by another team.
I thought he was outstanding for Waikato.

Rumor at the Blues? Looks like a Crusader but he could be a good Lander?

Landers are sorted I think, Blues too,Crusaders have signed Gardner and Kellow from their academy so I hear.
Hurricanes ?

[gt12]

@chris

He looks a bit too talented, given their recent signings.

[Chris]

@gt12 said in Chiefs 2022:

@chris

He looks a bit too talented, given their recent signings.

Good point.

[cliff]

Not alot of size out wide

[cliff]

Macmillan had said earlier that he liked kaylum boshier at 7 so he cold be the replacement openside

[ploughboy]

i think the loose forwards were already inked before npc .
happy as can be with that team. mitch brown was on muti year contract so had to be there , poihpi lucky not that i dislike him would have liked to have picked that electric out side back but i guess there wasnt one and chase tiatia also on multi year

[Bovidae]

Parker is a no.8, who can play 6. I think Boshier will definitely be the backup openside in that mix.

Officially, the squad is meant to be announced at 8 am. I was told Reihana wasn't retained so that info must be wrong.

IMO they've selected one too many inside/midfield backs and not enough loose forwards and outside backs.

[ploughboy]

@bovidae said in Chiefs 2022:

Parker is a no.8, who can play 6. I think Boshier will definitely be the backup openside in that mix.

Officially, the squad is meant to be announced at 8 am. I was told Reihana wasn't retained so that info must be wrong.

IMO they've selected one too many inside/midfield backs and not enough loose forwards and outside backs.

didnt parker play some minutes at open side this year
agree with over load of inside/ midfield trask i would imagine play outside more,poihpi picked up wainuis contract?

[Bovidae]

@ploughboy said in Chiefs 2022:

didnt parker play some minutes at open side this year

I don't think he has played any games this year (Chiefs or Waikato). Parker is a big unit, bigger than Jacobson for example. He was even used at lock for Waikato when they played Northland in Kaikohe last year.

He wouldn't be suited to openside.

Agree that Poihipi was probably lucky (again).

[Bovidae]

@yeetyaah If Trask is to start at fullback you don't need a 1st 5 in the reserves. A midfield back (Nankivell) and outside back would be better. I wouldn't be surprised if Narawa starts on the wing, as McMillan is obviously a fan.

@bobily2 I also favour a Finau-Cane-Jacobson loose forward trio. Sowakula to replace Finau in the 2nd half. That would make Jacobson the backup 7 in the 23.

[Yeetyaah]

@bovidae said in Chiefs 2022:

Officially, the squad is meant to be announced at 8 am.

Yeah I just checked the Chiefs website and it was there

[Bovidae]

They have now updated the player and coach profiles. No new forwards coach yet.

[Daffy Jaffy]

2022 Gallagher Chiefs squad list:

Loosehead Props
Ollie Norris (Waikato, 16)
Reuben O’Neill (Taranaki, 15)
Aidan Ross (Bay of Plenty, 47)

Hookers
Bradley Slater (Taranaki, 26)
Samisoni Taukei’aho (Waikato, 49)
Tyrone Thompson* (Wellington, *)

Tighthead Props
Sione Mafileo (North Harbour, 9)
Atu Moli ( Ta$man, 44)
Angus Ta’avao (Auckland, 47)

Locks
Naitoa Ah Kuoi (Bay of Plenty, 20)
Josh Lord (Taranaki, 5)
Laghlan McWhannell (Waikato, 0)
Brodie Retallick (Hawke’s Bay, 107)
Tupou Vaa’i (Taranaki, 19)

Loose Forwards
Kaylum Boshier (Taranaki, 4)
Mitchell Brown (Taranaki, 55)
Sam Cane (Bay of Plenty, 126)
Samipeni Finau (Waikato, 6)
Luke Jacobson (Waikato, 37)
Simon Parker (Waikato, 3)
Pita Gus Sowakula (Taranaki, 39)

Halfbacks
Cortez Ratima* (Waikato, *)
Xavier Roe (Waikato, 7)
Brad Weber (Hawke’s Bay, 98)

First Five-Eighths
Bryn Gatland (North Harbour, 9)
Josh Ioane* (Otago, *)
Rivez Reihana (Northland, 1)
Kaleb Trask (Bay of Plenty, 17)

Midfield
Anton Lienert-Brown (Waikato, 94)
Alex Nankivell ( Ta$man, 43)
Rameka Poihipi (Canterbury, 4)
Quinn Tupaea (Waikato, 19)
Gideon Wrampling (Waikato, 1)

Outside Backs
Jonah Lowe (Hawke’s Bay,
Etene Nanai Seturo (Counties Manukau, 21)
Emoni Narawa*(Bay of Plenty, *)
Shaun Stevenson (North Harbour, 62)
Chase Tiatia (Bay of Plenty, 11)

Brackets denote players’ provincial union and Gallagher Chiefs caps.

• denotes a player that is yet to debut for the Gallagher Chiefs
  Bolded players denotes a rookie, those who have signed their first full-time Sky Super Rugby contract.