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  • TimT Tim

    @canes4life Last year announcements were staggered.

    All I know about this year is that the Blues announcement is at midday.

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    @tim said in Super Rugby News:

    @canes4life Last year announcements were staggered.

    All I know about this year is that the Blues announcement is at midday.

    Just posted on twitter: Crusaders team naming is at 10am.

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      Highlanders team announcement is at 11.30am.

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        So maybe it goes Crusaders 10am Chiefs/Canes 10:30am Chiefs/Canes 11am Highlanders 11:30am & Blues Midday?

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        • Canes4lifeC Canes4life

          So maybe it goes Crusaders 10am Chiefs/Canes 10:30am Chiefs/Canes 11am Highlanders 11:30am & Blues Midday?

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          @canes4life Where is the Chiefs announcement? I've seen the rest.

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          • YeetyaahY Yeetyaah

            @canes4life Where is the Chiefs announcement? I've seen the rest.

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            @yeetyaah Have the Canes posted on their social media at which time they'll announce the team? I haven't seen it.

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              @yeetyaah Have the Canes posted on their social media at which time they'll announce the team? I haven't seen it.

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              @stargazer Oh maybe I haven't seen that one either, my bad haha.

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                Not NZ-related news but Duane Vermeulen will play for the Bulls in the 2019 Super rugby season. He will obviously be a key player for the Boks next year.

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                  Chiefs - 8am
                  Crusaders - 10am
                  Highlanders - 11.30am
                  Blues - Midday
                  Hurricanes - according to the radio now at 9:30am not 1.30pm as stated in the herald?

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                    No Quinn Tupaea or James Tucker.

                    Will Ataata Moeakiola be playing the ABs? Not familiar with him.

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                      2019 Gallagher Chiefs squad

                      Props

                      Kane Hames ( Ta$man)
                      Aidan Ross (Bay of Plenty)
                      Reuben O’Neill (Taranaki)
                      Nepo Laulala (Counties Manukau)
                      Atu Moli (Waikato)
                      Sosefo Kautai (Waikato)
                      Angus Ta’avao (Taranaki)

                      Hookers

                      Nathan Harris (Bay of Plenty)
                      Liam Polwart (Bay of Plenty)
                      Samisoni Taukei’aho (Waikato)

                      Locks

                      Brodie Retallick (Hawke’s Bay)
                      Tyler Ardron (Bay of Plenty)
                      Laghlan McWhannell (Waikato)
                      Michael Allardice (Hawke’s Bay)
                      Fin Hoeata (Taranaki)

                      Loose forwards

                      Mitchell Brown (Taranaki)
                      Taleni Seu (Auckland)
                      Sam Cane (Bay of Plenty)
                      Mitchell Karpik (Bay of Plenty)
                      Lachlan Boshier (Taranaki)
                      Luke Jacobson (Waikato)
                      Pita Gus Sowakula (Taranaki)

                      Halfbacks

                      Brad Weber (Hawke’s Bay)
                      Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (Taranaki)
                      Jonathan Taumateine (Counties Manukau)

                      First five-eighths

                      Damian McKenzie (Waikato)
                      Tiaan Falcon (Hawke’s Bay)
                      Jack Debreczeni (Northland)

                      Midfielders

                      Alex Nankivell ( Ta$man)
                      Anton Lienert-Brown (Waikato)
                      Tumua Manu (Auckland)
                      Bailyn Sullivan (Waikato)

                      Outside backs

                      Solomon Alaimalo ( Ta$man)
                      Sean Wainui (Taranaki)
                      Ataata Moeakiola (Japan)
                      Etene Nanai-Seturo (Counties Manukau)
                      Shaun Stevenson (North Harbour)
                      Marty McKenzie (Taranaki)

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                          Lets keep the squad discussion in the individual team threads. It keeps it in one place and makes it easier to read

                          Chiefs thread:
                          https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/2465/chiefs-2019/

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                            Hurricanes squad: https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/news/article/hurricanes-opt-for-continuity-in-naming-exciting-2019-squad/

                            Hurricanes 2019 thread from this post: https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/273987

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                              Crusaders squad, see Crusaders 2019 thread from https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/274026

                              https://crusaders.co.nz/news/1278-five-new-names-in-2019-bnz-crusaders-squad

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                                Some are suggesting that players can't be signed to a SR contract in their first year out of school. That would explain the likes of Tupaea and Flanders missing out, and they would likely be on a development contract.

                                Caleb Clarke was picked by the Blues but didn't play much.

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                                  Can they still play?

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                                  • BovidaeB Bovidae

                                    Some are suggesting that players can't be signed to a SR contract in their first year out of school. That would explain the likes of Tupaea and Flanders missing out, and they would likely be on a development contract.

                                    Caleb Clarke was picked by the Blues but didn't play much.

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                                    @bovidae I think they're wrong. Flanders is from the same Hastings BHS 1st XV squad as Folau Fakatava, who's even younger than Flanders, and Fakatava has apparently been signed by the Highlanders.

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                                      @bovidae I think they're wrong. Flanders is from the same Hastings BHS 1st XV squad as Folau Fakatava, who's even younger than Flanders, and Fakatava has apparently been signed by the Highlanders.

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                                      @stargazer Who knows now. Perhaps selection is on a case by case basis?

                                      Time for someone to do a list of the unlucky XV.

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                                      • BovidaeB Bovidae

                                        @stargazer Who knows now. Perhaps selection is on a case by case basis?

                                        Time for someone to do a list of the unlucky XV.

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                                        @bovidae Thing is, I'd be reasonably happy if I knew for certain that certain young players had a development contract, but they never publish those lists.

                                        Oh, and look at this post:

                                        @number-10 said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:

                                        @canes4life

                                        Devan Flanders told me the three-year contract was : first year as development (covering him in the Under 20's next year) and years two and three are full contracts.

                                        It is eminently possible that others like Kereru-Symes, Fakatava and McClutchie have something similar. From a Hawke's Bay perspective I hope so.

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                                        • BovidaeB Bovidae

                                          @stargazer Who knows now. Perhaps selection is on a case by case basis?

                                          Time for someone to do a list of the unlucky XV.

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                                          @bovidae

                                          Olmsted!

                                          He’s not kiwi, but I’m still surprised he didn’t find a home. I’d take him at the Chiefs.

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