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Another Kiwi joins the Sunwolves: Nathan Vella.
Just wondering whether all these NZ players signing with the SW could have negative side effect, in that they are no longer available as injury cover for NZ franchises, like Vella last year for the Canes. The NZ franchises have pretty big squads during preseason, so they'll be able to absorb some of it, but could it become a problem if a lot of players in the same position are going down, like the Chiefs' props last year? Could it result in average NPC players or very young players being called up? In short, does it harm our depth in some positions?
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Another Kiwi joins the Sunwolves: Nathan Vella.
Just wondering whether all these NZ players signing with the SW could have negative side effect, in that they are no longer available as injury cover for NZ franchises, like Vella last year for the Canes. The NZ franchises have pretty big squads during preseason, so they'll be able to absorb some of it, but could it become a problem if a lot of players in the same position are going down, like the Chiefs' props last year? Could it result in average NPC players or very young players being called up? In short, does it harm our depth in some positions?
@Stargazer if they werent signing for the SW I expect they would have signed in France, so I dont think it impacts things anymore than the past few years, if anything, probably better with a few of them coming back to M10 Cup (Ranger signed with Northland, although Pryor brothers not coming back) which is where we need them.
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According to Wiki there are only 13 indigenous Japanese players in the Sunwolves squad of 50 and 4 of those are halfbacks competing for a place with Jamie Booth. The rest are from Oz, ZA, NZ, a few tongans with residence, a Georgian and a south Korean. It is becoming more like a southern hemisphere Barbarians team. It will be interesting to see how many Japanese players make the 23 each match day.
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Still better than losing them to Europe.
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According to Wiki there are only 13 indigenous Japanese players in the Sunwolves squad of 50 and 4 of those are halfbacks competing for a place with Jamie Booth. The rest are from Oz, ZA, NZ, a few tongans with residence, a Georgian and a south Korean. It is becoming more like a southern hemisphere Barbarians team. It will be interesting to see how many Japanese players make the 23 each match day.
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Super Rugby News:
from Oz, ZA, NZ, a few tongans with residence, a Georgian and a south Korean. It is becoming more like a southern hemisphere Barbarians team. It will be interesting to see how many Japanese players make the 23 each match day.
problem is, the 'good' Japanese players are playing for Toyota, MItsubishi etc, not the SW's.
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@Canes4life sad face.
@Bones Let's hope J Barrett becomes a genius at 15
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37-year-old and NZ-born Japanese international Luke Thompson has signed with the Sunwolves.
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@Tim Fairly weak starting XV to be fair. Tiatia is barely Super standard, Billy isn't a second five, Prinsep is overated, Blackwell is too small to be a lock - fairly underwhelming if anyone was planning to head up to the game. Goosen and Rayasi not even in the mix aswell, strange.
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@Tim Fairly weak starting XV to be fair. Tiatia is barely Super standard, Billy isn't a second five, Prinsep is overated, Blackwell is too small to be a lock - fairly underwhelming if anyone was planning to head up to the game. Goosen and Rayasi not even in the mix aswell, strange.
@Canes4life Where possible, I always go back to the source and don't post an article from the media, but the media release it's based on. See my post in the Hurricanes thread and notice the difference.
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@Canes4life Where possible, I always go back to the source and don't post an article from the media, but the media release it's based on. See my post in the Hurricanes thread and notice the difference.
@Stargazer right so Goosen and Rayasi are there. Would have been strange if they weren't. No Jonah Lowe though. I would rather see Lowe at Fullback than Chase.
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@Stargazer right so Goosen and Rayasi are there. Would have been strange if they weren't. No Jonah Lowe though. I would rather see Lowe at Fullback than Chase.
@Canes4life I asssume it's due to injury that Lowe isn't there. He had a huge egg on his left eye brow after the game against the Crusaders and couldn't see anything with that eye.
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I haven't checked the S'wolves and Jaguares, but with only one preseason game still to be played (Sharks v Bulls), these are all preseason results that I've seen :
Brumbies 52 - 38 Rebels
Bulls 21 - 17 LionsRebels 29 - 26 Reds
Highlanders 59 - 38 Waratahs
Blues 43 - 10 Chiefs
Hurricanes 19 - 34 Crusaders
Lions 19 - 14 Sharks
Stormers 33 - 28 BullsBrumbies 34 - 28 Waratahs
Crusaders 43 - 38 Highlanders
Reds 19 - 21 Chiefs
Stormers 87 - 5 Boland (Cavaliers?, a Currie Cup team from Western Cape Province)
Hurricanes 31 - 38 Blues -
