Chiefs 2025
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The teams for each half have been named. It's good to see some players return from injury and the ABs.
https://chiefs.co.nz/all-blacks-group-set-for-game-time-in-second-pre-season-clash/
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The teams for each half have been named. It's good to see some players return from injury and the ABs.
https://chiefs.co.nz/all-blacks-group-set-for-game-time-in-second-pre-season-clash/
@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2025:
The teams for each half have been named. It's good to see some players return from injury and the ABs.
https://chiefs.co.nz/all-blacks-group-set-for-game-time-in-second-pre-season-clash/
Tupaea on the wing and Mataele at centre for the second half seems a unusual choice.
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I look forward to crayfish at the game.
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ENS, Dyer, McAlister and Ross were all rested against MP with minor niggles.
TTT's shoulder injury is not season-ending but he will be out for a while. Trask didn't play as his partner had a baby. He hasn't played any pre-season games so I doubt he makes the 23 for Rd 1.
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I hope there is a return fixture next month.
Salabiau is back. No Poihipi or M Wrampling. A lot of U20 players on the bench.
@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2025:
I hope there is a return fixture next month.
Salabiau is back. No Poihipi or M Wrampling. A lot of U20 players on the bench.
That's a very experienced B team.
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@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2025:
I hope there is a return fixture next month.
Salabiau is back. No Poihipi or M Wrampling. A lot of U20 players on the bench.
That's a very experienced B team.
@African-Monkey Final score Blues A 26-27 Chiefs A
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@African-Monkey Final score Blues A 26-27 Chiefs A
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@Daffy-Jaffy Did you go to the game?
The Chiefs had an 18 yr old halfback starting and a 19 yr old on the bench. They will be the Chiefs U20s halfbacks.
@Bovidae No sorry. Info from Blues Instagram.
Steven Harris was at the game. He posted a report on the Blues thread. -
I certainly hope that McAlister is fit, as starting with Slater and him having to play big minutes makes me nervous.
It was interesting to hear McMillan say that he didn't want to play DMac but injuries meant he had to.
I think there may be some minor rotation with the Brumbies the following week in a tough opening 5 game schedule. I'm sure there will be plenty of sore bodies from both teams.
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McMillan has done well to give almost all of the available players some playing time across the first two games. Of the fit players, only Ahio and Tupou haven't featured yet. Injuries to Jacobson and Poihipi will mean more changes for the Brumbies game, and I think some players will be rested for the Drua game in Fiji.
We wait to hear the extent of Poihipi's injury.
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Been quite impressed with Xavier Roe in his first two games this year.
He's not the quickest passer but his running and kicking games and decision making have always been his strengths. He's typically been good for at least two or three dopey errors per game - knocking the ball on at the base of the ruck and the like, but haven't really seen those errors (so far) this year, and his tactical kicking has been excellent. The one-two punch with Cortez Ratima has been working so far and provided Roe can keep pinning opposition teams back, I think bringing Ratima off the bench is a strategy that McMillan should stick with for the near future.
