Highlanders 2026
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@frugby said in Highlanders 2026:
This saga might just be getting started… has the potential to be the highest profile Super Rugby move in NZ history…
Not sure I can remember anything like this before?
Richie Mo to the Chiefs, DMac to the Hurricanes, Riley Higgins to the Wallabies.
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@Wurzel As you say though, there was no real saga with those moves, they just happened at the end of the contract with all parties on reasonable terms.
As I understand it, this is way closer to what we see in the NRL, and from an entertainment perspective that is awesome.
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@Mr-Fish said in Highlanders 2026:
@frugby said in Highlanders 2026:
This saga might just be getting started… has the potential to be the highest profile Super Rugby move in NZ history…
Not sure I can remember anything like this before?
Richie Mo to the Chiefs, DMac to the Hurricanes, Riley Higgins to the Wallabies.
I haven't heard of any of these sagas.
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@Yeetyaah said in Highlanders 2026:
I find the "limited opportunities" a bit interesting seeing as he had 18 appearances for the Chiefs in the 2025 season, 7 of those were starts. JJ quoted that he's had 9 starts, but he was also an injury replacement player in 2024 hard to really pick from that season.
Again I'm baffled as to why he signed with the Chiefs in the first place, did he really think he would usurp McKenzie long term? I guess he wasn't expecting a Dmac long term commitment.
