Chiefs 2026
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I hope that the Chiefs are having discussions with Frank Vaenuku, but maybe he is happy to bide his time with sevens at the moment given his age.
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@Bovidae do we have the space for another winger assuming hutchinson replaces trask and tamoefolau replaces stevenson perhaps vaenuku could replace liam coombes fabling
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@cliff said in Chiefs 2026:
Am tired of losing potential prospects to the crusaders
A few good ones have gone the other way.
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@cliff said in Chiefs 2026:
Am tired of losing potential prospects to the crusaders
A few good ones have gone the other way.
@Crazy-Horse too right Big Brodie currently in the ABs just 1 example
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@SouthernMann said in Chiefs 2026:
ENS to head off-shore
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/all-blacks-sevens-star-etene-nanai-seturo-poised-for-european-move/
That's a bummer, but I guess he sees the AB door as being locked. I thought he might switch to the Warriors/NRL.
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@ARHS said in Chiefs 2026:
Bugger, wish they could have spent that money trying to retain players and get Oli Mathis.
It's not mutually exclusive, but I agree with the sentiment.
I personally think that the error was made last year though, they should have signed Mathis right away. Once he got a chance with the Saders, it's easy to understand why he would stay, especially as the path to the 7 jersey looks easier there.
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So who are we still needing to replace?
Ross
Slater
Selby-Rickit
Tupou
M Wrampling
Trask?
PoihipiThere are a few others who may also be moved on like Tahuriorangi and Coombes-Fabling, and questions over Jacomb and Nanai-Seturo. That would mean more ins/outs than in previous years.
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@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2026:
@WoodysRFC ehh Hamilton hate is so forced.
Lived in Hamilton, I loved it, Kiwis, particularly from the regions, are just infatuated with Perth. It's a city with a great climate and likely better career prospects.
@WoodysRFC said in Chiefs 2026:
@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2026:
@WoodysRFC ehh Hamilton hate is so forced.
Lived in Hamilton, I loved it, Kiwis, particularly from the regions, are just infatuated with Perth. It's a city with a great climate and likely better career prospects.
Hot take: has better beaches than Hamilton.
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Perth is a fucking shithole. A boring town a million miles from anywhere, flat, full of really fucking weird people. Inflated prices for everything thanks to FIFO money. Freo is okay, but there are a lot of deros in Freo as well.
I'll never go back without a really good reason
@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2026:
Perth is a fucking shithole. A boring town a million miles from anywhere, flat, full of really fucking weird people.
Eh? It's pretty darn close to Asia and easy flights to Europe and the middle east.
As for weird people, it doesn't have many QLDers.And Margaret river to Pemberton/Denmark is choice as.
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@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2026:
Perth is a fucking shithole. A boring town a million miles from anywhere, flat, full of really fucking weird people.
Eh? It's pretty darn close to Asia and easy flights to Europe and the middle east.
As for weird people, it doesn't have many QLDers.And Margaret river to Pemberton/Denmark is choice as.
@nostrildamus said in Chiefs 2026:
And Margaret river to Pemberton/Denmark is choice as.
so, not Perth then
And it's the most isolated major city on earth. Thrice daily flights to Bali for cashed up FIFO bogans does not change that
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@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2026:
Perth is a fucking shithole. A boring town a million miles from anywhere, flat, full of really fucking weird people.
Eh? It's pretty darn close to Asia and easy flights to Europe and the middle east.
As for weird people, it doesn't have many QLDers.And Margaret river to Pemberton/Denmark is choice as.
@nostrildamus said in Chiefs 2026:
Eh? It's pretty darn close to Asia and easy flights to Europe and the middle east.
A mirror of the Hamiltonian story. It's great! It's handy to Raglan, the snow, getting up to Eden Park, across to Coromandel and the Mount, etc
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@nostrildamus said in Chiefs 2026:
And Margaret river to Pemberton/Denmark is choice as.
so, not Perth then
And it's the most isolated major city on earth. Thrice daily flights to Bali for cashed up FIFO bogans does not change that
@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2026:
@nostrildamus said in Chiefs 2026:
And Margaret river to Pemberton/Denmark is choice as.
so, not Perth then
And it's the most isolated major city on earth. Thrice daily flights to Bali for cashed up FIFO bogans does not change that
eh. Once you live in WA a 2-3 hour drive is nothing.
Direct flights to Heathrow, Rome etc. Plenty of places direct in Indonesia., not just Bali.
30+ nonstop destinations. .. I accept commissions.
