@Bovidae said in Crusaders 2020:

How long has Samipeni Finau been training in Chch?

Since pre season started before Christmas

@Canes4life said in Crusaders 2020:

@Stargazer surely has to be Havili. It's probably a matter of having all the best players on the park and whether they see Goodhue as a 12 or a 13 moving forward. I'd suggest they would most likely leave Goodhue at 13 which means Havili would probably have the experience to shift into 12. Then you would probably have to start Jordan at 15, with Ennor as utility impact off the bench.

Early signs are Goodhue/Ennor Mid field combination if both are fit to start the season.Jordan off the bench

@Bones said in Crusaders 2020:

@Chris said in Crusaders 2020:

@Hooroo said in Crusaders 2020:

@Chris said in Crusaders 2020:

@Hooroo said in Crusaders 2020:

@Steven-Harris said in Crusaders 2020:

Can you imagine how stupid they are going to look if Robertson leads the Saders to another title and Foster has a shocker in his first dig..!

Before a ball has been kicked nationally or internationally, the absolute reverse of this is still an option that could happen.

Even as a Chiefs and Waikato fan, I wasn't enthusiastic about Fozzie getting the role and would have been happy for Robertson to get it. However, I will give him a chance to show he has the goods before I cry foul!

We've see this before.... just after the 2007 WC where Henry got the nod again. That didn't go too bad.

We will see how Foster goes but I don't have much confidence not just the time he was in charge of the Chiefs.
It felt like there was a decline in AB performances in the last couple of years they looked stale.And we maybe will have more of the same with Foster leading the way.As I remember Hansen saying foster had a big input the last couple of years making him a better coach.I still haven't seen evidence of that as yet.

Hansen was in charge so he wears the results of the past 4 years. Who knows whether Fozzie would have done the same as Hansen.

We are about to find out.we fast forward a few months and we see what happens.
A lot I think and not always for the good.

Steady on Nostradamus! "A lot will happen including some bad in the next few months". Just wow.

It doesn't take much insight to look forward into Mrs Fosters ability to bring the ABs to another level which they need to go to.

@taniwharugby said in Crusaders 2020:

@Chris even if Hansen was letting Fozzie do more, I expect there was plenty of stuff that Fozzie knew how Hansen liked it being done, so more than likely while he was leading something, he was probably still doing it how his boss wanted it?

I interviewed for a job several years back with a guy who had coached Super rugby, and he said when he went in he had to be prepared, they fired plenty of questions at him, challenged his responses, often in ways that seemed like they were to provoke - was my first interview in 10 years and the least fun one I had ever been in, didnt get the job!

As above, I am willing to give Fozzie a shot, my leash of chances will extend only so far though

We shall see I don’t have much confidence in MR Foster.

@Hooroo said in Crusaders 2020:

@Chris said in Crusaders 2020:

@Hooroo said in Crusaders 2020:

@Steven-Harris said in Crusaders 2020:

Can you imagine how stupid they are going to look if Robertson leads the Saders to another title and Foster has a shocker in his first dig..!

Before a ball has been kicked nationally or internationally, the absolute reverse of this is still an option that could happen.

Even as a Chiefs and Waikato fan, I wasn't enthusiastic about Fozzie getting the role and would have been happy for Robertson to get it. However, I will give him a chance to show he has the goods before I cry foul!

We've see this before.... just after the 2007 WC where Henry got the nod again. That didn't go too bad.

We will see how Foster goes but I don't have much confidence not just the time he was in charge of the Chiefs.
It felt like there was a decline in AB performances in the last couple of years they looked stale.And we maybe will have more of the same with Foster leading the way.As I remember Hansen saying foster had a big input the last couple of years making him a better coach.I still haven't seen evidence of that as yet.

Hansen was in charge so he wears the results of the past 4 years. Who knows whether Fozzie would have done the same as Hansen.

We are about to find out.we fast forward a few months and we see what happens.
A lot I think and not always for the good.

@Hooroo said in Crusaders 2020:

@Steven-Harris said in Crusaders 2020:

Can you imagine how stupid they are going to look if Robertson leads the Saders to another title and Foster has a shocker in his first dig..!

Before a ball has been kicked nationally or internationally, the absolute reverse of this is still an option that could happen.

Even as a Chiefs and Waikato fan, I wasn't enthusiastic about Fozzie getting the role and would have been happy for Robertson to get it. However, I will give him a chance to show he has the goods before I cry foul!

We've see this before.... just after the 2007 WC where Henry got the nod again. That didn't go too bad.

We will see how Foster goes but I don't have much confidence not just the time he was in charge of the Chiefs.
It felt like there was a decline in AB performances in the last couple of years they looked stale.And we maybe will have more of the same with Foster leading the way.As I remember Hansen saying foster had a big input the last couple of years making him a better coach.I still haven't seen evidence of that as yet.

@Stargazer @Higgins .Sam Darry is training for development purposes towards a future contract.He will not play this season but being brought into the environment for the future.

Canterbury u/19 Lock Sam Darry is training with the crusaders in pre-season,
some big raps on Sam. At 2.03 Cm he has height.

@mikey07 said in Hurricanes 2020:

@Chris funny how one of the other kiwis said he did nothing wrong be interesting to hear the whole story

Yeah it will be interesting to see what when on if anything

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