Crusaders 2017
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Good news from the injury ward:
Midfielder Jack Goodhue is still carrying a leg injury. He along with All Blacks No 8 Kieran Read and wing/midfielder Seta Tamanivalu, and first five-eighth Richie Mo'unga, should be available to play the Sunwolves after next weekend's bye.By the way, the title and summary under the photo are from another article. The title of this article is:
"Keep calm and carry on: Crusaders vow not to let Waratahs niggle them in Sydney"
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Crusaders' travelling squad to South Africa:
Props: Alaalatoa, Crockett, Franks, Moody, Jager
Hookers: Makalio, Taylor
Locks: Barrett, Romano, Whitelock
Loosies: Bedwell-Curtis, Read, Samu, Taufua, Todd
Halfbacks: Drummond, Hall
First-five 8ths: Hunt, Mo'unga
Midfielders: Bateman, Crotty, Goodhue, Wainui
Outside backs: Bridge, Havili, Mataele, TamanivaluOmissions: apart from the known injured players (such as Ioane & Dagg), Ben Funnell is also not in the squad. Didn't look okay yesterday, so maybe he was already playing with a minor injury or a bug. No idea who of the props can cover hooker in case one of Taylor or Makalio goes down.
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Rugby Pass Podcast: The coaching secrets of the Crusaders' Scott Robertson (+ transcript)
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Injury update
He [Scott Barrett] trained by himself at Crusaders training on Monday and assistant backs coach Leon MacDonald said he was unlikely for Saturday afternoon's Super Rugby blockbuster against the Highlanders in Christchurch. (...) Crusaders flanker Pete Samu's promising Super Rugby season could be over with the Ta$man man in a moonboot after injury his ankle in Saturday's 41-19 away win over the Rebels. MacDonald said Samu was awaiting a scan, but admitted it "doesn't look nice". Ta$man loose forward Vernon Fredericks, who featured against the Chiefs, has been training with the Crusaders for the past few weeks. There was sufficient loose forward depth with Jed Brown back from injury against the Rebels and Heiden Bedwell-Curtis making the most of his opportunities. There was better news on the injury front with midfielders Ryan Crotty, Jack Goodhue and openside flanker Matt Todd all participating in Monday's training session. The trio should be recalled for the South Island derby ... -
Good news about Crotty, Goodhue and Todd. Not so about Scott Barrett.
For next weeks big SI clash I would go with
9 Drummond
10 Mo'unga
11 Tamanivalu
12 Crotty
13 Goodhue
14 Dagg
15 Havili21 Hall
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@ACT-Crusader I think that's probably spot on - let's hope Crotty is good to go. On reflection, Israel should be much better for his hit out against the Rebels and that selection pretty much covers all injury bases.
I'd say Moody, Taylor, Franks, Romano, Whitelock, HBC, Todd, Taufua in the forwards
Crockett, Funnell, Alaalatoa, Strange, Brown on the bench - though that's all pretty predictable.
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@Chris-B I wonder if Scotty will keep Romano for the backend of the game. He's been excellent on that role. He and Crockett provide that insurance blanket of impact and experience to finish a match.
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@ACT-Crusader Could be - you're right that he's been doing a great job from the bench. If it was me, I'd be trying to get as many minutes from Romano as possible though.
Romano on the bench would provide more consistent strength throughout the game.
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@cgrant
He played most of the game against the Hurricanes (after S Barrett came off) and went pretty well. A fair bit of that might be the team culture where a series of relative no names are fronting up when required.
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Mitch Hunt: Game-saving kick something 'I'll remember for the rest of my life' (interview with Hunt - Veitch on Sport)
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Crusaders U18 Development Squad
The 2017 Crusaders region Junior Knights Development Camp will be held from the 9th-12th of July at St. Andrews College. At the end of the camp, a squad of 25 players will be selected to play the Hurricanes U18 team in a curtain raiser to the Hurricanes v Crusaders game on 15 July.
Players selected for the camp:
Christs college
Lachie Gunson – Christ’s College, Canterbury
Sam Darry – Christ’s College, Canterbury
Jason Embling, Christ’s College, Canterbury
Amhlaoibh Porter – Christ’s College, Canterbury
Levi Emery – Christ’s College, Canterbury
Kaveni Balenacagi – Christ’s College, Canterbury
Nic Murray – Christ’s College, Canterbury
Isaiah Punivai – Christ’s College, Canterbury
Kurtis Weeks – Christ’s College, CanterburyChristchurch boys high school
Hunter Stewart – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Adam Reid – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Angus Tucker – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Campbell Reid – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Sam Alsop-ten Hove – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Corban Harding – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Ben Colvin – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Louie Chapman – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Max Hughes – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Cullen Moody – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Tahu Kaa-Goodwillie – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Latham Kelly-Foleni – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Jack Harris – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Jordan Jennings – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Ryan Barnes – Christchurch Boys' High School, CanterburyTimaru boys high school
Thomas Edwards – Timaru Boys' High Schools, South Canterbury
Melvin Pauni – Timaru Boys' High School, South Canterbury
Cullen Grace – Timaru Boys' High School, South Canterbury
Finlay Joyce – Timaru Boys' High School, South
Maka Mafelio – Timaru Boys' High School, South Canterbury
Dean Andrews – Timaru Boys' High School, South CanterburySt. Andrews college
Shilo Klein – St Andrew's College, Canterbury
Jack Rose – St Andrew's College, Canterbury
Veitata Kinivuwai – St Andrew’s College, Canterbury
Scott Rees – St Andrew's College, Canterbury
George Harding – St Andrew’s College, CanterburyNelson college
Max Fraine – Nelson College, Ta$man
Kyle Te Tai – Nelson College, Ta$man
Caleb Havili – Nelson College, Ta$man
Caleb Coventry – Nelson College, Ta$man
Graham Urquhart – Nelson College, Ta$man
Anton Segner – Nelson College, Ta$man
Leicester Faingaanuku – Nelson College, Ta$manRangiora high school
Angus Fletcher – Rangiora High School, Canterbury
George Prain – Rangiora High School,
Fletcher Newell- Rangiora high schoolWaimea combined
Caleb Delany – Waimea College, Ta$man
Josh McPherson – Waimea College, Ta$man
Matthew Stevenson – Garin College, Ta$manSt Thomas of Canterbury college
Sione Afemui – St Thomas of Canterbury College, Canterbury
Patrick Elia – St Thomas of Canterbury College, CanterburyMarlborough Boys college
Vailua Kaloni – Marlborough Boys' College, Ta$man
Jack Shadbolt – Marlborough Boys' College, Ta$man
Nigel Satherly – Marlborough Boys' College, Ta$manHigh school old boys rugby club
Simon Rosevear – High School Old Boys, CanterburyShirley boys high school
Glen Beardsley – Shirley Boys' High School, CanterburySt Bedes college
Reuben Cotter – St Bede’s College, CanterburyIn addition to this squad, a Wider Training Group has also been selected and will be involved during the camp:
Wider Training Group:
Jacson Edie – St Andrew's College, Canterbury
Caleb Allison – St Bede’s College, Canterbury
Josh Duckworth – Rangiora High School, Canterbury
Sam Caldwell – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Charlie Watanabe – Burnside High School, Canterbury
Alex Harford – Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury
Brad Cvitanich – Timaru Boys' High School, South Canterbury
Angus Gilbert – St Andrew’s College, CanterburyUnavailable due to injury:
Jaydn Holdaway – Marlborough Boys' College, Ta$man
Ollie Lewis – Christchurch Boys' High School, CanterburyAlso unavailable for selection:
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Interesting.
When I was at school, many moons ago, one of the big fixtures of the years was Town vs Country. Town usually won, but it wasn't always a drubbing and Country usually had at least a handful of players in the combined Canterbury team.
Looks like most of those country schools from Hurunui, North Canterbury and Ellesmere are pretty marginalized these days in terms of selection opportunities.
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Warm-up match Crusaders v Highlanders (Thu 6 July, k/o 3pm at Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru)
Crusaders team:
1 Tim Perry
2 Ben Funnell
3 Michael Alaalatoa
4 Quinten Strange
5 Mitchell Dunshea
6 Heiden Bedwell-Curtis (VC)
7 Jed Brown
8 Jordan Taufua (C)
9 Mitchell Drummond
10 Mitchell Hunt
11 George Bridge
12 Sean Wainui
13 Seta Tamanivalu
14 Manasa Mataele
15 David HaviliRESERVES
16 Andrew Makalio
17 Chris Gawler
18 Oliver Jager
19 Jonno Osbourne
20 Shannon Frizell
21 Bryn Hall (VC)
22 Marty McKenzie
23 Braydon Ennor
24 Jone Macilai
25 Vernon Fredericks
-- Digby Ioanehttps://crusaders.co.nz/news/1126-team-to-play-the-highlanders-in-warm-up-game
I wonder why Richie Mo'unga and Tim Bateman are not in this line-up. Particularly, Mo'unga is surprising, because he's mostly likely to start against the Hurricanes on 15 July.
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@Stargazer probably dropped after his Lions performance.....
