Cantebury vs Auckland
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@dice Geoff Cridge is my pick to take over Fatialofa. Yes he has been injured for a while, however he has been rehabing with the Canes so I'm picking the Locks for the Canes next year are Lousi, Walker-Leawere, Cridge and Mitchell with Fifita covering.
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@canes4life Is Cridge still contracted to the Canes?
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@nepia I don't think he is under contract but I read somewhere that he had been in Wellington for a while rehabbing with Canes staff. Whether that connects him with a contract is another matter altogether.
I know Lousi, Walker-Leawere and Mitchell all have contracts so if Cridge doesn't end up being apart of the equation then we may very well see someone like Whetton involved. If that is true though he definitely isn't the 2.05m, 140kg lock that Plumtree said he would go after.
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@canes4life jog my memory..who is Mitchell..?
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@nepia said in Cantebury vs Auckland:
@canes4life Is Cridge still contracted to the Canes?
Yes, Cridge was under contract to the Canes for 2018.
He's basically needing a good 2018 Mitre Cup to get a renewal for 2019.
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@number-10 said in Cantebury vs Auckland:
@nepia said in Cantebury vs Auckland:
@canes4life Is Cridge still contracted to the Canes?
Yes, Cridge was under contract to the Canes for 2018.
He's basically needing a good 2018 Mitre Cup to get a renewal for 2019.
Although, they could just keep him on contract knowing what he can do when not injured ...
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@steven-harris said in Cantebury vs Auckland:
@canes4life jog my memory..who is Mitchell..?
Liam Mitchell (Manawatu lock/loosie), already signed by the Canes.
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@stargazer didnt he play loosie when they played up here on Friday, if it is him, he is a big unit
edit; just looked, he did play 6 against us.
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@taniwharugby got smashed a few times being too upright ,but looks a good athlete
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@taniwharugby yeah, I don't know what Manawatu are doing there. Mitchell is playing 6 at 2.00ms tall and Crosswell at 4cm shorter, is starting at lock.
I know Mitchell is fairly light, so will need bulking up in the Super offseason.
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@nepia said in Cantebury vs Auckland:
@number-10 said in Cantebury vs Auckland:
@nepia said in Cantebury vs Auckland:
@canes4life Is Cridge still contracted to the Canes?
Yes, Cridge was under contract to the Canes for 2018.
He's basically needing a good 2018 Mitre Cup to get a renewal for 2019.
Although, they could just keep him on contract knowing what he can do when not injured ...
He is always injured so nobody knows what he can do when not injured. Anyway James Blackwell is from Wellington, need I say any more on who is likely to be the most likely to be awarded a contract?
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@canes4life Cane fans should be happy if they get Whetton this late in the year. He's the 2nd best lock in the Mitre 10 Cup this year, just behind Romano.
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@dice to be fair I haven't watched too much of Whetton. Is he big enough to be a dominant Super lock?
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@canes4life said in Cantebury vs Auckland:
@dice to be fair I haven't watched too much of Whetton. Is he big enough to be a dominant Super lock?
He is 198cm and a huge unit with it.
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@kirwan So pretty much Fatialofa mark 2.
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@canes4life said in Cantebury vs Auckland:
@kirwan So pretty much Fatialofa mark 2.
Yeah, and would be ironic if we lost two good locks to the Canes. Or absolutely depressing.
