Who will get a first SR contract ?

[Tim]

@mikey07 Was with the Blues this year already.

[mikey07]

@Tim Oh I didn’t realise.

[ACT Crusader]

@Stargazer said in Who will get a first SR contract ?:

After a quiet start to the season, Lincoln McClutchie is getting better and better. With our shortage of good 10s in NZ, it would be stupid if he doesn't get signed, this year.

He does have a touch of the Ihaia West about him. Could get himself a SR contract, but I wouldn’t go as far as say stupid if not picked up given he’s only 20 years old.

[mikey07]

James Tofa the 12 from Manuwatu he runs really hard and tackles aswell.

[Stargazer]

@ACT-Crusader He's 21 and in his 3rd Mitre 10 Cup season. IMO, it's time.

[ACT Crusader]

@Stargazer said in Who will get a first SR contract ?:

@ACT-Crusader He's 21 and in his 3rd Mitre 10 Cup season. IMO, it's time.

I thought I heard in a game earlier this season the comms say he was only 20?

[Stargazer]

@ACT-Crusader The comms make mistakes, too. He's from April 1999. Fakatava is still 20.

[mikey07]

@Stargazer possible replacement for TJ at the Canes IF we can find out when his Highlanders contract expires.

[ACT Crusader]

@Stargazer said in Who will get a first SR contract ?:

@ACT-Crusader The comms make mistakes, too. He's from April 1999. Fakatava is still 20.

I’m only going by what I heard.

Not sure who run these websites, both have him at 20?

https://www.rugbypass.com/mitre-10-cup/teams/hawkes-bay/players/lincoln-mcclutchie/

Lincoln McClutchie

A New Zealand Secondary Schools representative in 2016, McClutchie was outstanding for the Hawke's Bay under-19s as they finished their national tournament in Taupo with a 40-13 win against Taranaki in the play-off for seventh in 2018. He scored two tr…

[Stargazer]

@ACT-Crusader The HBRU haven't updated the player profiles sufficiently for 2020. You can find his date of birth on last year's site:

Hawke's Bay Magpies

The Hawke's Bay Magpies are the official representative team of the HBRU.

[Nepia]

@mikey07 said in Who will get a first SR contract ?:

@Stargazer possible replacement for TJ at the Canes IF we can find out when his Highlanders contract expires.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, depends if the Canes Magpies quota is filled or not, plus there's a danger of him being number 1 and then having to start regularly which would be pretty unpalatable to the Wellingtonians in charge of the Canes.

[mofitzy_]

Any half decent 2m+ locks not under contract?

[Yeetyaah]

@mofitzy_ Josh Lord

[Bovidae]

Will Tucker would be another if he doesn't have a full contract with the Highlanders yet.

[mikey07]

Kneepkens (Taranaki) : great finisher and solid all round player. He's really fast.

He’s signed to NZ Sevens for 2 years

[mikey07]

@akan004 I believe that he is almost certain a Crusaders development contract.

[mikedogz]

Alamanda Motuga if not playing Samoa sevens. Sam Slade. I believe Cameron Roigard has minor contract with the Chiefs. No other new guys from counties.

[cgrant]

Tyler Laubscheer ?

[ARHS]

Luke Campbell may be worth a look after sparking bop resurgence. Joe Johnston Stan Van Den Hoven and Matt Garland might all become contenders if they continue their form in coming weeks. Very interesting now that the form in top division has swung round so abruptly.

[Bovidae]

@ARHS said in Who will get a first SR contract ?:

Luke Campbell may be worth a look after sparking bop resurgence.

On the Newshub story about TJP the other night they hinted that the Hurricanes were the only team that had a position available at halfback. That would suggest Milo-Harris is contracted to the Chiefs for 2021. Bad news for Roe as well, if true.