Provincial players that never played super rugby.
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their not exactly a whos who or anything are they
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@mikey07 said in Provincial players that never played super rugby.:
@mikedogz said in Provincial players that never played super rugby.:
Iām sure Michael Johnson got gametime for the Canes
Who is Brice Hendersen? FFS, we can't even dominate the team of players who didn't make the Wellington Hurricanes.
I don't think Johnson actually got a run in a Super match, only preseason.
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@shark said in Provincial players that never played super rugby.:
@mikedogz said in Provincial players that never played super rugby.:
Who the fuck are these blokes?? I'm an avid follower of Canterbury squads and have never heard of some of these hacks.
I've heard of Robbie Malneek (he's a 'rapa boy) and Sinoti Sinoti (played for Samoa)
But I really don;t see the point of this list there a metric fuckloads of players who are provincial players that never played for a super rugby team. Like 99.999999+% of all Wairarapa Bush players, for example
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@shark said in Provincial players that never played super rugby.:
@mikedogz said in Provincial players that never played super rugby.:
Who the fuck are these blokes?? I'm an avid follower of Canterbury squads and have never heard of some of these hacks.
Yeah me too never heard of most of this lot
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@bovidae said in Provincial players that never played super rugby.:
@booboo said in Provincial players that never played super rugby.:
Ryan Wheeler I'm surprised at
IIRC Ross Cooper didn't select him so Wheeler went over to Sydney, with tragic consequences.
Yep, I looked up his story last night after seeing his name. In hindsight, I wonder how much of a role the "bad concussion" played, given what's emerged over the last ten years in sports/brain science. Rugby fraternity shocked by player's suicide
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@shark 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 all played for Ta$man at some point, but I don't recall Smith or Pelenise being mainstays (I think Smith might have been an Aucklander).
Someone probably missed a trick not picking up Zac Taulafo - he became a test prop for Samoa and played several seasons for Wasps in England. Google tells me he also did 5 years at Stade Francais - more than 160 appearances between Wasps and SF.
Aaron Kimura might have gone OK, but lacked a yard of pace.
Not sure many of the other Ta$man players were particularly hard done by - Mark Bright had his moments and played Sevens for England.
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@chris-b said in Provincial players that never played super rugby.:
@shark 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 all played for Ta$man at some point, but I don't recall Smith or Pelenise being mainstays (I think Smith might have been an Aucklander).
His (Francis Smith) uncle, of sorts, is my flatmate. I will suss out details when I get up there tonight. All I know is that he is now based back in the Cook Islands. Flatmate does have another nephew if the Crusaders environment too but I forget his name, will just have to use the standard "kia orana bro" when I meet him!!!!!
