Wellington Lions 2021
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@tim I rate Tyrone, old mate cocaine is less to be desired though.
The signing that I'm happiest about is the return of Josh Southall. He started for the NZ Schools as a year 12 and then has had a serious injury ever since but like I said in the NPC thread, he looks like NZs version of David Pocock, massive guns on the young lad.
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@canes4life said in Wellington Lions 2021:
old mate cocaine is less to be desired though.
Weeeellll you say that...
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@bones someone out there must see something in him because he keeps picking up contracts.
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@canes4life oh you mean O'Reilly...as you were.
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@canes4life said in Wellington Lions 2021:
Instead of bombarding the NPC page with Wellington squad news, I thought it would make sense to start a Wellington Lions thread for anyone interested.
Not sure when the squad is named but the below are confirmed signings so far:
Props:
Pek Cowan
Xavier Numia
Fraser Armstrong
Vince SakariaHookers:
Asafo Aumua
Dane Coles
Tyrone Thompson
James O'ReillyLocks:
Taine Plumtree
Dominic Bird
Naitoa Ah Koui
James BlackwellLoose Forwards:
Caleb Delany
Du'Plessis Kirifi
Sam Smith
Iona Apineru
Keelan Whitman
Ardie Savea
Josh SouthallHalfbacks:
TJ Perenara
Richard Judd
Connor CollinsFirst Fives:
Jackson Garden-Bachop
Aiden Morgan
Ruben LoveMidfield:
Billy Proctor
Vince Aso
Peter Umaga-JensenOutside Backs:
Julian Savea
Connor Garden-Bachop
Wes Goosen
Papasani Patafilo
Tomasi AlosioLooks like the Lions management have finally come to their senses and discarded A. Fidow. Not sure if their Hurricanes conterparts have the intelligence to do likewise.
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@higgins I don't think they've discarded Alex Fidow. He wasn't on the photos because his mother passed away. Besides, if the Hurricanes have him in the squad, Wellington will as well, unless they've offloaded him to one of the other NPC squads ...
That brings me to Owen Franks ... is he going to play NPC for Wellington? Or for someone else?
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@stargazer I think Fidow will be in the squad, but yeah he's probably not there because of bereavement leave. Naitoa Ah Koui isn't in the shoot either which makes me think a few players couldn't make the shoot day.
Hopefully Owen is a late addition. Man it's good to see Dom Bird in Black & Gold, finally we have some height in the lineout.
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@canes4life Ah Kuoi has been poached by BOP.
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@canes4life no Naitoa, "apparently" they went with Bird instead so wellingtons other team BoP have taken him
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@canes4life My memory might be playing tricks with he but I thought that D. Bird was a poor mans BBBR or a rich mans Isaac Ross, sort of a half way between the two type of player.
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@higgins either way he's an improvement on Blackwell, even though Blackwell will most likely start aswell.
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@canes4life said in Wellington Lions 2021:
@higgins either way he's an improvement on Blackwell, even though Blackwell will most likely start as well.
Being the reigning Captain of course he will start!!!
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@higgins wasn't Kirifi captain? And then Blackwell took over when Kirifi was called into the ABs...
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@canes4life Either way the team management clearly see his leadership qualities as being too indispensable to see him languishing on the bench at the start of games.
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The squad is as follows (* denotes uncapped)
Tomasi Alosio
Iona Apineru *
Fraser Armstrong *
Vince Aso
Asafo Aumua
Dominic Bird *
James Blackwell
Dane Coles
Connor Collins
Pekahou Cowan *
Caleb Delany
Alex Fidow
Connor Garden-Bachop
Jackson Garden-Bachop
Wes Goosen
Richard Judd *
Bruce Kauika-Petersen
Du’Plessis Kirifi
Ruben Love
Brandyn Laursen
Aidan Morgan
Xavier Numia
James O’Reilly
Pepesana Patafilo
TJ Perenara
Taine Plumtree
Billy Proctor
Vincent Sakaria
Ardie Savea
Julian Savea
Sam Smith
Josh Southall *
Tyrone Thompson
Peter Umaga-Jensen
Keelan Whitman * -
@Canes4life no Riley Higgins
