Chiefs v Highlanders
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@tim said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@hooroo Unlikely, you don't start watching until the Rugby Championship starts.
My care factor is close to zero in summer.
I have a vague interest in who is in the squad but if I end up watching the game this weekend I will surprise myself. Is it Saturday night?
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@hooroo said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@tim said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@hooroo Unlikely, you don't start watching until the Rugby Championship starts.
My care factor is close to zero in summer.
I have a vague interest in who is in the squad but if I end up watching the game this weekend I will surprise myself. Is it Saturday night?
are the games at centralised venues? Will there be crowds?
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@mariner4life Yes, no.
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@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@mariner4life Yes, no.
then Feb rugby can definitely frig off
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@hooroo said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@tim said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
So who is going to run out for the Chiefs on Saturday?
Blues fans would have had a full discussion of 23s by now, along with some hot tips from one or two posters.
Get on it.
Cricket season. We don't care yet.
Lol, there hasn't even been a cricket season...
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@kiwi_expat said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@hooroo said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@tim said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
So who is going to run out for the Chiefs on Saturday?
Blues fans would have had a full discussion of 23s by now, along with some hot tips from one or two posters.
Get on it.
Cricket season. We don't care yet.
Lol, there hasn't even been a cricket season...
???? Cricket is being played everywhere
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cricket during the day, rugby in the evening...sounds perfect
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or for those people that prefer text
Sam Gilbert, Mosese Dawai, Fetuli Paea, Scott Gregory, Josh Timu, Mitch Hunt, Aaron Smith, Gareth Evans, James Lentjes, Shannon Frizell, Josh Dickson, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, Jermaine Ainsley, Liam Coltman, Ethan de Groot
Reserves: Andrew Makalio, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Josh Hohneck, Bryn Evans, Marino Mikaele-Tu’u, Folau Fakatava, Marty Banks. Thomas Umaga-Jensen
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Ive been wondering the same thing, after a bit of a break out season last year i would have thought a bit more press
Timu is the only one im a little worried about, when ive seen him for otago it has mainly been midfield so now worried we're a bit light on left wingers
Other than that pretty much full strength, glad Paea seems to have shaken off the arm injury
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@kiwiwomble Both Fijians are normally left wingers. Dawai played in the no.11 jersey for Waikato last season.
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@bovidae ....ok, maybe we're light on wingers in general then if we're having to swing left wingers to the right and play a midfielder (i know they list him as an outside) on the left. I do wish we'd picked up Freedom, at best he's a clinical finisher and at worst he has some things to work on positionally but was looking solid
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@crucial said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
Strong team on paper.
Could even look stronger than the Chiefs depending on how ABs are reintroduced.Where's Connor G-B at? Just no room in the 23 or is he still not ready for play?
Connor G-B has been out for a while with a broken wrist. Expected back soon.
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@canes4life yeah, he did it in April last year, seems like a long recovery
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@duluth said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@bovidae said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
Both Fijians are normally left wingers. Dawai played in the no.11 jersey for Waikato last season.
It'll be interesting to see if Dawai has tightened up his defence. He missed a lot of tackles in the NPC
Yeah, still very raw but has the potential to be a weapon. I'm happy if he misses a few more tackles on Sat.
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@kiwiwomble must have been quite a break for that stint on the sideline.
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