SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies

[Duluth]

Aidan Ross, Samisoni Taukei'aho, George Dyer, Brodie Retallick, Tupou Vaai, Samipeni Finau, Sam Cane (co-c), Luke Jacobson, Brad Weber (co-c), Damian McKenzie, Etene Nanai-Seturo, Anton Lienert-Brown, Alex Nankivell, Emoni Narawa, Shaun Stevenson

Reserves: Tyrone Thompson, Ollie Norris, John Ryan, Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Pita Gus Sowakula, Cortez Ratima, Josh Ioane, Rameka Poihipi

[Bovidae]

Media release:

https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/experienced-gallagher-chiefs-side-named-for-semi-final

Edit: Tyrone Thompson listed in the no.16 jersey.

[Duluth]

Brumbies.Rugby  /  Jun 14, 2023

Pathways trio to bring up 50 caps in Semi Final

James Slipper, Lachlan Lonergan, Sefo Kautai, Nick Frost, Cadeyrn Neville, Tom Hooper, Pete Samu, Rob Valetini, Nic White (c), Jack Debreczeni, Ollie Sapsford, Tamati Tua, Len Ikitau, Andy Muirhead, Tom Wright

Reserves: Connal McInerney, Blake Schoupp, Rhys Van Nek, Darcy Swain, Luke Reimer, Ryan Lonergan, Noah Lolesio, Corey Toole

[Bovidae]

That's the Chiefs team I expected if all players were fit.

[Duluth]

@Bovidae said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

Tyrone Thompson listed in the no.16 jersey.

Ok I'll assume the Chiefs website knows their own team. Updated my post

[Crucial]

@Bovidae said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

That's the Chiefs team I expected if all players were fit.

must be very close to early fan picking of a first XV at the squad announcement time.

[Crucial]

Went back in the Chiefs 23 thread and found this

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2023:

This is the team I expect:

1 Ross
2 Taukei'aho
3 Ta'avao
4 Retallick
5 Vaa’i
6 Ah Kuoi
7 Cane
8 Jacobson
9 Weber
10 Gatland (McKenzie)
11 Nanai-Seturo/Malimali
12 Nankivell/Poihipi
13 Lienert-Brown
14 Stevenson (Narawa)
15 McKenzie (Stevenson)

16 Thompson
17 Norris
18 Moli/Dyer
19 Selby-Rickit
20 Sowakula
21 Roe
22 Poihipi/Nankivell
23 Narawa (Gatland/Ioane)

Pretty close
No AT so at the time Ryan wasn't in the frame.
Finau hadn't leaped ahead
Roe may have kept Ratima at bay if not injured.

So in that respect we've got the team we wanted. No glaring omissions or bad picks

[Bovidae]

My guesses in the backs were based on where DMac played. I favoured the players in brackets, but wasn't sure the coaches would agree with me.

Blindside is the most interesting as McMillan talked up using Ah Kuoi in the media but never followed through on it.

[Bones]

So is Lord just dropped? Ouch.

[Yeetyaah]

@Duluth said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

Darcy Swain

Oh boy I can't wait for that fluffybunny to come onto the field

[Dan54]

@Bovidae said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

Media release:

https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/experienced-gallagher-chiefs-side-named-for-semi-final

Edit: Tyrone Thompson listed in the no.16 jersey.

Interesting call, although really like this young fella!

[Tim]

@Yeetyaah A proper royal welcome?

[cgrant]

No Josh Lord on the team sheet is a big surprise for me as he was coming back strongly. I thought his lineout expertise would have been welcome against the Brumbies giant locks.

[Bovidae]

@Bones said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

So is Lord just dropped? Ouch.

Refer to my earlier post. If Lord doesn't start he won't be on the bench as a specialist lock with the utility value of Ah Kuoi.

[Bones]

@Bovidae said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

@Bones said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

So is Lord just dropped? Ouch.

Refer to my earlier post. If Lord doesn't start he won't be on the bench as a specialist lock with the utility value of Ah Kuoi.

Yeah, can understand it, just thought he looked to offer a heck of a lot more than Vaai, and surely if they rate Vaai he provides the same cover from the bench, especially when you have PGS there anyway?

[ARHS]

Read the email of team announcement from Chiefs and stopped when they said loose forward trio unchanged. Ouch! Thankfully they had it wrong and Luke J is at 8. I agree with the the team named as best available.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bones said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

@Bovidae said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

@Bones said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

So is Lord just dropped? Ouch.

Refer to my earlier post. If Lord doesn't start he won't be on the bench as a specialist lock with the utility value of Ah Kuoi.

Yeah, can understand it, just thought he looked to offer a heck of a lot more than Vaai, and surely if they rate Vaai he provides the same cover from the bench, especially when you have PGS there anyway?

Lord should be back in the AB frame IMO. Showed real physicality and would be a good back up to Retallick.

[Nepia]

@ARHS said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

Read the email of team announcement from Chiefs and stopped when they said loose forward trio unchanged. Ouch! Thankfully they had it wrong and Luke J is at 8. I agree with the the team named as best available.

Wasn't Luke J actually named to start at 8 last week, but was swapped out before kick off? (Or did I just make that up in my head?)

[bobily2]

@Nepia

I missed the start of the game, but I'd heard he had a stomach ache and so was moved to the bench

[Nepia]

@Bones said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

@Bovidae said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

@Bones said in SF: Chiefs vs. Brumbies:

So is Lord just dropped? Ouch.

Refer to my earlier post. If Lord doesn't start he won't be on the bench as a specialist lock with the utility value of Ah Kuoi.

Yeah, can understand it, just thought he looked to offer a heck of a lot more than Vaai, and surely if they rate Vaai he provides the same cover from the bench, especially when you have PGS there anyway?

I've found the recent Fern underrating of Vai'i a bit weird. He's put together a decent amount of tests and has always performed for the Chiefs. (Which is not discounting Lord, I expect next year they'll complement each other in the Chiefs engine room).