Chiefs 2021
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Thinking ahead for the rest of SRA and the loss of Cane, the Chiefs have a couple of options.
Option A is that L Boshier is fit and available soon so he can slot into the 7 jersey, with Brown and Jacobson.
Option B is that Jacobson moves to openside like he did when Cane went off against the Blues. That means Sowakula probably starts at no.8.
Option C is that Karpik (if fit) plays at no.7 if Boshier is still unavailable. I'm not going to repeat myself about what I think about Karpik at SR level.My preference is definitely option A. Option B would be a band-aid fix but McMillan has stated he likes Jacobson at no.8 so he gets his hands on the ball.
As to a squad replacement for Cane, based on who played for the Development team, that should be Kapeli or Motuga.
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@yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2021:
Never really payed attention to Kapeli, is he any good?
Mainly used off the bench for BOP last year, ironically behind Karpik. Both Kapeli and Motuga were in the Moana Pasifika team that played the Maori. I thought Kapeli had a useful game in the Dev match and is similar to Cane in size.
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@ploughboy said in Chiefs 2021:
hoping boshier is right would pick
7 boshier
8 jacobson
6 finauThat would be my preferred trio too. Even though McMillan is a Finau fan I think he might still go for the experience of Brown at 6. You would expect both to be in the 23 going forward.
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@bovidae Motuga wouldn't be a bad guy to bring in. He was one of the best backrowers in the NPC last year. I think he led the comp in tackles and was near the top for turnovers too. He'd also be one of the best running opensides going around. I think his style of play really suits Super Rugby.
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A cool story. Also, Messam looks to be back for another season for Waikato to bring up his century of games for the province in Waikato's centenary year.
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