Highlanders v Crusaders
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@kiwimurph i really wish we'd settle for a few games, we saw Collins got much better after three or four games there last year
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fuck it...just reading Fetuli Paea is out for the season
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Jack Regan isn't NZ eligible. I'm pretty sure he only came prior to the Dunedin Club Rugby season last year.
I'm thinking that Squire was always going to make the bench, the selection of Hugh Renton over Lentjes would have been the tight call. I'd say that Renton will be providing the openside cover off the bench.
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@kiwiwomble said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
no selby-rickit?
If fit, he has missed out to a 36 yr old.
And both Regan and Renton aren't part of the original squad.
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@southernmann said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
I'd say that Renton will be providing the openside cover off the bench.
Ahh. I wasn't looking for openside cover in number 23
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@bovidae said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
@kiwiwomble said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
no selby-rickit?
If fit, he has missed out to a 36 yr old.
And both Regan and Renton aren't part of the original squad.
you'd think he must have a niggle...surely...i mean im not a huge fan of the guys...but he can play some good code
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The first-round selections always have a few odd picks. Could be little injuries the coaches want to get sorted. Could be the players came back to training unfit and are still catching up. Could be rewarding preseason form/training efforts.
I'd expect to see the likes of Selby-Rickitt, Lentjes, etc to get start getting selected in a few weeks, especially if the Highlanders drop a game or two. Tomkinson will likely stay around, but maybe TUJ or Collins will come into the midfield to replace Punivai too.
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I like pictures
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That's a ridiculous 23. Who's playing in the midfield when Tomkinson gets carded?
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@delicatessen dont get to replace a carded player
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@kiwiwomble ah good point
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@delicatessen i assume thats why we've paired him with Punivai, normally a winger, need someone fast to cover the inevitable hole
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@kiwiwomble Actually, red-carded players can be replaced after 20 minutes.
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@stargazer i forget we were doing that
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Following the conclusion of the game on Friday night, there will be a pounamu mere presented to Co-Captain Ash Dixon to acknowledge his achievement of 100 games for a Super Rugby Club. Dixon played his 100th game against the Crusaders at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch on 9th August 2020 however the presentation was delayed until it could be made in front of a home crowd.Unavailable due to injury: Sam Gilbert (knee), Ayden Johnstone (Concussion), Pari Pari Parkinson (ankle)
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Will Jordan, Sevu Reece, Jack Goodhue, Dallas McLeod, Leicester Fainga’anuku, Richie Mo’unga, Bryn Hall, Cullen Grace, Tom Christie, Ethan Blackadder, Samuel Whitelock, Scott Barrett (c), Michael Alaalatoa, Codie Taylor, Joe Moody
Reserves: Brodie McAlister, George Bower, Fletcher Newell, Quinten Strange, Sione Havili Talitui, Mitchell Drummond, Fergus Burke, Chay Fihaki
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@kiwimurph said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
I wonder if Josh Ioane is receiving a bit of tough love after last season and his issues with drinking and weight.
Do tell? First I've heard of it.
Hunt was abysmal at 10 last year so he will have to have improved dramatically to be capable, when Ioane came back it was night and day.
