Wellington 2022
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Who’s willing to fill in the gaps?
A quick stab at our best 23 before any player announcements have been made, definitely not a bad looking side, we just need to sign bloody props.
- Xavier Numia
- Asafo Aumua
- ?
- James Blackwell
- Dominic Bird
- Caleb Delany
- Du Plessis Kirifi
- Henry Stowers (??)
- TJ Perenara
- Aiden Morgan
- Connor Garden-Bachop
- Peter Umaga-Jensen
- Billy Proctor
- Julian Savea
- Ruben Love
- James O’Reilly
- ?
- ?
- Taine Plumtree
- Peter Lakai
- Richard Judd (??)
- Riley Higgins
- Pepesani Patafilo
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@Canes4life said in Wellington 2022:
we just need to sign bloody props.
I wonder if Wellington have Owen Franks? I don’t think he aligned with an NPC side when he came back?
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@Canes4life Kind of sad if you can't do better than Bird. He was an embarrassment in the NPC last year. Couldn't even push in the scrum, which used to be his only good quality.
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@Canes4life Pek Cowan is playing club rugby in Wellington, so may be in the squad again. Fidow may still be available. Other possible props are Hurricanes U20 props Bradley Crichton and Siale Lauaki.
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@Canes4life was about to comment JGB will be in the 23, but then I read again & you said best 23🙂
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@Tim said in Wellington 2022:
@Canes4life Kind of sad if you can't do better than Bird. He was an embarrassment in the NPC last year. Couldn't even push in the scrum, which used to be his only good quality.
We've lost Naitoa Ah Koui to Bay of Plenty so the other option would be to start Delany at 5, drop Bird to the bench, and start Plumtree at 6.
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@Duluth said in Wellington 2022:
@Canes4life said in Wellington 2022:
we just need to sign bloody props.
I wonder if Wellington have Owen Franks? I don’t think he aligned with an NPC side when he came back?
That would be great, wouldn't expect him to start every game though.
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in Wellington 2022:
@Canes4life was about to comment JGB will be in the 23, but then I read again & you said best 23🙂
No need for JGB when we have Morgan and Love.
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@Canes4life Surely you'd start Plumtree anyway?
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@Tim depends where they want to start Delany who was awarded the most improved for the Canes this year. Delany at 5 and Plumtree at 6 wouldn't be the worst. They aren't the tallest but they are both taller than Blackwell.
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@Stargazer said in Wellington 2022:
@Canes4life Pek Cowan is playing club rugby in Wellington, so may be in the squad again. Fidow may still be available. Other possible props are Hurricanes U20 props Bradley Crichton and Siale Lauaki.
Didn't Pek Cowan play in that Classic All Black's game against Spain the other day? Surely he's passed it.
I also noted that Iona Apineru (former NZ Under 20s loose forward) has shifted to prop for Petone in the hope of cracking in that position.
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@Canes4life If you have little depth, beggars can't be choosers. I think depth in some positions is lacking in NZ as a whole, btw.
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@Stargazer yeah I guess so but it’s not ideal.
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Sakalia is running about though probably past it also Whetu Henry but not very promising. Maybe we need to poach some more Hawkes Bay front rows 😂.
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@mikey07 Haha, the funny thing is that we have one of your discards, who couldn't get game time for Wellington, and now he's a regular starter for us, plays Super Rugby for MP and has been named in the Tonga squad. Wouldn't have happened if he had stayed in Wellington. Not sure who were the starting props in Wellington at the time.
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@Stargazer wasn’t it Goodes and Toomaga-Allen? Can’t remember who else we had at the time.
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@Canes4life Yes, and Chris Bauman (in 2016), Vince Sakaria, Tolu Fahamokioa (2017) and obviously Alex Fidow.
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It was announced on the Monday wrap on ClubRugby.co.nz that James Blackwell will be having a sabbatical from the NPC this year.
The Wellington Lions have also signed Sione Halalilo who has come through the system as a 6/8.
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@Canes4life said in Wellington 2022:
It was announced on the Monday wrap on ClubRugby.co.nz that James Blackwell will be having a sabbatical from the NPC this year.
The Wellington Lions have also signed Sione Halalilo who has come through the system as a 6/8.
Looked good for Hurricanes U20s in their game against the Blues (still planning to re-watch the other games).
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@Stargazer will have to watch it aswell, I haven't seen much of Sione Halalilo to make much comment but to me he may be a little young to command a starting spot for the Lions this year.
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I really hope they give some of the players out of club rugby ago the ones that haven’t been in the lions set up before. There’s a couple of the club rugby website for leading try scorer etc that would be a better go then the likes of Laursen.
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Because we need the photo don’t we
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@Canes4life said in Wellington 2022:
It was announced on the Monday wrap on ClubRugby.co.nz that James Blackwell will be having a sabbatical from the NPC this year.
But how can he “excel” at his ceiling if he isn’t there.
