2017 New Zealand U20s

[Tim]

Hmm, no Wiseguy Faiane.

[Siam]

Chris Cairns lying again, about his age this time...guffaw

[Hooroo]

Even has his Barnet!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/86736996/name-the-only-thing-chris-cairns-shares-with-chris-cairns

[Bovidae]

Winning is obviously not a priority with Philpott as the new coach.

[Nepia]

@Bovidae said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

Winning is obviously not a priority with Philpott as the new coach.

He's so shit he couldn't even shoehorn a few more Hawkes Bay players into the squad like other coaches do ....

[cgrant]

Plummer is not among the 49. Is he too old to be considered ?

[Stargazer]

@cgrant said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

Plummer is not among the 49. Is he too old to be considered ?

No, he's from 19/06/1998

[Tim]

@cgrant He's probably only 18.

[Kiwidom]

No Sevu Reece, is he inelligible?

[Kiwidom]

@Tim.... and no Losi Filipo, 😁

[Frye]

@Hooroo

"The rugby-playing Cairns was nicknamed "The Match Fixer" by his Old Boys-Marist club-mates this year and he hasn't been able to shake it."

[Crucial]

This team used to be the place our best coaches went to for a taste of international tournaments.

Philpott?

[Tregaskis]

I see the name "Shineil Singh" from Waikato. I don't know of him (don't follow rugby below SR level) but isn't it interesting and extremely welcome to see an Indian player coming through? Is he the first Indian to achieve this status?

I presume he is Punjabi, who tend to be larger than your average Indian. Back in India they are men of the land, and often soldiers, defending the border against Pakistan (their home state is on the border). In NZ there is a decent sized dairy farming population. More recently, they've often had to learn to defend themselves against criminals in the independent liquor retail business.

Sounds like he can handle himself.

[Hooroo]

Or he is Fijian.....

[Bovidae]

@Tregaskis Shneil Singh plays for Morrinsville Sports. He's a lock so likely a Fijian Indian as @Hooroo says.

[profitius]

June 8th Kutaisi stadium, Kutaisi
Ireland U20 vs New Zealand U20

The baby blacks will be up for that match!

[Derm McCrum]

@Bovidae said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

@Tregaskis Shneil Singh plays for Morrinsville Sports. He's a lock so likely a Fijian Indian as @Hooroo says.

Jeez - yiz are poaching Indians now?

There's only another 1,336,286,255 of them left now...

[Chris B.]

@Nepia said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

He's so shit he couldn't even shoehorn a few more Hawkes Bay players into the squad like other coaches do ....

He left plenty of space for it - with only 10 players from the four South Island unions.

[Nepia]

@Chris-B. said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

@Nepia said in 2017 New Zealand U20s:

He's so shit he couldn't even shoehorn a few more Hawkes Bay players into the squad like other coaches do ....

He left plenty of space for it - with only 10 players from the four South Island unions.

You know his pecking order is Crusaders catchment area and then Hawkes Bay right?

[Chris B.]

Must be pulling a Justin Marshall - bending over backwards to avoid allegations of bias.

A bit rough on Southland, though!