Crusaders 2018
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Two Chris' are confusing me. I just thought that red @Chris was @Chris-B and that he'd decided to favour the Crusaders over Ta$man in his change of colour to red.
@Chris-B You know the Ioane brothers will head to the Chiefs if they leave the Blues. They're good family boys and wont want to be too far away in case they need to protect their Dad in the future. You guys can always poach another Fijian (or ex Lindersfarne student) to fill your outside backs spot.
Edit: Now I can't do @ ChrisB - it just goes to @Chris - is this a flaw in the software? Or am I going crazy?
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@stargazer said in Crusaders 2018:
@nepia Jonah Lowe may be interested? He won't get more game time next year, with all those ahead of him in the queue having re-signed with the Canes.
Yes Jonah Lowe should also go to the Chiefs ... not the Crusaders of course. If he wants to wear red and black he can go play for his dad's old club team Tamatea.
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@stargazer Do you Rate him ? I have seen a bit of him but can't make my mind up on him as yet.
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@hooroo said in Crusaders 2018:
@nepia said in Crusaders 2018:
@Tim @Chris-B Let me check now: @Chris-B
It's working now
clearly I've lost the plot.I just vote we ban @Chris
I can't handle the confusion.Or maybe we change his name to "Not ChrisB"
Yeah, Not ChrisB probably works!
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@chris said in Crusaders 2018:
@stargazer Do you Rate him ? I have seen a bit of him but can't make my mind up on him as yet.
Yes, I do rate Jonah Lowe. He is a fast & strong player (not one of those big units), who can play at both wings, but his preferred spot is centre. He knows his way to the try line and, I've noticed, often scores intercept tries. His defence is good and he has a huge workrate.
We have had several terrible seasons with Hawke's Bay, and he was one of the few who showed he can play well, even with a shit game plan and half the team out due to injury. The coach started playing him at the right wing and someone else at 13, which didn't work because the other guy can't tackle (he wasn't the only one). Then finally Lowe was moved to centre, and the midfield started working better. No coincidence.
He was also good for NZ U20s in 2016, and scored several tries for the Canes during the 2018 preseason (3 against Crusaders Knights). Apart from the 11 minutes in his SR debut in the Crusaders v Hurricanes game a few weeks ago, he hasn't had any chance to get some experience at SR level.
His problem is that he doesn't get game time at the Canes because he has Proctor, Aso, Savea, Goosen, Lam, NMS all ahead of him for a centre or wing spot (and all those players have re-signed). So we can only go by what he's shown for the Canes in preseason games, in U20s or Development games, for Hawke's Bay and the NZ U20s in 2016.
Obviously, Razor knows him from NZ U20s.
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@stargazer @Chris (the red one) I think Lowe's a bit like Bucky was, everyone not from HB are like who the hell is this guy and why are people from the Bay hyping him, but I think he just needs the chance like Buckman eventually got.
I still remember the shit Buckman got after his first Highlanders game.
