Exodus

[MN5]

@canefan said in Exodus 2019:

@Crazy-Horse said in Exodus 2019:

Raelene Castle? You know it's going to happen sometime 😀

Fuck no. Besides she is scary looking. She must take appearance advice from Tim Burton

Steve Tew is no looker either but getting rid of the mo was a good start.

[Bones]

@Wurzel said in Exodus 2019:

Haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere but Tevita Li is off to the Suntory Sungoliath.

Last one out of Forsyth Barr Stadium please turn off the lights.

I'm over the moon, next year is our year!

[Stargazer]

I predict that Li will also play for the Sunwolves next season.

[Stargazer]

Not exodus, but didn't know where else to post this.

[Yeetyaah]

@Wurzel How do you know this?

[Stargazer]

@Yeetyaah Here's the media release of Suntory Sungoliath:

https://www.suntory.co.jp/culture-sports/sungoliath/news/2019c/20190606NR.html

[Wurzel]

Looks like Melani Nanai is on the All Blacks radar. Or perhaps they're just being pricks to Worcester and Manu Samoa...

Geoff Berkeley  /  May 31, 2019  /  sport

Warriors signing on standby for New Zealand World Cup squad?

NEW Worcester Warriors signing Melani Nanai is understood to be on the All Blacks standby list for the Rugby World Cup after being “held back”…

[Billy Tell]

@Wurzel said in Exodus 2019:
Or perhaps they're just being pricks to Worcester and Manu Samoa...

Geoff Berkeley  /  May 31, 2019  /  sport

Warriors signing on standby for New Zealand World Cup squad?

NEW Worcester Warriors signing Melani Nanai is understood to be on the All Blacks standby list for the Rugby World Cup after being “held back”…

Yes that’s it.

[Stargazer]

It's way more likely that Nanai has contractual obligations to play Mitre 10 Cup then that he's on the ABs "stand-by list". There are several players who are well ahead of him in the outside backs queue.

[KiwiMurph]

If Nanai wasn't heading overseas I think you would have heard his name thrown up a lot more this year for AB consideration given how strong his form has been. It is interesting.

[Nogusta]

@Stargazer bit of both. He is contracted til the end of M10 and is keen to head over straight after Super. Auckland are happy for him to head over there and get his family settled in but NZRU have asked him to stay as cover in the event of further outside back injuries

[Rapido]

^^ Is he not interested in playing for Samoa at the world cup?
If so, he has timed his contracting dates abysmally?

or is he easy either way?

[Jaebird]

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[Crucial]

@canefan said in Exodus 2019:

@Crazy-Horse said in Exodus 2019:

Raelene Castle? You know it's going to happen sometime 😀

Fuck no. Besides she is scary looking. She must take appearance advice from Tim Burton

Don't discriminate against her simply because she has to wear a helmet at all time to protect from (further) brain injury.

[Jaebird]

@mikey07 you obviously had a problem with Rangihuna being better than the two you mentioned, hmm makes me wonder if your a tawa man. As for CP he's been goneskeez ages ago, got signed up for nothing.

[Higgins]

Carlos Price did not start all that often for his allocated club of Petone either after being trumpted as the next big whiz kid when signed by the WRFU whilst still at school in Auckland.

[mikey07]

@jailbird no I’m not I’m actually from Wainui I just find his pass slow and his decision making questionable but hey that’s just my opinion happy to be proved wrong.

[nzzp]

@Nogusta said in Exodus 2019:

@Stargazer bit of both. He is contracted til the end of M10 and is keen to head over straight after Super. Auckland are happy for him to head over there and get his family settled in but NZRU have asked him to stay as cover in the event of further outside back injuries

Seems reasonable to me.

He'll be on that second tier, but our outside back stocks suddenly look thin with DMac gone.

Without jinxing it, injuries could mean another Paulasi Manu situation perhaps? RWC winners medal, without ever getting capped (or playing for the team!)

[taniwharugby]

BBBR NOT exiting stage left until at least 2023.

[Chris]

BBBR to miss next 2 SR seasons back for ABs in 2021 )
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