Chiefs 2020

[Crucial]

@Stargazer said in Chiefs 2020:

I don't think the Chiefs were as great pre-covid as some seem to suggest. They weren't just convincingly beaten by the Brumboys; they also lost at home to the Canes. They only beat the Crusaders due to a better second half, but weren't great in the first. Their two biggest wins were against the Sunwolves and the Waratahs ...

Just putting it out here: is Gatland really such a good coach?

I don't think he has shown much value yet (and won't get a possible payoff of his ways for quite some time). I was against him being appointed head coach while he had other commitments for that reason.

[Duluth]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300056575/super-rugby-aotearoa-warren-gatland-still-backed-as-winless-chiefs-fail-to-fire

He has the full support of the board

[Bovidae]

I am amused that all the recent articles about Gatland/the Chiefs are coming from The Press journos.

[Donsteppa]

Collins says the club’s hierarchy remains “100 percent behind this coaching and playing group’’.

Should've gone to Specsavers.

[Machpants]

Total support of the board......

[Bovidae]

This is becoming more common now, Glen Osborne joining the police a few years ago.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/122135982/former-chiefs-player-toby-smith-now-a-waikato-cop

[Yeetyaah]

Dunno if this was common knowledge, but I just saw Ryan Coxon in the supermarket and he has a cast on his wrist.

[antipodean]

@Duluth said in Chiefs 2020:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300056575/super-rugby-aotearoa-warren-gatland-still-backed-as-winless-chiefs-fail-to-fire

He has the full support of the board

[Stargazer]

@Yeetyaah Yep, season-ending thumb injury. See https://www.thesilverfern.com/squads.

[Bovidae]

Coxon was interviewed before the last home game and mentioned his injury. Jacobson's left hand was strapped too.

[Yeetyaah]

@Bovidae by Ant Niterl?

[Bovidae]

@Yeetyaah I have no idea who it was. Opposite side of the field to me, and all those radio people are nobodies to me.

[Yeetyaah]

@Bovidae Oh the MC with the dry humour and terrible pronunciation of players names? That's Anthony Niterl.

[Bovidae]

An insight on how the breakdown has changed with the different law interpretation.

[Crucial]

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2020:

An insight on how the breakdown has changed with the different law interpretation.

You tricked me there.
I thought I was going to get some analysis.

Just a one liner "I think the attacking players are getting to the ruck faster, reducing opportunities"

[Yeetyaah]

New Chiefs logo.

[Snowy]

@Yeetyaah That is Liam right?

[Bovidae]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/122234286/super-rugby-chiefs-hooker-bradley-slater-following-in-famous-fathers-footsteps

[Yeetyaah]

SOS Guzzler

[Yeetyaah]

RugbyPass really roasting the Chiefs recently.