Canterbury 2020
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@Kiwidom said in Canterbury 2020:
@shark Lock Will Tucker briefly trained with the highlanders but he's now signed with otago for the mitre 10
Thanks for that. He's another who's absence I was going to question.
I'm starting to wonder - tongue semi-firmly in cheek - if there's some kind of anti-Catholic sentiment at the CRFU?!
It's literally been years since anyone from Marist Albion had made a senior Canterbury squad, until yesterday, and pretty much every decent player to come out of St Bedes over the last few years has had to move elsewhere for opportunity...Alaimalo, Lentjes, the Tucker brothers, Elliot Dixon, Michael Leitch....can I claim Josh Navidi??
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@shark You could claim Jamayne Isaako as well or does playing league not count?
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@Stargazer said in Canterbury 2020:
@shark Hugh Renton posted on his instagram that he's moving to Ta$man. He included a
in his post, so I assume he'll play for the Mako, this year.FFS @Chris-B does your chequebook have no boundaries?
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@Nepia I hope we've signed him on a per games played basis!
We have shed quite a few All Blacks from our squad in the off-season - Crockett, Squire, Perry, Taufua (a would've been) - so we've doubtless freed up a bit of cash.
I'm looking forward to seeing who we're signing as new loosehead props!
Know of any good ones going spare?
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@Chris-B said in Canterbury 2020:
@Nepia I hope we've signed him on a per games played basis!
We have shed quite a few All Blacks from our squad in the off-season - Crockett, Squire, Perry, Taufua (a would've been) - so we've doubtless freed up a bit of cash.
I'm looking forward to seeing who we're signing as new loosehead props!
Know of any good ones going spare?
He'll be bloody cheap, unless you're paying his medical insurance premiums.
TBH, he looked ok as he got a bit of gametime, which was when both the Canes and the Magpies dumped him, so I think he'd be a decent pick up for you guys.
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@African-Monkey said in Canterbury 2020:
@shark You could claim Jamayne Isaako as well or does playing league not count?
He went to Shirlay?
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@shark Finished at St Bedes.
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@African-Monkey good lad then.
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By the way, thoughts on the new Canterbury jersey?
At first glance I thought they'd brought back the 1993 - 2002 (or so) jersey, which I disliked immensely at the time as it always evoked memories of losses to the likes of King Country, but now I look back on fondly as the jersey Canterbury wore not only during some dark times, but during the rebirth of the province as a national force.
Alas, this new jersey just has a graduating fade. And it looks shit.
Give me plain red (actually, scarlet officially) and black hoops, any day and all day thank you. No white bits, no yellow trim (what a horrific combination red, black and yellow is) and certainly no graduating fucking fade.
Hopefully the training tee or alternate jersey are worth a look.
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@shark I don't think they were wearing a new jersey, last Friday. It looks like the jersey they usually wear during preseason games. The only thing that looks different is the white band with the sponsor's name.
Compare: first, a photo of last Friday's game; then the video of last year's preseason game against Ta$man.
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@Stargazer Well done, and I hope you're right.
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@Stargazer rings a bell actually, and may even have been me haha. Unsure why a cash-strapped union would want a special pre-season jersey anyway. What's the point??
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@Duluth said in Canterbury 2020:
@Chris said in Canterbury 2020:
no Isa Tungafasi not sure were he is playing as I thought he had a Canterbury contract.
Ta$man apparently. He was named in a pre season team
Ok thanks that makes sense
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@Tim I think this is about it; not entirely sure about Fihaki and the Punivai's.
Props: Harry Allen, Finlay Brewis, Oli Jager, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Scott Mellow, Joe Moody, Fletcher Newell, Tamaiti Williams
Hookers: Shilo Klein, Brodie McAlister, Codie Taylor
Locks: Sam Darry, Mitchell Dunshea, Luke Romano, Sam Whitelock
Loosies: Tom Christie (7), Whetu Douglas (8/6), Cullen Grace (also lock), Billy Harmon (7), Reed Prinsep, Tom Sanders
Halfbacks: Luke Donaldson, Mitch Drummond, Ere Enari
First five-eights: Fergus Burke, Brett Cameron, Richie Mo'unga
Midfielders: Braydon Ennor (also wing) , Rameka Poihipi, Dallas McLeod, Isaiah Punivai, Ngane Punivai (also wing?)
Outside backs: George Bridge, Chay Fihaki, Andrew Knewstubb, Manasa Mataele, Josh McKay
