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  • CrucialC Offline
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    @Tim said in Chiefs 2021:

    @bobily2 Him starting with TTT off the bench could be a handy combination. Weber available for experience too.

    Haven't you got the order reversed? If those three are there it will be Weber with T3 on bench and the odd game where Roe gets a crack.
    Are you suggesting a kid with one year NPC leapfrogs two ABs?

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    @Crucial He looks like he's got the goods.

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    @Tim said in Chiefs 2021:

    @Crucial He looks like he's got the goods.

    Still a pretty big call to throw him straight at starting position! Let the kid settle in and see what the pro levels are like first. Plenty a nippy cheeky 9 has looked the goods at provincial level only to find that their USP doesn't translate.
    I hope he does well and gets a chance though.

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    Agree with @Crucial, Roe will be the junior halfback. No guarantee that Weber starts over TTT with a new head coach. I think both will be given starts and time on the bench.

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    @Crucial Yeah, it would definitely be a big call. It would be great to see a new halfback come through straight away though.

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    Tahuriorangi has been kept on the bench behind Luke Campbell for the Steamers for the last few weeks, so after Weber it may be a bit of a lottery for the Chiefs next year.

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    @Donsteppa That may also have been tactical. In the BOP games I watched TTT often came on at or soon after HT.

    Having said that, he'll probably be on the bench for the Maori too.

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    Time for an updated potential squad. I'm basing this on who was in the 2020 squad or involved in the WTG.

    Hookers (3):
    Nathan Harris (Bay of Plenty)
    Samisoni Taukei’aho (Waikato)
    Bradley Slater (Taranaki)

    Props (6):
    Aidan Ross (Bay of Plenty)
    Atunaisa Moli ( Ta$man)
    Ryan Coxon ( Ta$man)
    Nepo Laulala (Counties Manukau) Sione Mafileo (North Harbour)
    Reuben O’Neill (Taranaki)
    Angus Ta’avao (Auckland)

    Moli and O'Neill can play on either side but probably prefer TH. If another LH prop is needed then Ollie Norris (Waikato) or Jordan Lay (Bay of Plenty).

    Locks (5):
    Naitoa Ah Kuoi (Wellington)
    Tyler Ardron (Bay of Plenty) Tupou Vaa'i (Taranaki)
    Michael Allardice (Hawke’s Bay) Josh Lord (Taranaki)
    Laghlan McWhannell (Waikato)

    Really need a fifth lock so the best of the rest is Tom Parsons (Hawke’s Bay) or Stan van den Hoven (Bay of Plenty).

    Samipeni Finau (Waikato) could get a WTG contract but is a 6 playing lock. Has James Tucker re-signed with the Blues?

    Loose Forwards (6):
    Luke Jacobson (Waikato)
    Mitchell Brown (Taranaki)
    Sam Cane (Bay of Plenty)
    Lachlan Boshier (Taranaki)
    Mitchell Karpik (Bay of Plenty)
    Pita Gus Sowakula (Taranaki)
    Dylan Nel (Otago)

    Nel to be replaced by a specialist lock. If another no.8 is selected Simon Parker (Waikato) would be near the top of the list as he was involved this season.

    Halfbacks (3):
    Brad Weber (Hawke’s Bay)
    Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (Bay Of Plenty)
    Lisati Milo-Harris (Taranaki) Xavier Roe (Waikato)

    First five-eighths (3):
    Kaleb Trask (Bay of Plenty)
    Aaron Cruden (Manawatu) Bryn Gatland (North Harbour)
    Tiaan Falcon (Hawke’s Bay) Fletcher Smith (Waikato)/Rivez Reihana (Waikato)

    Midfielders (6):
    Anton Lienert-Brown (Waikato)
    Alex Nankivell ( Ta$man)
    Quinn Tupaea (Waikato)
    Tumua Manu (Auckland) Tei Walden (Taranaki)/Mathew Skipwith-Garland (Bay Of Plenty)
    Orbyn Leger (Counties Manukau) - might be on the bubble for selection
    Bailyn Sullivan (Waikato)

    Outside backs (6):
    Solomon Alaimalo (Waikato) ??? I was hoping this would be Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens.
    Sam McNicol (Hawke’s Bay)
    Kini Naholo (Taranaki)
    Etene Nanai-Seturo (Counties Manukau)
    Sean Wainui (Taranaki)
    Damian McKenzie (Waikato)
    Shaun Stevenson (North Harbour)

    Still looking for another winger or two if Wainui is selected more as a centre.

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    @Bovidae said in Chiefs 2021:

    Really need a fifth lock

    Would have thought Sam Caird would have been on thier radar, he's looked good in 2 M10 Cup Campaigns now.

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    @taniwharugby said in Chiefs 2021:

    @Bovidae said in Chiefs 2021:

    Really need a fifth lock

    Would have thought Sam Caird would have been on thier radar, he's looked good in 2 M10 Cup Campaigns now.

    The Blues didn't select Caird either. A moot point now.

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    @Bovidae he was in BLues dev side this season, but I dont think they needed any more locks but you are saying the Chiefs did/do was more what I was getting at...just meaning he is from the Waikato, am sure he'd have preferred coming home for super rugby than Aus?

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    @taniwharugby Honestly, who knows if the Chiefs spoke with him. We'll have to wait and see which locks are chosen. Caird originally went to Northland as he wasn't getting much gametime behind Tucker and McWhannell for Waikato, so maybe he wasn't what they (the Chiefs) were looking for either. A shame to lose any player to across the ditch.

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    @Bovidae said in Chiefs 2021:

    Time for an updated potential squad. I'm basing this on who was in the 2020 squad or involved in the WTG.

    Hookers (3):
    Nathan Harris (Bay of Plenty)
    Samisoni Taukei’aho (Waikato)
    Bradley Slater (Taranaki)

    Props (6):
    Aidan Ross (Bay of Plenty)
    Atunaisa Moli ( Ta$man)
    Ryan Coxon ( Ta$man)
    Nepo Laulala (Counties Manukau) Sione Mafileo (North Harbour)
    Reuben O’Neill (Taranaki)
    Angus Ta’avao (Auckland)

    Moli and O'Neill can play on either side but probably prefer TH. If another LH prop is needed then Ollie Norris (Waikato) or Jordan Lay (Bay of Plenty).

    Locks (5):
    Naitoa Ah Kuoi (Wellington)
    Tyler Ardron (Bay of Plenty) Tupou Vaa'i (Taranaki)
    Michael Allardice (Hawke’s Bay) Josh Lord (Taranaki)
    Laghlan McWhannell (Waikato)

    Really need a fifth lock so the best of the rest is Tom Parsons (Hawke’s Bay) or Stan van den Hoven (Bay of Plenty).

    Samipeni Finau (Waikato) could get a WTG contract but is a 6 playing lock. Has James Tucker re-signed with the Blues?

    Loose Forwards (6):
    Luke Jacobson (Waikato)
    Mitchell Brown (Taranaki)
    Sam Cane (Bay of Plenty)
    Lachlan Boshier (Taranaki)
    Mitchell Karpik (Bay of Plenty)
    Pita Gus Sowakula (Taranaki)
    Dylan Nel (Otago)

    Nel to be replaced by a specialist lock. If another no.8 is selected Simon Parker (Waikato) would be near the top of the list as he was involved this season.

    Halfbacks (3):
    Brad Weber (Hawke’s Bay)
    Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (Bay Of Plenty)
    Lisati Milo-Harris (Taranaki) Xavier Roe (Waikato)

    First five-eighths (3):
    Kaleb Trask (Bay of Plenty)
    Aaron Cruden (Manawatu) Bryn Gatland (North Harbour)
    Tiaan Falcon (Hawke’s Bay) Fletcher Smith (Waikato)/Rivez Reihana (Waikato)

    Midfielders (6):
    Anton Lienert-Brown (Waikato)
    Alex Nankivell ( Ta$man)
    Quinn Tupaea (Waikato)
    Tumua Manu (Auckland) Mathew Skipwith-Garland (Bay Of Plenty)
    Orbyn Leger (Counties Manukau) - might be on the bubble for selection
    Bailyn Sullivan (Waikato)

    Outside backs (6):
    Solomon Alaimalo (Waikato) ??? I was hoping this would be Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens.
    Sam McNicol (Hawke’s Bay)
    Kini Naholo (Taranaki)
    Etene Nanai-Seturo (Counties Manukau)
    Sean Wainui (Taranaki)
    Damian McKenzie (Waikato)
    Shaun Stevenson (North Harbour)

    Still looking for another winger or two if Wainui is selected more as a centre.

    you let Nel go? i doubt we need yet another loosie but he's been real good in this years NPC, anyone else still looking for a loosie?

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    @Kiwiwomble said in Chiefs 2021:

    you let Nel go? i doubt we need yet another loosie but he's been real good in this years NPC, anyone else still looking for a loosie?

    Only an assumption on my behalf. Maybe @Stargazer knows the length of Nel's contract but I wouldn't be surprised if it was only for 1 year. I thought Nel did OK in his limited opportunities but he doesn't demand selection. Nel also lacks size to be a SR-level no.8.

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    @Bovidae The duration of his contract hasn't been published.

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    Sione Fifita an option if looking for wings?

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    Is Lolagi Visinia signed anywhere? Prefer nz qualified locals by far but he is right type of player Chiefs need.

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    @ARHS Lolagi Visinia is NZ qualified, just not from the Chiefs catchment (not that that matters nowadays). He has played sevens for NZ.

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    @Stargazer All good. Saw an article years back looking at capturing he and others through CG loophole. But never happened. Hope he gets picked up somewhere if he is staying.

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    wrote on last edited by
    #112

    https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/taavao-returns-for-gallagher-chiefs-in-202

    Ta'avao has re-signed for the 2021 season.

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