2021 Crusaders

[Tim]

@African-Monkey The quality of coaching at the Crusaders is probably much higher than in the Canterbury NPC team as well.

[Tim]

Anyone know what Ethan Roots is up to?

[Stargazer]

@Tim No idea. All he posts on his instagram is baby pictures . Haven't seen him in photos of NZ SR squads.

[Stargazer]

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Crusaders' All Blacks are back

[Stargazer]

Photos taken at yesterday's training (link to Getty website).

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[Stargazer]

Crusaders head shots. I expect this is only the first lot and that there will be more.

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[Yeetyaah]

@Stargazer are they just not allowed to smile or are they just trying to look like tough fluffybunnies?

[gt12]

@Yeetyaah said in 2021 Crusaders:

@Stargazer are they just not allowed to smile or are they just trying to look like tough fluffybunnies?

Mataele (?) looks like he’s trying to hold in a fart.

[Stargazer]

@Yeetyaah I saw plenty of smiles during the photoshoot (on instagram), so I think the photos with smiles will be in the next lot.

They mixed them better for the other teams.

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300225427/super-rugby-crusaders-lock-quinten-strange-resigns-through-2023

[Stargazer]

Crusaders Injury Update - Tom Sanders

Published: 10 February 2021
Tom Sanders sustained two small fractures to his cheek/eye region following a head clash in the Crusaders internal fixture last Friday (5th February 2021.)

He has been reviewed by a specialist and does not require surgery. His return to play will be in 8-10 weeks time.

[Chris]

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[Tim]

[Tim]

Make or break season for Ere Enari.

[Bovidae]

Will Tucker is there.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Bovidae I missed he'd been picked up, always worries me when someone the Landers didn't want gets picked up by the Crusaders

[Stargazer]

So there's now a Magpies player in every squad, but not the players that I wanted to see picked up most (McClutchie & Kereru-Symes). O'Connor has played for the Crusaders before.

[Stargazer]

Media release: http://www.crusaders.co.nz/news/1505-crusaders-team-named-for-farmlands-cup-match-in-temuka

Nothing about David Havili, who's missing in both line-ups. Hopefully just sitting this one out, like the ABs.

[KiwiMurph]

Blackadder will be hoping to make the most of the absence of Sanders - essentially the opposite scenario from 12 months ago.