Highlanders 2021
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...someone probably pulled a muscle
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Highlanders (first half): Connor Garden-Bachop, Ngatungane Punivai, Fetuli Paea, Jona Nareki, Mitch Hunt, Folau Fakatava, Teariki Ben-Nicholas, Billy Harmon, Hugh Renton, Jack Regan, Josh Dickson, Siate Tokolahi, Liam Coltman, Daniel Lienert-Brown.
Highlanders (second half): Connor Garden-Bachop, Freedom Vahaakolo, Michael Collins, Thomas Umaga-Jensen, Scot Gregory, Caleb Makene, Teariki Ben-Nicholas, Sean Withy, Sione Misiloi, Bryn Evans, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, Jermaine Ainsley, Ricky Joackson, Ethan de Groot.
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@Bovidae Typo
For the second half, Hammington has been bracketed with James Arscott.
Media release: https://thehighlanders.co.nz/media-centre/news/1056-highlanders-name-side-ahead-of-farmlands-cup-clash
Still several players missing; not just current All Blacks, but also guys like Ash Dixon, Liam Squite, Marino Mikaele-Tu'u, Josh Ioane, Nehe Milner-Skudder.
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@Stargazer no Alaimalo even
that prob 4 or 5 from the first choice last year and then probably our biggest signing not playing
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@Kiwiwomble Yeah, will have to wait until next week's game against the Canes in Alexandra.
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im just going to add, im a bit excited about TUJ....largely due to playing with him in the midfield in RC4...but I hope he gets a bt of a run
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Brown also confirmed that Japanese test start Kazuki Himeno has landed in New Zealand and is in managed isolation.
Big things are expected of Himeno, although he is unlikely to be sighted before round tow of Super Rugby Aotearoa, at the earliest.
“He's in isolation, he's got a couple of weeks there,” Brown said. “He's pretty excited to be in New Zealand and he can't wait to get out.
“I think round one is a big ask. Obviously if you have two weeks in isolation with not a lot of training, I think you’re going to have to have two weeks of good training after that.
“He's fit. He's been training in Japan but two weeks doing nothing it's a tough ask to come in and play straight away.”
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I wonder if they were allowed to leave like weights and stuff in Himeno's room, probably not
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@Kiwiwomble when the ABs came back from Aus last year they had exercise bikes and stuff, so I am sure they can get what they want put in there.
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@Kiwiwomble I've seen plenty of returning players with all sorts of equipment, including watt bikes and the likes. I guess it depends on the size of the room how much they can exercise and use equipment.
