2021 Crusaders

[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.

[Chris]

@KiwiMurph said in 2021 Crusaders:

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

With Grace wanting to play at 8 leaves 6 open for Blackadder for the start of the comp

[Stargazer]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300227170/super-rugby-ethan-blackadders-run-of-injuries-not-all-doom-and-gloom

[shark]

@Kiwiwomble said in 2021 Crusaders:

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

Nah he's promising and has a better chance of developing in the Crusaders system than the Highlanders. What's more astonishing is that the Crusaders have picked up a Bedean after all the others have been compelled to go elsewhere.

[Kiwiwomble]

@shark don’t get my wrong, I agree he’s promising I believe I said I was disappointed the landers had let him go.

Unless I’m wrong he wasn’t named in either squad originally, as in we thought Bryn evans was a better bet than someone up and coming

[shark]

Oh sorry. You meant the Highlanders may have made a mistake and the Crusaders may benefit? I took you to mean from the Crusaders point of view we should be worried we've picked up a Highlanders reject. My bad. Anyway, he could yet end up anywhere as he's just a ring in for this game I think.

[mofitzy_]

@KiwiMurph
Sanders looked decent last year, what kind of injury does he have and is it recurring?