Crusaders v Chiefs

Bones

Haha I kinda love how this thread is all of us Chiefs fans talking shit about our own team 😅

Winning leads to complacency obviously.

Yeetyaah

Eh I'll give it a crack coz I'm bored. I expect McMillan to bring some changes, especially in the backs.

Reuben O'Neill
Samisoni Taukei'aho
Angus Ta'avao
Tupou Vaa'i
Naitoa Ah Kuoi
Samipeni Finau
Sam Cane
Luke Jacobson
Brad Weber
Damian McKenzie
Etene Nanai-Seturo
Alex Nankivell
ALB
Jonah Lowe
Shaun Stevenson

Reserves:
16. Bradley Slater
17. Ollie Norris
18. Sione Mafileo
19. Stan van den Hoven
20. Simon Parker
21. Xavier Roe
22. Kaleb Trask
23. Sean Wainui

I'd pick ALB at 12 usually but Wainui was problematic and Nankivell is a better 12 than 13. Hopefully I didn't name any injured players.

Bovidae

Just reading that Boshier is still out with his foot injury. No other injuries from those that played.

ARHS

@yeetyaah Is Tupaea or Tiatia available?

Yeetyaah

@arhs unsure on either so just named players I'm sure of. Dunno if I'd have Tiatia in the lineup anyway. Maybe Tupaea off the bench.

Bovidae

@arhs Tiatia played for BOP on Friday. Maybe Ross is available too.

gt12

@yeetyaah said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

Eh I'll give it a crack coz I'm bored. I expect McMillan to bring some changes, especially in the backs.

Reuben O'Neill

Samisoni Taukei'aho

Angus Ta'avao

Tupou Vaa'i

Naitoa Ah Kuoi

Samipeni Finau

Sam Cane

Luke Jacobson

Brad Weber

Damian McKenzie

Etene Nanai-Seturo

Alex Nankivell

ALB

Jonah Lowe

Shaun Stevenson

Reserves:
16. Bradley Slater
17. Ollie Norris
18. Sione Mafileo
19. Stan van den Hoven
20. Simon Parker
21. Xavier Roe
22. Kaleb Trask
23. Sean Wainui

I'd pick ALB at 12 usually but Wainui was problematic and Nankivell is a better 12 than 13. Hopefully I didn't name any injured players.

Probably better, but still Saders by lots. No help up front in that bench, and not strong enough in the starting 15 to hold back the matrix.

Tim

@gt12 That front five is getting rolled everyday.

gt12

@tim said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@gt12 That front five is getting rolled everyday.

Sad but true.

Bovidae

If Mafileo is in the 23 he starts. A much better scrummager than Angus.

With all props fit I would like Ross and Mafileo to start with Moli and Ta'avao on the bench.

Crucial

@bovidae said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

If Mafileo is in the 23 he starts. A much better scrummager than Angus.

With all props fit I would like Ross and Mafileo to start with Moli and Ta'avao on the bench.

Any knowledge of a reserve hooker that can throw straight?

Bovidae

@crucial said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@bovidae said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

If Mafileo is in the 23 he starts. A much better scrummager than Angus.

With all props fit I would like Ross and Mafileo to start with Moli and Ta'avao on the bench.

Any knowledge of a reserve hooker that can throw straight?

Good luck with that search! All teams seem to have the same problem.

Stargazer

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Duluth

Looking forward to seeing that midfield

KiwiMurph

Be good to watch Bower to see his development with this opportunity as a starter after time in AB camp and a big offseason/preseason.

taniwharugby

@duluth as much as JG could end up being a vg 12, right now, 13 is where he should be playing.

Yeetyaah

Gallagher Chiefs:

Reuben O’Neill (11)
Samisoni Taukei’aho (37)
Angus Ta’avao (36)
Tupou Vaa’i (8)
Josh Lord**
Mitchell Brown (46)
Sam Cane (123) (cc)
Luke Jacobson (26)
Brad Weber (86) (cc)
Bryn Gatland (1)
Etene Nanai-Seturo (15)
Quinn Tupaea (12)
Sean Wainui (39)
Shaun Stevenson (53)
Damian McKenzie (85)

Reserves:
16. Bradley Slater (16)
17. Aidan Ross (36)
18. Sione Mafileo (1)
19. Naitoa Ah Kuoi (13)
20. Kaylum Boshier**
21. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (32)
22. Anton Lienert-Brown (82)
23. Chase Tiatia (1)

() = Gallagher Chiefs caps in brackets
*denotes Gallagher Chiefs debut
**denotes Sky Super Rugby debut

Unavailable for selection:
Atu Moli (hips), Laghlan McWhannell (knee), Lachlan Boshier (foot), Pita Gus Sowakula (knee), Kaleb Trask (knee)

https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/gallagher-chiefs-named-to-challenge-the-crusaders-at-orangetheory-stadium

Yeetyaah

Gatland at 10 and Wainui at 13 again is nuts considering how shit they were. No Lowe who was actually a bright spark last week. We're fucked, we're so fucked.

mariner4life

@yeetyaah said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

Gatland at 10 and Wainui at 13 again is nuts considering how shit they were. We're fucked.

haha this will suck. i ain't watching

Bovidae

McMillan's selections are all over the place. He's obviously got a hard-on for Wainui at centre.

Looking forward to seeing how Lord goes. There seems to be a "plan" to give most of the squad a game over the first few rounds. With K Boshier on the bench I think Jacobson will move into no.7.

The Silver Fern

Crusaders v Chiefs