Crusaders 2022
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@stargazer said in Crusaders 2022:
@chris Seeing your repost of my comments, I'm going to slap myself on the hand for typing "scrumhalf".
Edited to add that I think Jack Stratton is back in the country. Surely it's not him?
NO its not
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@nostrildamus said in Crusaders 2022:
'I always knew rugby was in my blood': New Zealand's teenage sprint prodigy gives update on rugby future
It has been little over a year since Edward Osei-Nketia last delved into the realm of rugby, but the 19-year-old sprint sensation has no intention of giving up his sevens dream.
That isn’t to say the speedster has lost his desire to try his hand at rugby, a sport he made a name for himself in while attending St Edmund’s College in Canberra, where he claims to have scored two to three tries per match. “I was in the smallest state of the whole of Australia,” Osei-Nketia laughed as he explained his try-scoring feats in the Australian capital. “I don’t know how I would have gone if I was in Queensland or New South Wales, but for my first six matches, I would have been averaging like two to three. “When it was later on in the season, I was pretty much just scoring in every match.”Every new article I read about this guy, my "this guy is a tool" meter goes a bit higher.
I know... judging a guy from Stuff puff-pieces, but... just the general "vibe of the thing". -
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@stargazer said in Crusaders 2022:
Good choice, that would be a long time project and he may not stick with it.
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@kruse said in Crusaders 2022:
Every new article I read about this guy, my "this guy is a tool" meter goes a bit higher.
I know... judging a guy from Stuff puff-pieces, but... just the general "vibe of the thing".So... he could play at halfback? Not many of the current lot pass that well as it is...
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@nostrildamus said in Crusaders 2022:
@kruse said in Crusaders 2022:
Every new article I read about this guy, my "this guy is a tool" meter goes a bit higher.
I know... judging a guy from Stuff puff-pieces, but... just the general "vibe of the thing".So... he could play at halfback? Not many of the current lot pass that well as it is...
My impression is that this guy would have no interest in passing, or learning to pass.
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@kruse said in Crusaders 2022:
@nostrildamus said in Crusaders 2022:
@kruse said in Crusaders 2022:
Every new article I read about this guy, my "this guy is a tool" meter goes a bit higher.
I know... judging a guy from Stuff puff-pieces, but... just the general "vibe of the thing".So... he could play at halfback? Not many of the current lot pass that well as it is...
My impression is that this guy would have no interest in passing, or learning to pass.
Then he could back up Ioane at 13...
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@kruse said in Crusaders 2022:
@nostrildamus said in Crusaders 2022:
@kruse said in Crusaders 2022:
Every new article I read about this guy, my "this guy is a tool" meter goes a bit higher.
I know... judging a guy from Stuff puff-pieces, but... just the general "vibe of the thing".So... he could play at halfback? Not many of the current lot pass that well as it is...
My impression is that this guy would have no interest in passing, or learning to pass.
We just got rid of Laumape ffs
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I will post this on the Highlanders site as well.
Spoke to a very good family friend of Folau Fakatava
Crusaders almost had Folau Fakatava,he was about to sign a 3 year deal ,in fact the crusaders had released Bryn Hall ..but what they did not count on was the influence of his parents back in Tonga who reminded him of who gave him his opportunity and that was the Highlanders..he took heed of his parents advice and decided to stay in Dunedin ..that left the Crusaders scrambling to get Hall back on the books .
For me , I am glad he stayed with the Landers no disrespect to Crusaders but your already stacked I so many positions. -
@steven-harris said in Crusaders 2022:
I will post this on the Highlanders site as well.
Spoke to a very good family friend of Folau Fakatava
Crusaders almost had Folau Fakatava,he was about to sign a 3 year deal ,in fact the crusaders had released Bryn Hall ..but what they did not count on was the influence of his parents back in Tonga who reminded him of who gave him his opportunity and that was the Highlanders..he took heed of his parents advice and decided to stay in Dunedin ..that left the Crusaders scrambling to get Hall back on the books .
For me , I am glad he stayed with the Landers no disrespect to Crusaders but your already stacked I so many positions.I heard very much the same, except Enari was released not Hall who resigned awhile ago.
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@chris said in Crusaders 2022:
@steven-harris said in Crusaders 2022:
I will post this on the Highlanders site as well.
Spoke to a very good family friend of Folau Fakatava
Crusaders almost had Folau Fakatava,he was about to sign a 3 year deal ,in fact the crusaders had released Bryn Hall ..but what they did not count on was the influence of his parents back in Tonga who reminded him of who gave him his opportunity and that was the Highlanders..he took heed of his parents advice and decided to stay in Dunedin ..that left the Crusaders scrambling to get Hall back on the books .
For me , I am glad he stayed with the Landers no disrespect to Crusaders but your already stacked I so many positions.I heard very much the same, except Enari was released not Hall who resigned awhile ago.
The crusaders have now signed another HB from another franchise.And will be in great shape if they have that person, Drummond, and Hall. I personally think Hall should get out and come to the Blues...
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@gt12 said in Crusaders 2022:
@chris said in Crusaders 2022:
@steven-harris said in Crusaders 2022:
I will post this on the Highlanders site as well.
Spoke to a very good family friend of Folau Fakatava
Crusaders almost had Folau Fakatava,he was about to sign a 3 year deal ,in fact the crusaders had released Bryn Hall ..but what they did not count on was the influence of his parents back in Tonga who reminded him of who gave him his opportunity and that was the Highlanders..he took heed of his parents advice and decided to stay in Dunedin ..that left the Crusaders scrambling to get Hall back on the books .
For me , I am glad he stayed with the Landers no disrespect to Crusaders but your already stacked I so many positions.I heard very much the same, except Enari was released not Hall who resigned awhile ago.
The crusaders have now signed another HB from another franchise.And will be in great shape if they have that person, Drummond, and Hall. I personally think Hall should get out and come to the Blues...
Hopefully
I hear Hall may go to Japan next season. -
@chris said in Crusaders 2022:
@gt12 said in Crusaders 2022:
@chris said in Crusaders 2022:
@steven-harris said in Crusaders 2022:
I will post this on the Highlanders site as well.
Spoke to a very good family friend of Folau Fakatava
Crusaders almost had Folau Fakatava,he was about to sign a 3 year deal ,in fact the crusaders had released Bryn Hall ..but what they did not count on was the influence of his parents back in Tonga who reminded him of who gave him his opportunity and that was the Highlanders..he took heed of his parents advice and decided to stay in Dunedin ..that left the Crusaders scrambling to get Hall back on the books .
For me , I am glad he stayed with the Landers no disrespect to Crusaders but your already stacked I so many positions.I heard very much the same, except Enari was released not Hall who resigned awhile ago.
The crusaders have now signed another HB from another franchise.And will be in great shape if they have that person, Drummond, and Hall. I personally think Hall should get out and come to the Blues...
Hopefully
I hear Hall may go to Japan next season.He deserves to cash in, I personally think he is underrated and I'd have liked to see him get an AB cap this season. I'll admit I'm swayed bc of the rugby pod, it's not hard to like a guy who speaks so well about every other halfback without seeming to drop his lip that he didn't get a chance.
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@gt12 said in Crusaders 2022:
@chris said in Crusaders 2022:
@gt12 said in Crusaders 2022:
@chris said in Crusaders 2022:
@steven-harris said in Crusaders 2022:
I will post this on the Highlanders site as well.
Spoke to a very good family friend of Folau Fakatava
Crusaders almost had Folau Fakatava,he was about to sign a 3 year deal ,in fact the crusaders had released Bryn Hall ..but what they did not count on was the influence of his parents back in Tonga who reminded him of who gave him his opportunity and that was the Highlanders..he took heed of his parents advice and decided to stay in Dunedin ..that left the Crusaders scrambling to get Hall back on the books .
For me , I am glad he stayed with the Landers no disrespect to Crusaders but your already stacked I so many positions.I heard very much the same, except Enari was released not Hall who resigned awhile ago.
The crusaders have now signed another HB from another franchise.And will be in great shape if they have that person, Drummond, and Hall. I personally think Hall should get out and come to the Blues...
Hopefully
I hear Hall may go to Japan next season.He deserves to cash in, I personally think he is underrated and I'd have liked to see him get an AB cap this season. I'll admit I'm swayed bc of the rugby pod, it's not to like a guy who speaks so well about every other halfback without seeming to drop his lip that he didn't get a chance.
Yep totally agree .
