Crusaders 2022
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@stargazer didn’t someone post about this a month or so ago. 😂😂
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@chchfanatic All rumours. No facts.
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@stargazer haha that is true. Some of us get given the facts early that’s all. Just got to know the right people.
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Canes still have one halfback spot to fill but I expect it to go to either Jamie Booth or Luke Campbell.
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@stargazer said in Crusaders 2022:
And here it is. The most underwhelming Crusaders signing in many years.
Agree not overly excited about it, but what was a more 'whelming' Crusader signing from another franchise in recent years? Can't think of any at the moment.
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@crazy-horse I can only think of Bryn Hall. Tom Sanders left for the Chiefs and came back, so doesn't really count.
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@stargazer said in Crusaders 2022:
@crazy-horse I can only think of Bryn Hall. Tom Sanders left for the Chiefs and came back, so doesn't really count.
Was Bryn Hall an AB? From memory he was a maligned Blue wasn't he? Much like Douglas and Reece, in a squad but not used a lot.
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@crazy-horse said in Crusaders 2022:
Much like Douglas and Reece, in a squad but not used a lot.
Nope
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@duluth said in Crusaders 2022:
@crazy-horse said in Crusaders 2022:
Much like Douglas and Reece, in a squad but not used a lot.
Nope
Nope what? Was I wrong? My memory is pretty shit around these things
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@crazy-horse Bryn Hall has never been capped by the ABs. He was in camp with the ABs in 2018 (in Japan), but didn't get picked. He played 32 games for the Blues (2013-2016) before moving South.
Douglas and Reece never played SR before they were signed by the Crusaders.
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@stargazer said in Crusaders 2022:
@crazy-horse Bryn Hall has never been capped by the ABs. He was in camp with the AB 2018 (in Japan), but didn't get picked. He played 32 games for the Blues (2013-2016) before moving South.
Douglas and Reece never played SR before they were signed by the Crusaders.
Cheers, for some reason I thought they may have been squadies at the Chiefs.
But that sort of shows my point. How could TTT be one of the more underwhelming signings the Crusader have made recently, when apart from the one mentioned by @Tim, there really haven't been many, if any, exciting signings for a long time. Unless you are counting re-signings.
I have been wondering about this for a while. Are players not knocking down the door to play for Robertson, or is it more a case of the Saders looking internally? I suspect it's the latter, but I do wonder when the Saders have missed out on a couple of young up and comers recently.
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@crazy-horse said in Crusaders 2022:
I have been wondering about this for a while. Are players not knocking down the door to play for Robertson, or is it more a case of the Saders looking internally? I suspect it's the latter, but I do wonder when the Saders have missed out on a couple of young up and comers recently.
Crusaders do approach players to move - Ofa, Frizell, Fakatava are recent rumoured examples
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@crazy-horse they are great at developing and encouraging their own talent unlike other franchises. But I think it is largely circumstantial with players farmed across only 2 unions. The teams with 4 unions have a far harder time, yet keep recruiting from outside in large numbers.
