Openside flankers
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@kiwiwomble said in Openside flankers:
ok, drawing on the brains trust, who else was out there in 2002-2003..seems really weird the highlanders had 3 of the best opensides in the country
obviously mccaw and holah
you don't need to narrow it down to Super sides
I reckon we could find a year where damn near every first division NPC union had a gun at 7.
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@mariner4life without doubt, was more just three of them being at the highlanders so i was trying to think who was stoping one of them starting for the blues or canes for example
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@kiwiwomble said in Openside flankers:
@mariner4life without doubt, was more just three of them being at the highlanders so i was trying to think who was stoping one of them starting for the blues or canes for example
Names like Braid. Collins. Vinisi. Waldrom?
Years are starting to blur together, but there were a lot of guys gunning for not many jerseys.
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@mariner4life I remember the 2005 Lions tour, and I was playing Fantasy Rugby where you picked players, I always had a Kiwi 7 in each of the games...Herring, Bradnock etc they all raked in loads of points I finished 3rd in the whole wide world for that one...
@Duluth and he had heart valve issues too!
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@taniwharugby said in Openside flankers:
@mariner4life I remember the 2005 Lions tour, and I was playing Fantasy Rugby where you picked players, I always had a Kiwi 7 in each of the games...Herring, Bradnock etc they all raked in loads of points I finished 3rd in the whole wide world for that one...
@Duluth and he had heart valve issues too!
I'll always remember the Planet Rugby awards for the 2005 Lions tour and they gave Nili Latu the Provincial Player of the tour as he set the scene for every team the Lions played having a gun 7 to overcome
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@mariner4life he was outstanding!
Think it was Johnny Leo'o for the Crusaders, he was another excellent 7, played NZ A?
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@mariner4life said in Openside flankers:
I'll always remember the Planet Rugby awards for the 2005 Lions tour and they gave Nili Latu the Provincial Player of the tour as he set the scene for every team the Lions played having a gun 7 to overcome
I went to that game in Rotorua. I seem to remember Bourke having a big game.
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@bovidae said in Openside flankers:
@mariner4life said in Openside flankers:
I'll always remember the Planet Rugby awards for the 2005 Lions tour and they gave Nili Latu the Provincial Player of the tour as he set the scene for every team the Lions played having a gun 7 to overcome
I went to that game in Rotorua. I seem to remember Bourke having a big game.
he was huge
because he was awesome
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How have none of my magpies cohort talked about Karl Lowe? Unlucky not to have 100 tests in my unbiased opinion.
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@magpie_in_aus said in Openside flankers:
Unlucky not to have 100 tests in my unbiased opinion
wasn't aware he was also eligible for a Tier 2 union.
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@mariner4life Haha, he actually is!
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@stargazer said in Openside flankers:
@mariner4life Haha, he actually is!
to be honest, I'm not shocked. I feel like everyone is!
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@stargazer said in Openside flankers:
@mariner4life Haha, he actually is!
Which nation is he available for?
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@magpie_in_aus said in Openside flankers:
How have none of my magpies cohort talked about Karl Lowe? Unlucky not to have 100 tests in my unbiased opinion.
What the fuck @Nepia ? Massive omission. Find a wall and throw yourself into it right now.
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@stargazer said in Openside flankers:
@nepia Not tier 2, but tier 3: Samoa.
Oh, is his Mum Samoan and Maori?
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@chris-b said in Openside flankers:
Given M4L's comment about 7 being our signature position - which I think nails it - it's quite surprising the number of guys who weren't really 7s who played tests there. Maybe guys like Zinzan started out as 7s - I can't remember now.
From that list - Blackadder, Thomson, Masoe to an extent, Rodney, Razor, Blowers, Taine, Barry, Zinny, Schuler (I think?), Joseph, Brewer.
Agree with that list, although I actually thought Rodders was a natural 7 when he started out, especially with his 7s background and high work rate.
He did bulk a bit and then became a specialist clean out master. Plus there were other 7 options at Wellington that almost forced the coaches hand.
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I had to go back and double check because I thought Messam may have started a test/game at openside, but he didn’t. He replaced McCaw once off the bench and covered 7.
