Highlanders 2022
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@stargazer said in Highlanders 2022:
@kiwiwomble It's sad. He looks promising when he plays, but he's quite injury prone.
@Stockcar86 I second that; it's a pity that it may take an injury to another player to get Cridge or Parsons in a SR squad. At least one of them (probably Cridge because of Parsons' age) should be able to get a contract regardless.
I have also heard rumours about Highlanders' interest in Kereru-Symes, but I don't know whether there's any truth to it.
Also a rumour about interest from Queensland Reds in one of our players, but don't know who.
lol, 2 words. two words of sympathy. a quick shot at being injury prone
44 word whinge about nothing HB players not getting a gig
21 comment about a rumour about another HB player, but at least for the Highlanders
17 words about a rumour of other HB players to Australia
Never Change Magpies
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@bobily2 said in Highlanders 2022:
To be fair, if you're going to use 44 words, I'd much rather them be about who might replace PPP then words of sympathy. PPP won't read the forum, so who would the sympathy even be for?
Grieving Highlanders supporters!
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Fark I've never got the hard ons for PPP...
Unit who plays like he's 90kg.
Perfect chance for Caird, he'd fit into the Highlanders style well.
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@taniwharugby and ive never got those that think he plays like a light weight, when ever i see him play he make easy yards often with people hanging off him, we see what we want to see
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@kiwiwomble I get that with ABs where people have thier faves, but at Super level I have no reason to not like him (while I'm from The Blues region, I've never had much of affinity to them, in fact given when super started and Kronfeld was my fave player and my eldest lives down that way and played for Otago Maori last year, I generally support them)
I wanted him to be good but think he had 1 outstanding game this year, rest he hasn't really impressed, certainly not to to be talked about as an AB, but hey, that's why we talk shit on here isn't it...
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@taniwharugby and thats just where we'll have to agree to disagree, i always think our scrum looks much more solid with him in it, he's a bloody solid line out option and i feel he does as much with ball in hand as other locks, i think people expect him to run like a 6 or something, and is a brick wall on defence
im not saying he is 100% finished and should 100% be an all black...but i understand the suggestion
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@gt12 meh....being gutted for someone getting season ended injury goes without saying.
Rugby is littered with stories of the door closing for one player and opening for another, we don't need to all ponce around going oh that's so sad, poor him.
It is sad, but fuck he is far from the first and far from the last, so again, meh.
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@taniwharugby said in Highlanders 2022:
@gt12 meh....being gutted for someone getting season ended injury goes without saying.
Rugby is littered with stories of the door closing for one player and opening for another, we don't need to all ponce around going oh that's so sad, poor him.
It is sad, but fuck he is far from the first and far from the last, so again, meh.
I couldn't resist, sorry.
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@gt12 said in Highlanders 2022:
Lol, here come the Northland supporters to add their grievances.
Love your input to keep the spite going! Didn't realise @Kiwiwomble had so many relatives in Hastings and/or Flaxmere and/or Waipawa that he had to leap so quickly to the defence of his McLean Park paymasters.
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@smudge said in Highlanders 2022:
@gt12 said in Highlanders 2022:
Lol, here come the Northland supporters to add their grievances.
Love your input to keep the spite going! Didn't realise @Kiwiwomble had so many relatives in Hastings and/or Flaxmere and/or Waipawa that he had to leap so quickly to the defence of his McLean Park paymasters.
I just assumed he was keen to demonstrate loyalty, protect the relationship - lest the pipeline of mediocre players was cut off.
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As a Highlanders fan I'd be really disappointed if we went to one of the mentioned Hawke's Bay players to replace Parkinson. It is probably a year earlier than the Highlanders had hoped, but I'd got for the big Dutchman Fabian Holland. At 118kg there is no issue for him size wise and the administration want to have him there for the longterm. As the saying goes, if you are good enough, you are old enough.
So thanks but no thanks to the two battler locks from Hawke's Bay, we already have their mentor. No need for another.
Would still be happy to take Kereru-Symes though.
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@southernmann said in Highlanders 2022:
As a Highlanders fan I'd be really disappointed if we went to one of the mentioned Hawke's Bay players to replace Parkinson. It is probably a year earlier than the Highlanders had hoped, but I'd got for the big Dutchman Fabian Holland. At 118kg there is no issue for him size wise and the administration want to have him there for the longterm. As the saying goes, if you are good enough, you are old enough.
So thanks but no thanks to the two battler locks from Hawke's Bay, we already have their mentor. No need for another.
Would still be happy to take Kereru-Symes though.
I'd think it'd be wise to select one of those players in the squad regardless, though. It's all very well planning to give Holland a go (and I think he'll be part of the WTG, regardless). But if he doesn't fire (which would be understandable at his age) and you have a couple crunch games, Cridge/Parsons wouldn't be bad bench options to have.
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finally finished the replay of last night game
Can we please sign Freedom, he's just a really deceptive runner, doesn't look like he running fast but fast enough and love how he can shrug off a tackle, even if he doesnt score (the next level is obviously harder than NPC) you always feel you'll at least get front foot ball
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@bobily2 said in Highlanders 2022:
@southernmann said in Highlanders 2022:
As a Highlanders fan I'd be really disappointed if we went to one of the mentioned Hawke's Bay players to replace Parkinson. It is probably a year earlier than the Highlanders had hoped, but I'd got for the big Dutchman Fabian Holland. At 118kg there is no issue for him size wise and the administration want to have him there for the longterm. As the saying goes, if you are good enough, you are old enough.
So thanks but no thanks to the two battler locks from Hawke's Bay, we already have their mentor. No need for another.
Would still be happy to take Kereru-Symes though.
I'd think it'd be wise to select one of those players in the squad regardless, though. It's all very well planning to give Holland a go (and I think he'll be part of the WTG, regardless). But if he doesn't fire (which would be understandable at his age) and you have a couple crunch games, Cridge/Parsons wouldn't be bad bench options to have.
I just don't see any upside in those two in terms of giving them a full contact.
The players are likely to go unsigned. So will be available if injuries occur. Apart from being short term injury cover, Pasons hasn't played any Super Rugby? Cridge has only played one game. It is hardly as if either players are experienced at that level.
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@southernmann said in Highlanders 2022:
@bobily2 said in Highlanders 2022:
@southernmann said in Highlanders 2022:
As a Highlanders fan I'd be really disappointed if we went to one of the mentioned Hawke's Bay players to replace Parkinson. It is probably a year earlier than the Highlanders had hoped, but I'd got for the big Dutchman Fabian Holland. At 118kg there is no issue for him size wise and the administration want to have him there for the longterm. As the saying goes, if you are good enough, you are old enough.
So thanks but no thanks to the two battler locks from Hawke's Bay, we already have their mentor. No need for another.
Would still be happy to take Kereru-Symes though.
I'd think it'd be wise to select one of those players in the squad regardless, though. It's all very well planning to give Holland a go (and I think he'll be part of the WTG, regardless). But if he doesn't fire (which would be understandable at his age) and you have a couple crunch games, Cridge/Parsons wouldn't be bad bench options to have.
I just don't see any upside in those two in terms of giving them a full contact.
The players are likely to go unsigned. So will be available if injuries occur. Apart from being short term injury cover, Pasons hasn't played any Super Rugby? Cridge has only played one game. It is hardly as if either players are experienced at that level.
I would've thought you'd want 5 locks, regardless. None of the Highlanders loose forwards really have any experience there, aside from Frizell.
I really do like Holland, but he's played less than 100mins of first-class rugby. There are a number of locks who have dominated at age-group rugby and have not been able to make the step up (e.g. Liaki Moli, Chris Smith) so I'd be a little hesitant to be too reliant on him at a young age. Also, I thought there were some regulations about the number of mins allowed for guys under 20 years? Even if there isn't, I'd think you'd want to ease him into it to reduce his chance of getting injured in what can physically tough position. How I see it, you're only one injury away from a 19 year old being on the bench - and you probably don't want to be playing him every week.
In terms of the availability of locks - I think you'd be taking a bit of a gamble assuming that they'll still be available later on. You've now got 6 NZ-based teams who have the potential to require some backup players, and we aren't particularly flush with depth at lock. Add to that that some of the Australian squads might sign someone to bulk out their roster a little. I wouldn't be surprised if we see Josh Goodhue out for a significant period of time after his head knock, so the Blues might be calling in cover before the season has even started.
It doesn't have to be either of the players from Hawkes Bay - but I'd strongly suggest the Highlanders would want some more experienced cover in the squad.
