Chiefs 2022

[chimoaus]

@yeetyaah Gotta say that looks like a very competitive side. I'm actually really looking forward to Super Rugby after the turgid spring tour.

[Crucial]

@yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2022:

I'll have a crack at a 23 including some players where I'd like to see them.

1. Ross
2. Taukei'aho
3. Moli Ta'avao
4. Retallick
5. Vaa'i
6. Finau
7. Cane
8. Jacobson
9. Weber
10. Ioane
11. Lowe
12. Tupaea
13. Leinert-Brown
14. Narawa
15. Trask Nanai-Seturo

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16. Thompson
17. Norris
18. Moli
19. Lord
20. Sowakula
21. Ratima
22. Reihana
23. Wrampling

[Bovidae]

@bobily2 I saw that too. The Chiefs player profiles are consistent in their typos.

[Bovidae]

@crucial I am expecting Slater will be ahead of Thompson in the hooker pecking order. That decision might be dependent on pre-season form.

Trask over Reihana too, on goal kicking alone. I like Rivez but he isn't the most consistent there.

[Crucial]

@bovidae said in Chiefs 2022:

@crucial I am expecting Slater will be ahead of Thompson in the hooker pecking order. That decision might be dependent on pre-season form.

Trask over Reihana too, on goal kicking alone. I like Rivez but he isn't the most consistent there.

Good call on both accounts

[Bovidae]

@bovidae said in Chiefs 2022:

@bobily2 I saw that too. The Chiefs player profiles are consistent in their typos.

And to reinforce my comment above there is now a new player listed in the inside backs. I won't mention the obvious joke.

[Yeetyaah]

No one:

Clueless Chiefs fans on social media who don't pay attention to off-season moves:

[taniwharugby]

@bovidae and he had a poor season too, probably lucky he was already on the Chiefs book!

I think he has alot of potential, but his game went backwards this year.

[Donsteppa]

@bobily2 said in Chiefs 2022:

Introducing the new unrealistic body standards for a Super Rugby hooker

That would make hitting the back of the lineout incredibly easy. Just lean over and hand the ball to them...

[bobily2]

@donsteppa said in Chiefs 2022:

@bobily2 said in Chiefs 2022:

Introducing the new unrealistic body standards for a Super Rugby hooker

That would make hitting the back of the lineout incredibly easy. Just lean over and hand the ball to them...

You're assuming proportional arms. If they're regular-sized it might be a lot more difficult (though having both Retallick and Lord will be advantageous if the ball just drops somewhere from the sky)

[Yeetyaah]

Probably the best place to put it. ABs official Instagram says "See you in a few months." Maybe he's signed a contract with NZR again?

[Bovidae]

[Yeetyaah]

@bovidae dudes for a bright future hopefully. Having him and Roe there will I think bring out the best in each other as they'll be competing directly for the bench spot.

[Bovidae]

Roe and Ratima are very different types of halfback, and both offer something different to Weber.

I note that McMillan also made the TKB comparison when talking about Ratima. TKB is much bigger though.

[Yeetyaah]

@bovidae like taller? Ratima is pretty built for a little fella. You're right about them being different though. Was Roe injured for the entire NPC?

[Bovidae]

Tawera is listed as 1.87 m and 89 kg - tall and heavy for a modern-day halfback. That seems accurate to me.

Roe got injured from a tackle at the kickoff against Hawke's Bay. He eventually went off with an elbow injury wasn't available after that.

[ARHS]

Ratima needs to tackle lower from what I have seen. Lots of promise and skills but some work ons tactically. Will be great to see him developing.

[nostrildamus]

@bovidae said in Chiefs 2022:

Maybe Clayton reads the Fern too - BBBR.

There should be an extra stat on match reports: no. of tacklers left on the ground trying to tackle him... Samisoni would leap to the top.

[Stargazer]

'We probably did get in there right under the noses of the Hurricanes'

Tyrone Thompson isn't like fellow Chiefs newbies Gideon Wrampling, Samipeni Finau and Cortez Ratima, who all hail from the Waikato. Instead, he's been plucked out of the Wellington NPC team.

[Yeetyaah]

@stargazer

It’s a competitive market out there and you can’t really sit on your hands and just expect that people that may have had a pathway through your development programmes are still going to be there when it comes to signing players,” McMillan said.