Highlanders 2023
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2023:
Glad they've finally announced Lowe's signing! I've been waiting for the announcement, because I knew he was leaving the Chiefs but wasn't 100% sure whether he'd indeed signed with the Landers.
I think he won't be the last Magpie to go South either.
Flanders?
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Media release:
Youth and experience to bolster 2023 squad | Highlanders Rugby Club Limited Partnership
Only a few days after being appointed as Highlander’s Head Coach, Clarke Dermody is already adding to his 2023 squad. Announcing today a mix of youth and experience with the inclusion of Chiefs winger, Jonah Lowe and young Dutch lock, Fabian Holland.
Lowe has signed a three-year agreement
Initially the Highlanders had planned on Holland being involved in 2024 but his development has been so rapid his talent could not be ignored.
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in Highlanders 2023:
Irish Paul also says Fabian Holland has signed a full contract & that Solomon Alaimalo is done with the landers.
the whole deal is disappointing, the fans and club obviously only got one game out of him i think and you cant think the last two years has been good for him if he didn;t manage to get on the pitch and is not staying
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Lowe stands at 1.84m and weighs in at 92kgnot that heavy....i assume he's very fast?
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@Kiwiwomble Richard buckman quality in that he's a guy that won't let the team down.. Lowe has had some memorable games such as the four tries against the Tahs?
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@Kiwiwomble Fast, but not explosive fast. Remember that Chiefs v Highlanders game in 2021 where Nareki had a head start and Lowe still almost got him? That was a long run.
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in Highlanders 2023:
@Kiwiwomble Richard buckman quality in that he's a guy that won't let the team down.. has had some memorable games such as the four tries against the Tahs?
i'll go out on a limb and say i was never a huge buckman fan....didn;t dislike him but think he got showed up pretty regularly...so not a great endorsement for me
@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2023:
@Kiwiwomble Fast, but not explosive fast. Remember that Chiefs v Highlanders game in 2021 where Nareki had a head start and Lowe still almost got him? That was a long run.
dont remember
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@Kiwiwomble You're not well. Buckman was awesome. Was on the ABs radar, but then got that horrible season-ending injury in that stupid preseason game against a French team. Was it in Hong Kong or Singapore? Can't remember. Anyway, without that injury he could have been an AB. That's how good he was.
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2023:
@Kiwiwomble You're not well. Buckman was awesome. Was on the ABs radar, but then got that horrible season-ending injury in that stupid preseason game against a French team. Was it in Hong Kong or Singapore? Can't remember. Anyway, without that injury he could have been an AB. That's how good he was.
I always saw him as a cult hero much like Banks. Was good in a scrappy sort of way.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2023:
@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2023:
@Kiwiwomble Fast, but not explosive fast. Remember that Chiefs v Highlanders game in 2021 where Nareki had a head start and Lowe still almost got him? That was a long run.
dont remember
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@Stargazer oh yeah, i remember the try, just not who was chasing
@Crucial said in Highlanders 2023:
@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2023:
@Kiwiwomble You're not well. Buckman was awesome. Was on the ABs radar, but then got that horrible season-ending injury in that stupid preseason game against a French team. Was it in Hong Kong or Singapore? Can't remember. Anyway, without that injury he could have been an AB. That's how good he was.
I always saw him as a cult hero much like Banks. Was good in a scrappy sort of way.
thats about how i saw him, wasnt calling for him to be dropped or anything, did a role, but always saw him as a squad player with a good nickname rather than one of the first names on the team list
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@Kiwiwomble anyways back to Lowe he'll be in our starting backline wearing 14, the other Jona at 11, now just need to sign a certain twin from wellington to wear 13 & things on paper will look much better than the season just gone.
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@FakatavaAllBlack and a 10
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in Highlanders 2023:
@Kiwiwomble anyways back to Lowe he'll be in our starting backline wearing 14, the other Jona at 11, now just need to sign a certain twin from wellington to wear 13 & things on paper will look much better than the season just gone.
Great pickup.
If the Chiefs haven't signed two really fucking good wingers, I'm going to be well pissed off.
Lowe was our best wing this year by a mile.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2023:
Lowe stands at 1.84m and weighs in at 92kgnot that heavy....i assume he's very fast?
I assume that's his school weight.
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@Kiwiwomble I love how the Highlanders describe Jonah Lowe as powerful, nimble or elusive would be a better description.
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@Canes4life i found that whole media release kind of weirdly worded
to the southernmost Super Rugby Clubthis is put out by the Highlanders, just a weird way to talk about yourself
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2023:
@Canes4life i found that whole media release kind of weirdly worded
to the southernmost Super Rugby Clubthis is put out by the Highlanders, just a weird way to talk about yourself
It’s the B/S marketing spin that we’re all supposed to follow in rugby now.
