Highlanders 2023
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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.
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@gt12 said in Highlanders 2023:
@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.
Lowe was our best wing this year by a mile.
I thought it was Quinn tbh
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@SouthernMann a hooker, a tighthead, lock (Holland), 6/7, two 10 (Millar and…), two centre maybe (Punivai won’t return), a winger (Lowe). We don’t know nothing about Tikoisolomone, Alaimalo…
I’ll be very disappointed if we don’t keep Lio-Willie…
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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.
"You're not well"? Because he dared to not anoint a Hawke's Bay player as the second coming? Pull your head in.
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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
They don't have anyone doing the comms for them in any professional sense at the moment, which is why you see them refer to themselves as the "Highlander's" in the first paragraph of the release. Absolute amateur hour. It's their own fucking name!
