Highlanders 2023
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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!
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2023:
@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
And The Barracuda is still a good club man. I have seen him on the sidelines of club rugby grounds in Napier and Waipukurau on the last three Saturdays, and just as importantly in the clubrooms having a beer with his mates afterward. You can't get more Kiwi rugby blokeish than that.
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@Stargazer think Dermondy will want him in the mix, although the canes might try and get Pari since Scrafton has left
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While Jonah Lowe is a nice pick up. Giving him a three year contract stinks a bit of desperation.
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@FakatavaAllBlack a locking combo of Parkinson/Walker-Leawere will be pretty meaty.
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@Nepia said in Highlanders 2023:
@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.
He still looks mid-90’s but he is quick and knows how to finish.
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@SouthernMann said in Highlanders 2023:
While Jonah Lowe is a nice pick up. Giving him a three year contract stinks a bit of desperation.
Lowe's comments also seem to imply that the Chiefs weren't prepared to do the same.
