Highlanders 2023
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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.
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@Bovidae Yeah, he's been on two consecutive one-year contracts with the Chiefs; maybe that's what he was offered again, which I think is a bit short, considering he's one of the backs who has performed well for the Chiefs. From a player's point of view I can understand he wants a bit more security than that and he obviously wasn't ready, yet, to pack his bags and go overseas.
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2023:
@Bovidae Yeah, he's been on two consecutive one-year contracts with the Chiefs; maybe that's what he was offered again, which I think is a bit short, considering he's one of the backs who has performed well for the Chiefs. From a player's point of view I can understand he wants a bit more security than that and he obviously wasn't ready, yet, to pack his bags and go overseas.
If that's what the chiefs were giving him versus the sweetheart deals for McMillan's BOP babies, then absolutely he should move on.
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@Bovidae said in Highlanders 2023:
@gt12 There isn't much info on the duration of contracts for a lot of players. Narawa was only given a 1 yr contract when he moved from the Blues. Players will do what is best for them, so no problem for me.
Absolutely. You’d think the Chiefs would have offered him two years last year though. Something is going a bit wrong with the back selections at the Chiefs. Is it Randle who is the problem?
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I think Narawa and Wrampling have lots of potential. But they also need a readymade strike player who is a threat at all times. Not many of those off contract. I thought Tikoisolomone might have been high potential but mystified at what happened at Highlanders. Perhaps chiefs are coaching too conservative roles for their wingers. They seem programmed to slow down and cut back in when maybe they need to be accelerating into different running lines.
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@FakatavaAllBlack said in Highlanders 2023:
haven't seen this much chiefs chat since we lost Callum Bruce🙂
It's really all Hawkes Bay chat.
