Super Rugby 2023
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@Winger said in Super Rugby 2023:
@Tim said in Super Rugby 2023:
So, who missed out on a spot?
Jordan Lay from the Blues.
Josh Beehre and Danny Drake as locks.
Gibson and Garden-Bachop from the Hurricanes.
TTT and Milo-Harris as halfbacks.
Tom Florence, Sititi, Ekuasi, Peita, Melvin as loose forwards.
McKenzie as a 10 and 15.
Moses Leo and Denny Solomona as midfield/wings.
O'Reilly. Surprised Highlanders didn't pick him. Did very well starting for the Canes this year
He's definitely better than Apisai.
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@KiwiMurph did he play at all? we had him in the squad but then fielded people like freedom vahaakolo, Van vugt, coombes-fabling and denny solomona as "injury replacements"
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@Winger said in Super Rugby 2023:
@Tim said in Super Rugby 2023:
So, who missed out on a spot?I'm waiting with my response until the MP squad has been named.
Jordan Lay from the Blues.
Josh Beehre and Danny Drake as locks.
Gibson and Garden-Bachop from the Hurricanes.
TTT and Milo-Harris as halfbacks.
Tom Florence, Sititi, Ekuasi, Peita, Melvin as loose forwards.
McKenzie as a 10 and 15.
Moses Leo and Denny Solomona as midfield/wings.
I understand several of these players already have overseas gigs lined up. Some already confirmed (see Exodus thread), some not yet (incl TTT rumour about MLR).
O'Reilly. Surprised Highlanders didn't pick him. Did very well starting for the Canes this year
Unless I confuse him with someone else, he's scheduled for surgery in November. I remember reading it somewhere, but can't find it.
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@Stargazer Li is in Japan and Tua is at the Brumbies.
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@Daffy-Jaffy Yeah, I know. Just saw another list on instagram, so posted it. There are more players who already have a gig lined up.
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Li actually scored some great tries when he was with us, we have nareki and koroi as those smaller kind of wings so im not sure we need more of the "same"...but he might have been better than some we have
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Not sure whether anyone picked this up, but former Crusaders strength and conditioning coach Simon Thomas has been appointed as the Head of Performance at the Western Force.
By the way, this is their coaching group for 2023:
Head Coach - Simon Cron
Forwards Coach - Jimmy Duffy (former Connacht assistant coach). He has replaced Paul Tito in that position.
Backs Coach - ?
Attack Coach - Mark Ozich
Defence Coach - Will Eggleston (from Toyota Verblitz, where he worked with Steve Hansen - and Simon Cron)
Skills Coach - Dylan ParsonsForce enlist the best to head performance
The Western Force have appointed Simon Thomas as head of performance on multi-year contract. Widely known as one of the top strength and conditioning directors in the world, Thomas curated his success at the Crusaders. Leading the performance department over five seasons resulting in three Super...
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2023:
Attack Coach - Mark Ozich
What a waste. They should loan him to the Magpies for the NPC.
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@Stargazer what happened with Tito. Was he let go or did he leave
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@Winger I don't know. The duration of his appointment was never published. His and Ozich's appointments were announced two days apart, last year, and I therefore always assumed that they were signed for the same duration, but maybe not? They've done a bit of a clean-out of their coaching staff, but that doesn't have to mean that he was let go. Maybe just not re-appointed or he has something else line-up.
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2023:
I would add the following as unlucky -mostly wider squad candidates, or looking elsewhere???
Fullback: T Robinson, J Trainor, D Wild,
Wing: H Murray, Ed Fidow (MP?), T Cook-Savage
Centre: D Rona R Nu'u Lalomilo
10's: L Cashmore
9's:L Campbell, R Judd, L Milo-Harris
Loosies: J Melvin, A Brash, O Haig
Lock: H Dalzell, H Burr, J Bekhuis, L Hallam-Eames
Prop: J Lay, R Cobb, P Sheck, S Calder
Hooker: I Moananu, J O'Reilly,R JacksonNone of these are hugely unlucky in my view - bar perhaps James O'Reilly
Noted that JGB, NMS, Tua and Li all signed overseas -
Confirmed Tua at Brumbies
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@ARHS said in Super Rugby 2023:
@Stargazer said in Super Rugby 2023:
I would add the following as unlucky -mostly wider squad candidates, or looking elsewhere???
Fullback: T Robinson, J Trainor, D Wild,
Wing: H Murray, Ed Fidow (MP?), T Cook-Savage
Centre: D Rona R Nu'u Lalomilo
10's: L Cashmore
9's: L Campbell, R Judd, L Milo-Harris
Loosies: J Melvin, A Brash, O Haig
Lock: H Dalzell, H Burr, J Bekhuis, L Hallam-Eames
Prop: J Lay, R Cobb, P Sheck, S Calder
Hooker: I Moananu, J O'Reilly, R JacksonNone of these are hugely unlucky in my view - bar perhaps James O'Reilly
This list will grow and/or decrease with the Moana Pasifika squad naming.
Agree with the last sentence, although I expect some won't even feature in a WTG (Wild, for example).
Some of these players will no doubt play SR in 2023 as there will be injuries.
I know some of these players already have overseas contracts (MLR/Japan).
R Jackson is currently in a moonboot.
