Chiefs 2023

Stargazer

Nankivel on crutches. Hopefully it's not too bad.

Bones

@Stargazer it'd be great to see him back - he was the pre-Stevenson Stevenson!

Bovidae

Maybe a WTG spot. Staying in NZ must give you a better chance.

Alaimalo will be 27 later in the year so still has plenty of years ahead of him.

cgrant

Nankivel on crutches. Hopefully it's not too bad.

Gallagher is a huge man !

Stargazer

@cgrant Yep. And at only 21, you'd expect him to still gain some mass.

Yeetyaah

Chiefs responded to my Instagram question. Replacement players named on Monday.

Crucial

NDC?

Yeetyaah

@Crucial no clue what that is.

Stargazer

@Yeetyaah

NDC?

National Development Contract

See this post in the Hurricanes 2023 thread; there are 20 of them in total. So some of the young guns (I assume mostly NZU20/NZU19 players).

Bovidae

This year the Chiefs had:

Adam Lennox (Taranaki)
Josh Bartlett (Bay of Plenty)
Mason Tupaea (Waikato)
Nikora Broughton (Bay of Plenty)
Veveni Lasaqa (Bay of Plenty)

Broughton is now with the Highlanders so at least one new player. It could be a new intake every season.

Crucial

I saw someone on Insta ask for the WTG lists and they replied saying they would post. Maybe they will come out Monday as well.

Stargazer

Chiefs responded to my Instagram question. Replacement players named on Monday.

Crucial

@Stargazer I wasn't sure if 'replacement players' meant WTG.

I know that they are selected (Manawa as well). Just not publicly published yet.

Bovidae

There is a short video on the Chiefs FB page. It's hard to pick out all the players featured but Burr and Coombes-Fabling are in shot.

Yeetyaah

@Bovidae there's a couple I can't recognize. Lalomilo Lalomilo is also there.

Bovidae

@Bovidae there's a couple I can't recognize. Lalomilo Lalomilo is also there.

Yeah, I thought he was there but wasn't 100% sure. Some of the same players used in the WTG this year.

Lord's mullet is looking good too.

Also, I think that is Cody Nordstrom behind LCF. He would be a good chance to be one of the NDC players.

bobily2

North Harbour's facebook page posted that Wallace Sititi is training with the team

Crucial

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Yeetyaah

@Crucial I can name Hamilton Burr, Liam Coombes-Fabling, Jacob Norris, Solomone Takuafu and Solomon Alaimalo is back! Heaps I can't name.

Bovidae

That did look like Alaimalo in the hoodie in the video.

The 2nd row also includes Taine Kolosi, Jadin Kingi, Jole Naufahu and Te Rama Reuben.

Toby Taylor in the front row.

The Silver Fern