Highlanders 2023
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@Stargazer They look like they have an improved coaching setup this if I am correct and having Ben Smith will be a big plus. What is his role?
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@SBW1 said in Highlanders 2023:
@Tim Is a new No.10 still on the horizon from Wales?
Gavin Henson might be free, he was playing league last year. That is, if he can pulled away from lobster fish fingers...
We review Gavin Henson's new restaurant The Fox
The former Welsh rugby star and his wife Katie have just taken over the St Brides Major venue
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@Stargazer This comment about the Burns signing from an Irish fan on Reddit made me smile -
"He knows the ball spins the other way down there, yeah?"
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Good old rugbypass. This article had the opposite effect on me than what was intended I think.
Paints a good picture of depth and potential when we lose our top 2-3 first fives for the ABs - as well as having a couple of guys with a hell of a lot of good experience to pass on to the school kids at the highlanders.
Have the Highlanders lost the plot?
The All Blacks top two No 10s will be gone next year, presenting a major drop-off in available talent for whoever is the next head coach.
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@Bones I agree, I see nothing wrong with Burns coming in, it's nothing new. Highlanders are right to bring in an experienced player to take pressure off Cam Millar, let the kid grow under the other players. Anyway Highlanders job isn't to develop ABs but players for Highlanders. They talk about the drop off in talent when RMo and BB go, we have that whenever anyone leaves and in all honesty at test level neither RMo or BB are really in top echelon of world 10s.
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Is there any clips or highlights of Freddie Burns? Interested to see what his style of play is.
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@HLD2023Champions If you type his name in the search box on YouTube, you'll find clips.
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Makes me smile a bit with Burns getting a contract some people bagged the shit out of the Crusaders for signing Matera last season but it is ok to sign Burns.
Personally I say good on the Highlanders for signing Burns if it makes them stronger it is great for the Competition.
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@Chris said in Highlanders 2023:
Makes me smile a bit with Burns getting a contract some people bagged the shit out of the Crusaders for signing Matera last season but it is ok to sign Burns.
Personally I say good on the Highlanders for signing Burns if it makes them stronger it is great for the Competition.
I reserve the right to bag the shit out of both South Island teams - and the Chiefs when they do it too.
We have a whole thread with posters complaining about players leaving yet we're giving spots to foreign test capped players.
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@Chris said in Highlanders 2023:
Makes me smile a bit with Burns getting a contract some people bagged the shit out of the Crusaders for signing Matera last season but it is ok to sign Burns.
Who criticised the signing of Matera and is praising the signing of Burns?
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@Duluth said in Highlanders 2023:
@Chris said in Highlanders 2023:
Makes me smile a bit with Burns getting a contract some people bagged the shit out of the Crusaders for signing Matera last season but it is ok to sign Burns.
Who criticised the signing of Matera and is praising the signing of Burns?
Lots of people have on other social media sites I really can not be bothered hunting it out just more big mouth hypocrites.
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I think the difference between Matera and Burns is the capability of the players and those in the teams.
Matera is one of the best loose forwards in the world, being recruited into one of the best clubs in the world. In terms of options at 6/8 the Crusaders had All Blacks and future Junior All Blacks.
Burns is a player who isn't judged good enough to make his premiership match day squad. He is coming to a team that is in a dire state at 10. It has a few decent young players (Millar, Faleafaga and Hurley). But, the squad players are either struggling at this level, broken or inexperienced. Someone like Burns seems a decent shout despite probably not being up to it. It isn't like Finn Russell coming down at slotting into the Crusaders or the Blues.
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@Chris said in Highlanders 2023:
@Duluth said in Highlanders 2023:
@Chris said in Highlanders 2023:
Makes me smile a bit with Burns getting a contract some people bagged the shit out of the Crusaders for signing Matera last season but it is ok to sign Burns.
Who criticised the signing of Matera and is praising the signing of Burns?
Lots of people have on other social media sites I really can not be bothered hunting it out just more big mouth hypocrites.
So no one, but you just wanted to raise the poor victim crusaders flag?
Like SM said, vastly different when a champion team with ABs at 6/8 recruit a foreign 6/8. The highlanders are plugging a gap, so I can see why some might be unhappy with one scenario and abide the other.
Fucken sook crusaders supporters.
