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  • StargazerS Offline
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    Question to all you Magpies supporters.

    When going through the list of players that are leaving their club in the Japan League One competition, I noticed that Michael Allardice is leaving his club. Of course, it's possible that he's just changing clubs, but if it were possible, would you want him back in the Magpies squad for the 2023 season?

    Last year, we lost Cridge. This year, we won't have Bryn Evans and possibly Tom Parsons. The only experienced lock will be IWL, with rookies Frank Lochore and Tiaki Fabish the other remaining options. Sione Tuipulotu is a pretty average player, who's a loosie/lock, too, but I don't even like having him in the squad.

    They might bring in Hunter Morrison, who's been training with Canes all season (NDC player), but that's another rookie.

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    #105

    @Stargazer obviously a Welly supporter but wouldn't Tom Allen be a part of that picture or do you think he's too green?

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    @Canes4life He's only in his first year out of school, so I think it's too soon. At least one more year in our Academy, I think.

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    @Stargazer did you manage to figure out how tall he is? He seems to be around the 2m mark but looks can be deceiving sometimes.

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    If Allardice is in some decent form then I'd welcome him back.

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    @Canes4life No, unfortunately not.

    By the way, there's a really tall lock in the Napier Boys' 1st XV squad at the moment: George Prouting. And I mean really tall! His older brother Angus is tall, too (but a bit shorter than George), and played at lock for them until last season. This season, they've moved him to no. 8 and he's easily their best forward, at the moment.

    If George becomes just as good, and bulks up, we could have another good option at lock in a few years time.

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    @Stargazer good to know, we really need some big, athletic locks in our engine room. Hopefully like Gus Brown, he isn't eventually signed by competing franchises.

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    #111

    @Canes4life said in Magpies 2023:

    @Stargazer good to know, we really need some big, athletic locks in our engine room. Hopefully like Gus Brown, he isn't eventually signed by competing franchises.

    Excuse me, this is a Hawkes Bay thread so you using the words "we" and "our" in reference to Hawkes Bay players when discussing a Hawkes Bay team is not tolerated or accepted.

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    @Higgins obviously speaking from a Canes lens.

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    @Higgins 😂

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    #114

    I'll retreat back to my Wellington Lions thread then and will see you all on the 30th of September when we lock away the Shield for the summer again. 😃

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    So utterly gutted about this. 😥 I consider him as one of our best in the squad at the moment.

    Leaving way too soon IMO. I blame the Highlanders 🤨

    At least he'll still play NPC for us, this season. If Samoa don't pick him up for the RWC.

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    #116

    @stargazer Goodness, debut was six years ago, my hasn't time flown by since that eminently forgettable season (including that unfortunate season opening reversal against Wellington 26 - 36)? I put the root cause right at Mr. Philpott's doorstep!

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    There's supposed to be a King's Birthday game on Monday 5 June between Hawke's Bay XV and Manawatū Evergreens in Dannevirke. I assume at Coronation Park. Haven't seen a kick-off time or line-ups, yet.

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    @Stargazer Given Coronation Park (usual home of the HB 7s) is in Waipawa you will have travelled about 70km too far north if you are intending to travel up to watch the game. Dannevirke play their rugby at the aptly named Rugby Park if my memory serves me correctly.

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    @Higgins Haha.

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    Preseason games confirmed on the Manawatū Facebook page:

    Monday 5 June 2023 at Rugby Park, Dannevirke:

    1.00pm: Manawatū Development Whāhine v Hawke's Bay Women's Development

    3.00pm: Manawatū Evergreens v Hawke's Bay XV

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    I don't know about anyone else, but its getting a bit concerning that we still don't have any signings. Seems most other provinces are announcing, but we're not. Anybody know anything.

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    @Billsy111 I don't know anything either, but I expect they're going to do the same as last year: drip-feeding the squad in the lead-up to the full squad announcement (early August, I presume). Last year, they announced a signing/squad member every week-day. So I guess we'll have to wait a few more weeks. 😐

    I find it frustrating that we don't know whether we've signed at least one of the Sullivan brothers (Bailyn more likely than Zarn, I think). I think the HBRU should throw us a bone.

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    @Stargazer I think ya right mate. But it would be good if they us something.

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