Chiefs 2023
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@Windows97 said in Chiefs 2023:
Ratima was terrible against the Reds, slow to the breakdown and spent a large amount of time at the back of the ruck waving his hands unsuccessfully trying to draw penalties whilst allowing plenty of time for the Reds defensive line to fuse into an impenetrable wall...
A surprise as he's been very effective off the bench and added quite a lot of impact in prior games, maybe just a bad game but gracious me - a hard watch.
Shows how the starting/finishing roles are different.
A halfback sets the rhythm for the game. Ratima seems to be able to pick up and continue an established flow but if he has to set it he brings too much other stuff to the party. -
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@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2023:
https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/daniel-rona-inks-three-year-deal-with-gallagher-chiefs
Wasjust coming to post same thing, only mine was from Taranaki Bulls, he signed there another couple of years too. Pleased with that!
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@Stargazer said in Chiefs 2023:
My son scored a pair of boots like that when the Tongan league team beat the kiwis in Hamilton. At nearly 15 he might finally be able to fit them soon.
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@Crucial said in Chiefs 2023:
@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2023:
I see that Gideon Wrampling is playing club rugby tomorrow. He was also meant to play last week but the opposition defaulted.
That guy is a foodbill. Unlucky as fuck
Without going into details Wrampling has had some very serious injuries for someone so early in his pro rugby career.
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This article and the photo on the Chiefs' SM confirm that Reihana had a long-term knee injury.
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The Chiefs are keeping the main band together.
https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/randle-hill-extend-coaching-contracts-with-gallagher-chiefs
The full Gallagher Chiefs coaching team for 2024 will be confirmed at the conclusion of the current DHL Super Rugby Pacific season.
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@Bovidae The article also mentions that defense coach Hill is going to the World Cup as part of AB's coaching staff, could they expand his role & lend some of his defensive expertise to assist McLeod? They could even do a swap of roles and have Scott McLeod as the skills coach instead. Please?
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@kiwi_expat been alot to like about the chiefs defence this year.
Odd he'd be going now, unless Scott has reached out and asked for help haha
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@taniwharugby The funny thing is a few on here thought it was unusual for Razor to appoint 4 assistants, when Foster initially appointed 5 (Plumtree, McLeod, Mooar, Feek, Hill) which extended to 6 when Strawbridge was brought in at the start of 2022.
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@kiwi_expat said in Chiefs 2023:
@taniwharugby The funny thing is a few on here thought it was unusual for Razor to appoint 4 assistants, when Foster initially appointed 5 (Plumtree, McLeod, Mooar, Feek, Hill) which extended to 6 when Strawbridge was brought in at the start of 2022.
I don't think it was the number of assistants that people were querying - it was the crossover of roles between Leon and Holland. It felt they were 2 coaches with very similar briefs/backrounds.
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Hill has been part of the AB coaching group for a few years now, as the kicking coach. He also went to Japan in 2019.
