Highlanders 2024
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2024:
@SouthernMann Well, #f&ckerdyf@ck, the Highlanders have poached another one of our best young players! Another one lost to the HB Academy! Happy for Josh Augustine to get the opportunity, but it shouldn't have been in Dunedin.
surely just following in a long line of HB players who get their shot down south?
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@nostrildamus said in Highlanders 2024:
@Bovidae said in Highlanders 2024:
@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders 2024:
Is Quintin related to Fabien?
He's a smaller version of his big brother.
so still quite sizeable for a flanker https://www.therugbyagents.com/player/620102108a7ed
Looking at the CV and age, doesn't appear to be this Holland
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@Kiwiwomble Hopefully, he'll return to play for HB once he is ready for playing NPC. I have nothing against him playing for the Highlanders in SR.
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@Stargazer thats fair, has he signed for otago or anything?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2024:
@Stargazer thats fair, has he signed for otago or anything?
All of the players will be signed to either Otago or Southland. Irish Paul said two will be going to Stag country.
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@Landers92 said in Highlanders 2024:
@frugby it’s exciting in some areas, but unfortunately the reality is we are going to be looking at a very similar season to last season, if not worse.
An injury to one of the very few key players we now have left and we are in trouble.
In saying that, I am excited by what is being built and the key here is making sure we retain the young talent being invested in. Sprinkled with a signing here and there and who knows where we could be in another year or 2. Let’s hope!
I don't think it is a season like last. If we keep the key signings fit, we'll go fine, because our issue has never been in the forwards, it has been the backs and an inability to score tries.
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Hey team, just an update on the Highlanders player signings. I’m almost certain they’ve signed 118kg Tongan Flanker Lui Naeata. 29 years old, played most of his rugby in Japan.
Cheers.
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@Daffy-Jaffy 30s of the intro is him standing with hands on hips, then cut to after a try and him throwing the ball, but we don't get to see the try. That's as far as I got. I'm disappointed I gave the creator a click.
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@Bones You are a bit tough on an amateur uploader with 40 subscribers making an editing mistake. I didn't realise you were a youngster from the Tiktok no attention span generation. A pity because you missed some nice highlights of a player new to most of us.
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@Daffy-Jaffy sorry bro no offence 😉
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Not sure if any Highlanders fans noticed that Nogusta mentioned in the Blues thread a few days ago that Edward Annandale the Auckland Lock may be going to the Landers. Another rumour for ya.
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@HLD2023Champions said in Highlanders 2024:
Hey team, just an update on the Highlanders player signings. I’m almost certain they’ve signed 118kg Tongan Flanker Lui Naeata. 29 years old, played most of his rugby in Japan.
Cheers.
Will probably explain why he played for NZ Barbarians against NZ Heartland on Saturday amongst a number of Otago club players.
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Could be totally overthinking this, but what are the odds that these images are based off the new kits. Seems like we might be heading back towards a proper royal blue rather than the navy that has been used from 2014 onwards. I think we are also going to be seeing names on the back of shirts...
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@frugby the Highlanders social media guy/videographer is a former colleague of mine. I’ve asked him if they are the new jerseys. Will let you know when he confirms.
