The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV

[Tim]

I'd be interested in a gone too soon to league team. You could assemble one hell of a backline.

9. Brett Iti
10. Frano Botica
11. Va'aiga Tuigamala
12. John Schuster (fuck me he was a great player)
13. Craig Innes
14. Matthew Ridge
15. John Gallagher

[sparky]

@Tim I watched this the other night. It really was a remarkable fuckup by NZR to lose Matthew Ridge and Kipper Gallagher to League at the same time.

[Tim]

@sparky That's a really good watch. Kudos to JK for producing it.

[booboo]

Aaron Hopa

[sparky]

10 Richie Mo'unga.

According to Razor.

[Tim]

@sparky boring.

[Bones]

Yeah I came here for Maka and Stanley. Good job sir

[MN5]

Koula Tukino for Michael Leitch

[African Monkey]

Charles Piutau, Steven Luatua, Francis Saili

[SouthernMann]

Jackson Hemopo. Just getting into his stride as an AB and off to Japan.

[Bovidae]

@booboo said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

Aaron Hopa

The first player I thought of, given the thread title.

[booboo]

@SouthernMann said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

Jackson Hemopo. Just getting into his stride as an AB and off to Japan.

Tamati Ellison

[Bones]

@booboo said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

@SouthernMann said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

Jackson Hemopo. Just getting into his stride as an AB and off to Japan.

Tamati Ellison

I'd tend to lean more towards Matchbox 20 and Proctor

[MN5]

@Bones said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

@booboo said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

@SouthernMann said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

Jackson Hemopo. Just getting into his stride as an AB and off to Japan.

Tamati Ellison

I'd tend to lean more towards Matchbox 20 and Proctor

Definitely. A lot of the guys in the OP were barely missed at all

[dogmeat]

Sharkey Robinson and Nick Evans

[KiwiMurph]

Anthony Boric
James Ryan

[Canes4life]

Big Reggie Goodes. Started to come into his own for the Canes and was beginning to push for AB selection before concussion cut his career short. Probs would still be playing now but he’s been out of the game for a good 7 years now.

Broadhurst was the other one from the Canes who just made the ABs before retiring from concussion.

[Nepia]

@Tim said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

1 Craig Dowd (forced to switch sides by Hart, soon departed)

Should Dowd really be there? He played 64 Super matches and half his career was played before it existed. He was also out of the ABs after only being used as a bench player in his final year.

[sparky]

Bull Allen.

Forced into retirement at 30 because of a back injury. Massive cult crowd favourite. Such an iconic part of the early years of the Hurricanes.

[Tim]

@Nepia said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

@Tim said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

1 Craig Dowd (forced to switch sides by Hart, soon departed)

Should Dowd really be there? He played 64 Super matches and half his career was played before it existed. He was also out of the ABs after only being used as a bench player in his final year.

He probably shouldn't be, but I was struggling for loosehead props. Maybe Saimone Taumoepeau?