The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV

Bovidae

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

Ben Tameifuna, Rory Grice.

That's a name I haven't heard in a while.

Sean Maitland? He's just retired too.

SouthernMann

Scott Hamilton. Sadly cut short after just two All Blacks caps. On a podcast he seemed a really good bloke too

MN5

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

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

Ben Tameifuna, Rory Grice.

That's a name I haven't heard in a while.

Sean Maitland? He's just retired too.

Na he knew cracking the ABs would’ve been easy but wanted the bigger challenge of playing for Scotland

Mr Fish

Jared Payne was always fun to watch, as was Paul Williams.

MN5

@Mr-Fish said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

Jared Payne was always fun to watch, as was Paul Williams.

Did he make an All Black training squad or did I imagine that? Good player, surprised he didn’t get a few AB caps

booboo

Gareth Anscombe

Mr Fish

@MN5 said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

@Mr-Fish said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

Jared Payne was always fun to watch, as was Paul Williams.

Did he make an All Black training squad or did I imagine that? Good player, surprised he didn’t get a few AB caps

He did, maybe 2008? Think he was even called into a match-week squad at one point but never played a game. Ended up representing Samoa.

Darren

I think both Victor Vito and Ngani Laumape might have left too soon. Both could have been useful for the AB's

nzzp

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

I think both Victor Vito and Ngani Laumape might have left too soon. Both could have been useful for the AB's

Luatua. And Charlie Piutau. Would have filled holes in the 2019 squad.

Duluth

@nzzp Moala would've been useful too. He left when he was 25

mariner4life

Stanley Jr

mariner4life

@African-Monkey said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

Regan King?

yeah why did he leave just as he appeared to be cracking it? Especially given he's a centre, a position we are rarely stacked at?

MN5

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

@nzzp Moala would've been useful too. He left when he was 25

Big fan of his. Midfield beast like Nonu although probably less skilled.

Fair to say his off field antics didn’t help matters though.

Duluth

@mariner4life said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

@African-Monkey said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

Regan King?

yeah why did he leave just as he appeared to be cracking it? Especially given he's a centre, a position we are rarely stacked at?

Really weak tackler. I remember one of the well connected Waikato posters said he hated any contact work. Probably knew he didn't have a long NZ career ahead of him?

African Monkey

@Duluth Moala was 28. Great player, sadly as he was just about to break in, he'd get injured.

@mariner4life From memory he wasn't offered a Super Rugby contract? He had a few injury problems and was capped too early. We never saw the best of him here.

mariner4life

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

@mariner4life said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

@African-Monkey said in The "gone too soon" Super Rugby XV:

Regan King?

yeah why did he leave just as he appeared to be cracking it? Especially given he's a centre, a position we are rarely stacked at?

Really weak tackler. I remember one of the well connected Waikato posters said he hated any contact work. Probably knew he didn't have a long NZ career ahead of him?

that would pretty much do it

managed a few games up North i see.