Rugby League - Kiwis
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@SBW1 said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
Cometh the hour, cometh the man.
Glad he backflipped on his original decision to be unavailable. We're slightly less fucked now.
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lol ok. are we getting 2023 SJ or 2024 SJ?
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@Gunner said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
Just realised Te Marie Martin isn’t in the team.
Why the fuck not, he was great for the Warriors this year.
I obviously don’t watch enough league, as the only halves I recognise from that list are Nikorima and SJ now that Hughes has been scratched.
He's injured.
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Blow? This will improve us
That said i have seen the incident in question and 5 weeks would actually be criminal
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Yeah, dont think he is that essential either but wow if he gets five weeks for that, there is something seriously wrong.
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@SBW1 said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/afl/hiku-facing-pacific-champs-ban-over-bizarre-charge/ar-AA1sgxUB?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=f600d4eb5f4c45b7b31517ffd9cb8155&ei=53 Which confirms my last post.
I've now seen the video and the fact he's being asked to defend his actions is the most idiotic thing I've seen in sport for quite some time.
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dammit
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@SBW1 said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
Tongans looked a lot stronger than Samoa last year. Not sure what to make of the Roos. Been very little news of late on the Kiwis.
If we still had Madge as coach I'd be fully confident we'd walk this tournament. Oz are a team of fullbacks and loose forwards shoehorned in everywhere and the Tongans are the same as usual, strong pack which we can handle and extremely average halves (Katoa isn't there yet and the other one is Tui).
But, we have Stacey, love the guy as a player, but not sure he has the coaching ability. And the rest of his coaching team don't inspire much either.
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@Nepia said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
@SBW1 said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
Tongans looked a lot stronger than Samoa last year. Not sure what to make of the Roos. Been very little news of late on the Kiwis.
If we still had Madge as coach I'd be fully confident we'd walk this tournament. Oz are a team of fullbacks and loose forwards shoehorned in everywhere and the Tongans are the same as usual, strong pack which we can handle and extremely average halves (Katoa isn't there yet and the other one is Tui).
But, we have Stacey, love the guy as a player, but not sure he has the coaching ability. And the rest of his coaching team don't inspire much either.
The Kiwis are struggling for playmakers too. We might be closer to Tonga than we hoped.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
@Nepia said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
@SBW1 said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
Tongans looked a lot stronger than Samoa last year. Not sure what to make of the Roos. Been very little news of late on the Kiwis.
If we still had Madge as coach I'd be fully confident we'd walk this tournament. Oz are a team of fullbacks and loose forwards shoehorned in everywhere and the Tongans are the same as usual, strong pack which we can handle and extremely average halves (Katoa isn't there yet and the other one is Tui).
But, we have Stacey, love the guy as a player, but not sure he has the coaching ability. And the rest of his coaching team don't inspire much either.
The Kiwis are struggling for playmakers too. We might be closer to Tonga than we hoped.
Did you not hear that Laoitian Jesus is back (lets just overlook his 2024 form
)? The Kiwis instagram page spent 4 posts in a row about it.Even so, without that hype, I think an SJ/Nikorima combo is a step above Katoa/Tui.
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@booboo said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
@Nepia said in Rugby League - Kiwis:
Laoitian Jesus
Who?
Johnson.
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New Zealand team: 1. Keano Kini 2. Jamayne Isaako 3. Matt Timoko 4. Peta Hiku 5. Will Warbrick 6. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 7. Shaun Johnson 8. James Fisher-Harris 9. Phoenix Crossland 10. Griffin Neame 11. Isaiah Papali’i 12. Scott Sorensen 13. Joe Tapine 14. Kodi Nikorima 15. Naufahu Whyte 16. Marata Niukore 17. Jordan Riki 18. Erin Clark 19. Trent Toelau 20. Casey McLean
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If its Shaun ball I guess they believe we dont really need a decent six. Depending on which Shaun turns up that is good or very bad.
