Chiefs 2017
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Queenland whanau? Ballymore is fucking closer to Hamilton than me in Cairns.
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The Gallagher Chiefs team to play the Bulls is:
- Mitchell Graham
- Brayden Mitchell
- Nepo Laulala
- Mitchell Brown
- Matiaha Martin - who?
- Taleni Seu
- Mitchell Karpik
- Tom Sanders
- Brad Weber
- Stephen Donald (C)
- Latu Vaeno
- Johnny Faauli
- Tim Nanai-Williams
- Solomon Alaimalo
- Shaun Stevenson
RESERVES:
Hika Elliot
Sosefo Kautai
Atu Moli
Fin Hoeata
Liam Messam
Finlay Christie
James Lowe
Toni Pulu
Joe Ravouvou
Luteru Laulala
Kane Hames -
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@Hooroo said in Chiefs 2017:
Dumb Question for a change....
So who is playing in the 10's this weekend if all those clowns are playing in a pre-season?
Forwards: Siegfried Fisi'ihoi, Liam Polwart, Atu Moli, Sam Caird, Fin Hoeata, Liam Messam, Sosefo Kautai, Taleni Seu, Mitchell Brown, Luke Jacobson, Lachlan Boshier, Hika Elliot, Mitchell Graham
Backs: Brad Weber, Joe Ravouvou, Finlay Christie, Tim Nanai-Williams, Sheldon Tovio, Sevu Reece, Jonathan Taumateine, Shaun Stevenson, Solomon Alaimalo, Alex Nankivell, Dwayne Sweeney, Luteru Laulala, Latu Vaeno.
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No match reports that I can find yet but here's a brief summary gleaned from
TrumperTwitter3 mins - Chiefs cough up an intercept try to Bulls. Converted (7-0)
10 mins - Bulls over again from a rolling maul. Converted 14-0
14 mins - Chiefs score try to Weber. Beaver converts 14-7
HALFTIME - 14-7
51 mins - another intercept to Bulls. This one chased down.
53 mins - but then they cross anyway. converted 21-7
70 mins - Tony Pulu over but called back for forward pass
80 mins - converted try on the buzzer to Bulls 28-7 -
Not the result the Chiefs would have been looking for, but not too surprising when looking at the strength of the team (missing the majority of the starters). The Bulls had already played some preseason games.
I'll be interested to read how some individuals went and how the teams adapted to the new tackle law. Looks like Hoffmann was the ref.
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Some info about the game last night:
No injuries. Those two words were the music to Chiefs coach Dave Rennie's ears following his team's first Super Rugby pre-season hitout. A largely inexperienced Chiefs lineup went down 28-7 to a strong Bulls team at Ballymore in Brisbane on Thursday night, and while Rennie and his coaching team were already poring over the footage on Friday as they eye several areas of improvement and this weekend's inaugural Brisbane Global Tens, the fact no-one came off worse for wear was the major positive, particularly as the Chiefs have previously had their fair share of bad luck with casualties early in campaigns.
Brad Weber scored the Chiefs' only try of the game, and Stephen Donald added the extras, while the Bulls ran in four - one early from an intercept, a penalty try off the back of a rolling maul to make it 14-7 at halftime, then two in the second spell, including one on the siren.
Rennie said it was a strong test up front for his players and acknowledged they battled at lineout time, though was pleased with how the scrum held up, in a match which saw the return of four-test All Black prop Nepo Laulala and openside flanker Mitch Karpik, who were both invalided out of last season with knee injuries. The Chiefs named 26 players for the match, using all but Liam Messam and Sefo Kautai.
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In better news for the Chiefs than last weekend, Nathan Harris is aiming for an April return:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11800848
