Chiefs 2019
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Feel like it lacks a the classy, polished names of some of the other teams (they don't have 14 AB loose forwards like the Highlanders for instance)
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In a world cup year, with the whole system geared up to fire around late October, that's not necessarily a bad thing, at least until June.
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@mariner4life Your first choice backline should be really good.
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@tim said in Chiefs 2019:
@mariner4life Your first choice backline should be really good.
Maybe if we had two ALBs (or one ALB and one Maori Jesus) it would but we have a huge whole in the midfield, so much so that I mentioned Wainui as a starting midfielder earlier in the thread.
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@tim said in Chiefs 2019:
@mariner4life Your first choice backline should be really good.
plenty of wheels for sure. If they can stay fit they'll be good, and there is a lot of hard workers picked up front (from what i know of them anyway) so we should get ball.
I think we'll finish 3rd in the conference, 2nd if we get a bit of injury luck.
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@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2019:
BUT
In a world cup year, with the whole system geared up to fire around late October, that's not necessarily a bad thing, at least until June.
That's the key point, really.
In a RWC year all bets are off because you know all the senior ABs are going to have their eyes on another prize.
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@chris-b said in Chiefs 2019:
@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2019:
BUT
In a world cup year, with the whole system geared up to fire around late October, that's not necessarily a bad thing, at least until June.
That's the key point, really.
In a RWC year all bets are off because you know all the senior ABs are going to have their eyes on another prize.
yea, you look at your mob, and your 5 best forwards probably should barely play until April.
The flip side being i think your 10 will be playing his ass off all season.
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@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2019:
@chris-b said in Chiefs 2019:
@mariner4life said in Chiefs 2019:
BUT
In a world cup year, with the whole system geared up to fire around late October, that's not necessarily a bad thing, at least until June.
That's the key point, really.
In a RWC year all bets are off because you know all the senior ABs are going to have their eyes on another prize.
yea, you look at your mob, and your 5 best forwards probably should barely play until April.
The flip side being i think your 10 will be playing his ass off all season.
How many SR games are the AB's being made to have off?
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A quick scan through the Chiefs FB page has a comment from a good source (re: Tupaea's non-selection). If he signed a SR contract he would be ineliglble for the NZ U20s and he wants to play for them.
That must apply for all players. Let's see if Fakatava gets selected.
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@taniwharugby yea I think if the franchise agrees they can be released for the U20 Worlds a la Caleb Clarke last year. If hes not in the fulltime squad he would most certainly be on an ITC. ITC can still play SR in the event of injuries to other players. The SR franchise needs to get approval first though from the NZRFU. What a mature decision from the young man if indeed he has turned down a fulltime contract to ensure he plays at the U20 worlds.
