Chiefs vs Lions

[Duluth]

Lions have been named.

Whitely returns from a 7week injury. Marx, Jantjies & Coetzee have been demoted to the bench.

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Sylvian Mahuza; Courtnall Skosan, Lionel Mapoe, Franco Naude, Aphiwe Dyantyi; Gianni Lombard, Ross Cronje; Warren Whiteley (c), Cyle Brink, Kwagga Smith, Marvin Orie, Stephan Lewies, Carlu Sadie, Robbie Coetzee, Sti Sithole

Reserves: Malcolm Marx, Frans Van Wyk, Johannes Jonker, Wilhelm van der Sluys, Marnus Schoeman, Nic Groom, Elton Jantjies, Andries Coetzee

[sparky]

Decent looking 23. The Lions look like the side mostly capable of denying the Crusaders the title.

[Duluth]

Jack Debreczeni, Sean Wainui, Alex Nankivell, Anton Lienert-Brown, Ataata Moeakiola, Marty McKenzie, Brad Weber (captain), Taleni Seu, Lachlan Boshier, Luke Jacobson, Mitchell Brown, Tyler Ardron, Nepo Laulala, Liam Polwart, Angus Ta'avao

Reserves: Samisoni Taukei'aho, Atu Moli, Sosefo Kautai, Jesse Parete, Pita Gus Sowakula, Jonathan Taumateine, Tumua Manu, Shaun Stevenson

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https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/112111756/super-rugby-chiefs-lose-brodie-retallick-and-nathan-harris-to-injury

[Nepia]

And the Chiefs look really shit on paper again.

Surely you’d have Stevenson over the Aussie at the back, has the Aussie played much 15?

[sparky]

Never like seeing the word injury in the same sentence as Brodie Retallick. Hopefully it is nothing major with his hand.

[Stargazer]

@sparky said in Chiefs vs Lions:

Decent looking 23. The Lions look like the side mostly capable of denying the Crusaders the title.

Seriously? Have you seen how the played the last few rounds? They're not even a shadow of the teams that played in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 finals.

[taniwharugby]

@Duluth good to see Debreczeni back, interesting they got him running at FB...should chuck his name in the AB10 mix....

[Nepia]

@taniwharugby said in Chiefs vs Lions:

@Duluth good to see Debreczeni back, interesting they got him running at FB...should chuck his name in the AB10 mix....

Sheesh, any old dude washes up in Taniwha country and you're proposing him for the ABs. It's like you're northern Cantabrians.

[taniwharugby]

@Nepia I knew that would get you

[sparky]

@Stargazer I have. Point I was trying to make is I suspect they'll get better.

[Dice]

Is TTT in the doghouse?

[Stargazer]

@Dice Getting a rest from his heavy workload

[Dice]

@Stargazer I can't see him being at the Chiefs next year. I'm hoping we pick him up.

[taniwharugby]

Listening to Cooper on RS, TTT has been released to play club footy.

Tried to sell it as a good thing; to get 80mins and it is his clubs centenary.

[nzzp]

@Nepia said in Chiefs vs Lions:

It's like you're northern Cantabrians.

North Cantabrians please...

[Daffy Jaffy]

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[Daffy Jaffy]

Match Chiefs v Lions @ FMG Stadium, Hamilton
Referee Brendon Pickerill
AR1 Mike Fraser
AR2 Rasta Rasivhenge
TMO Shane McDermott

[Crucial]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Chiefs vs Lions:

Match Chiefs v Lions @ FMG Stadium, Hamilton
Referee Brendon Pickerill
AR1 Mike Fraser
AR2 Rasta Rasivhenge
TMO Shane McDermott

That's a scary combo.

[Duluth]

Lions looking far better than they have recently

[Machpants]

How was that not a knock on by their nine