Highlanders 2020
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2020:
@Smudge So if you're the assistant coach for another country, you can continue to be the assistant coach to a SR franchise, but if you're the assistant coach for the ABs, you can't?
These questions are best directed at NZR, rather than me. Unless I'm Tony Brown, which I'm not.
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2020:
@Smudge So if you're the assistant coach for another country, you can continue to be the assistant coach to a SR franchise, but if you're the assistant coach for the ABs, you can't?
Yes. Depending on the country
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@Bovidae said in Highlanders 2020:
The Landers home jersey is the best of the lot, but the 2020 jerseys are easily the worst ever.
By the length of the straight.
The Blues and Canes ones are horrendous even if they donโt have a couple of dils on their chest
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2020:
@Smudge So if you're the assistant coach for another country, you can continue to be the assistant coach to a SR franchise, but if you're the assistant coach for the ABs, you can't?
Wouldn't that be down to the employers?
If NZR says AB Asst is full time and they pay both positions then they make the call.
If JRU says J Asst is part time and they allow the guy to have another job then fine at that end. And as long as said coach delivers in his dedicated role as SR Asst the NZR should have no issue.
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It looks like the Highlanders have lost hooker Ricky Jackson. No idea for how long, but this may take a while. Maybe the Highlanders will have a look at Kianu Kereru-Symes, because the Canes didn't let him train with them, this year.
.Big thanks for all the messages and support over the last week. Another night in hospital. Operation last night to insert screw and tight rope onto ankle. Recovery mode... again ๐ฅ
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12296262
4 week ban and a conviction. How will this work when he goes overseas due to the conviction?
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New Zealand Rugby Head of Professional Rugby Chris Lendrum said the new Highlander signing would not be available for two of the Highlanders' two pre-season fixtures, or the first two Investec Super Rugby games of 2020.
Or???
So he misses two games? Considering he's behind Pari Pari Parkinson, Josh Dickson and Jack Whetton in the locking pecking order, he was unlikely to play those first two SR games anyway. The use of the word "or" means that they can just say he will miss the first two SR games (assuming byes don't count, that will be the round 2 and 3 games), especially because the round 3 game is away against the Brumbies and he probably won't be allowed to enter Australiaa. So - using those two first SR games for his suspension - he'll be free to play their two preseason games and all SR games after round 3.
I guess, for their overseas trips, they can use Shannon Frizell and Jesse Parete as lock cover in case one of Parkinson, Dickson or Whetton gets injured. If they, however, have a season with a lot of injuries to locks and/or loosies, they may regret having him in the squad.