Highlanders 2020
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@shark Yes. And the "has done next to nothing since" isn't a fair comment.
He was injured most of the time when at the Canes. Played well for the Magpies in-between injuries, and then, just when he had overcome his injuries and played a whole season for the Magpies, the Canes let him go.
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@shark Granted - Cridge carried injuries in his Hurricanes tenure - I was very critical that he had tied up a spot. But when he got fit - holy hecka! - he is a beast and has an abrasive quality I don't see so much when looking around the other franchises. Not sure of his fitness status currently - I feel for the young man if he is injured again.
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@GagaBoy I agree. I'm not sure he's injured. I had the impression from an interview last year that he has kind of shifted his focus to life after professional rugby. I think he'll still be interested if an opportunity comes along, but it's probably no longer the be-all and end-all for him. I guess repeated serious injuries do that to a player.
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@Stargazer the Canes signed him in 2015. Probably too young at the time, and I recall a furore over his signing ahead of more experienced players, but he's not made an impression when he's been fit since.
I see he was another poach out of Christchurch by Hawkes Bay. They're as bad as Otago was in the early 90s.
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@shark said in Highlanders 2020:
@Stargazer the Canes signed him in 2015. Probably too young at the time, and I recall a furore over his signing ahead of more experienced players, but he's not made an impression when he's been fit since.
You mean, in all those 8 minutes that the Canes gave him off the bench? In his first four years at the Canes he had two Anterior Cruciate Ligament ruptures in his knee, a fractured femur in his leg, shoulder surgery and a back injury.
He's been good in his 38 games for Hawke's Bay, although mostly not at lock, but in the 6 jersey.
I see he was another poach out of Christchurch by Hawkes Bay. They're as bad as Otago was in the early 90s.
Haha, you just made that up. He came to Hawke's Bay because Canterbury wasn't interested in signing him. Same story as Brodie Retallick, who didn't get a Canterbury academy contract.
The decreasing number of players we have from outside the province (we don't have many at the moment), are usually players that didn't get picked in their home province or are forced on us by the Hurricanes.
A few Cantabs came with the coach from Canterbury that nobody in the Bay rates, but not many of them made the Magpies.
Also, a Canterbury supporter accusing another (much smaller) province from poaching is a bit rich, isn't it? We'd love to get George Bridge back from Canterbury, if he doesn't make the ABs, by the way.
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@shark said in Highlanders 2020:
I see he was another poach out of Christchurch by Hawkes Bay. They're as bad as Otago was in the early 90s.
Cough Richie McCaw cough
Seriously thought, we only get the cantanb that can’t make it any further in chch because they’ve brought in other talent...no one chooses otago if they’re starting for canterbury
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2020:
8 minutes
Ok that's even worse than next to nothing. That's pretty much nothing.
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2020:
@shark said in Highlanders 2020:
@Stargazer the Canes signed him in 2015. Probably too young at the time, and I recall a furore over his signing ahead of more experienced players, but he's not made an impression when he's been fit since.
You mean, in all those 8 minutes that the Canes gave him off the bench? In his first four years at the Canes he had two Anterior Cruciate Ligament ruptures in his knee, a fractured femur in his leg, shoulder surgery and a back injury.
He's been good in his 38 games for Hawke's Bay, although mostly not at lock, but in the 6 jersey.
I see he was another poach out of Christchurch by Hawkes Bay. They're as bad as Otago was in the early 90s.
Haha, you just made that up. He came to Hawke's Bay because Canterbury wasn't interested in signing him. Same story as Brodie Retallick, who didn't get a Canterbury academy contract.
The decreasing number of players we have from outside the province (we don't have many at the moment), are usually players that didn't get picked in their home province or are forced on us by the Hurricanes.
A few Cantabs came with the coach from Canterbury that nobody in the Bay rates, but not many of them made the Magpies.
Also, a Canterbury supporter accusing another (much smaller) province from poaching is a bit rich, isn't it? We'd love to get George Bridge back from Canterbury, if he doesn't make the ABs, by the way.
Absolute gold 🥇
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anyone heard who it was in involved?
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@Kiwiwomble I think I know who possibly were in that group, but I'm not willing to post the names of these two players on a public website, considering the media are reading here, too.
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@Stargazer of course, was more wondering if there had been a public statement or something
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@Kiwiwomble Haven't seen anything, yet, other than that possibly four players were involved.
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The Highlanders have apologised after seven of their players were involved in drunken night out in Queenstown last weekend, but none of the group will be stood down from the game against the Blues in Dunedin on Sunday.“From our investigation, we can confirm that no damage at the apartments was caused by any Highlanders player,” CEO Roger Clark said. “We can also confirm that no Highlanders player is facing any action from the police. “Having said that, we’re extremely disappointed that some of our players’ antisocial behaviour forced guests to endure a disturbed night. “As a club we apologise unreservedly to those guests involved.” The Highlanders have not revealed the identity of the players involved, describing it as an employment issue”, but say they will face internal sanctions.The Highlanders also confirmed to Stuff that Josh Ioane, Teariki Ben-Nicholas and Ayden Johnstone were not among the seven players who partied throughout the night. Ioane had posted a picture on social media of the trio with a group of friends in Queenstown on Saturday, but the Highlanders’ investigation revealed they had all left town before the evening spiralled out of control.
