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    @African-Monkey said in Highlanders 2020:

    @Duluth Exactly. The amount of traffic Blues gameday threads get especially after we lose to let us know about it is a lot which there's nothing wrong with of course. It'nothing to sulk about though.

    Hah fucken hell, what a load of shit. Just like "big sulk". I see you appear to be one of those that must find offense in everything, the way the world is going eh!

    I am what?

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    @Bones A sensitive wee soul 🙂

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    @African-Monkey said in Highlanders 2020:

    @Bones A sensitive wee soul 🙂

    Oh, how so? Am I one of those many, many posters that see the blues lose and deliberately go on tsf, find the blues thread and give them grief about losing and criticise their Auckland players? Probably eh, they're bloody everywhere!

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    @Tim said in Highlanders 2020:

    Collins is actually a pretty decent counter attacking fullback, but his kicking game is terrible, and he makes a lot of unforced mistakes. Positioning is often poor too.

    I think you are being too kind about his counter attacking. A couple of good moments offset by his brain farts

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    @Duluth said in Highlanders 2020:

    @Tim said in Highlanders 2020:

    Collins is actually a pretty decent counter attacking fullback, but his kicking game is terrible, and he makes a lot of unforced mistakes. Positioning is often poor too.

    I think you are being too kind to his counter attacking. A couple of good moments offset by his brain farts

    When he gets moving forward he links very well and is good at finding space for others. Some brilliant brain farts, I'm picking they'll disappear.

    He pulls the right faces though.

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    @Bones said in Highlanders 2020:

    Some brilliant brain farts, I'm picking they'll disappear.

    Stop blaming Umaga

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    I remember hearing how much Tevita Li was going to carve up at the Highlanders once he got out of the Blues. Then he become a comedic target by Highlanders fans on here.

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    @KiwiMurph said in Highlanders 2020:

    I remember hearing how much Tevita Li was going to carve up at the Highlanders once he got out of the Blues. Then he become a comedic target by Highlanders fans on here.

    Who was saying that? Sounds funny but I can't imagine there being much evidence to back it up.

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    @Stargazer replacement for Rayasi next year at the Canes due to him being away with the sevens?

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    @mikey07 I think they might go with Mark Telea from Harbour. He was in the wider squad last year and has scored a few good tries this year already.

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    @Duluth said in Highlanders 2020:

    I think Collins will continue to shit the bed at fullback. He might go better at 12/13

    Which is where he started his FC career before somehow being converted to fullback somewhere along the line. So I agree.

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    @shark said in Highlanders 2020:

    Which is where he started his FC career before somehow being converted to fullback somewhere along the line. So I agree.

    When he signed for the Blues he was being talked about as a utility who was primarily a midfielder.
    In his first pre-season he only played at 12 and did a good job. When the regular season started he moved to fullback. Dumb.

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    @Duluth yeah I remember him as a young centre for Otago. I predicted big things. Little did I know just how big.

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    @Bones said in Highlanders 2020:

    @Duluth yeah I remember him as a young centre for Otago. I predicted big things. Little did I know just how big.

    I remember the hype around him as a midfielder, clearly it was just you 😉 , so I did find it hard squaring that with the guy playing fullback at the Blues.

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    @Nepia I'm a one man hype machine.

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    @Duluth said in Highlanders 2020:

    @shark said in Highlanders 2020:

    Which is where he started his FC career before somehow being converted to fullback somewhere along the line. So I agree.

    When he signed for the Blues he was being talked about as a utility who was primarily a midfielder.
    In his first pre-season he only played at 12 and did a good job. When the regular season started he moved to fullback. Dumb.

    His best contributions to the blues was his play up in the line, playing like a midfielder.

    His play at fullback was comically bad, my favourite being him diving into the turf, tripping over his own feet and watching the ball bounce in front of him and the other team scoring while he was still on the ground.

    He was the most consistent howler generator in Super Rugby. At least one in every game.

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    @KiwiMurph said in Highlanders 2020:

    I remember hearing how much Tevita Li was going to carve up at the Highlanders once he got out of the Blues. Then he become a comedic target by Highlanders fans on here.

    So I take it you can't back it up then?

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    @Bones Tevita Li was one of the kids that was supposed to be the next coming , but from what I could see his game never found consistency or improvement to take him to another level , pace for Africa ,but prone to the most outrageous mistakes .

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    @Steven-Harris when I watched him at age group i thought he was gonna be a star for the ABs...nope

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    @taniwharugby said in Highlanders 2020:

    @Steven-Harris when I watched him at age group i thought he was gonna be a star for the ABs...nope

    He seems to get worse with experience...

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