Chiefs 2020

[mariner4life]

@Tim said in Chiefs 2020:

Jimmy Roots

you just made that up

[Bovidae]

@Tim I'd rather the Chiefs selected players from within the region, not pick Blues rejects.

[Bovidae]

@Yeetyaah O'Neill would be a good squad option as he can play LH and TH.

[Crucial]

Shows how quickly team fortunes change. One moment players are beating down your door, next they are running away to the next 'best' option.
Blues are flavour of the moment after years of being the leper colony.
I understand that titles on CVs drive player values in overseas contracts and we aren't going to change that ( Ta$man are recipients of that process at the moment too), but I do wonder if that is beneficial to NZ rugby?
Are we better having 5 competitive teams or a tiered set with a whipping boy at the bottom?
I'm not sure of the answer but at the moment one good season often results in player movement for the next two years and a shift of power.
BTW this isn't a grizzle because the Chiefs look on the slide. This has been coming for a time now and I was saying it was the case with the Blues when they were in the doldrums too.
The other aspect is that it can be a coach wrecker. You get a bunch of coaches associated with losing teams that then don't progress.
It isn't just player movement that causes the issues, it is stability, copping poor decisions on field, the management etc etc.
The life of a professional sports team I guess, but is it a good model?

[mofitzy_]

I'd almost forgotten about Moli, 5 AB caps to the forgotten man.

[ARHS]

Kautai, Norris, Iosefa Scott, Johnstone, O'Neill, Thwaites, Ross all Chiefs area. So many to choose from. Hope they stop going elsewhere! Kautai looking good in Mitre 10. Jared Adams will need to find a contract somewhere though, and deserves one.

[Cpt Kumera]

@ARHS should go jeff thwaites and jordan lay

[Bovidae]

@Cpt-Kumera Thwaites will be back at the Highlanders won't he?

As @ARHS says, there is enough propping talent within the Chiefs region to sign locally.

Ross is only the current prop that is listed as having a contract beyond this season (to 2021). Ta'avao's and Moli's contract ends this year. Maybe the same for O'Neill.

[Chris]

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2020:

@Cpt-Kumera Thwaites will be back at the Highlanders won't he?

As @ARHS says, there is enough propping talent within the Chiefs region to sign locally.

Ross is only the current prop that is listed as having a contract beyond this season (to 2021). Ta'avao's and Moli's contract ends this year. Maybe the same for O'Neill.

Highlanders have signed Jermaine Ainsley a TH prop from the Rebels
They will not be resigning one of their props from 2020.

[Bovidae]

@Chris said in Chiefs 2020:

Highlanders have signed Jermaine Ainsley a TH prop from the Rebels
They will not be resigning one of their props from 2020.

That is expected to be Iosefa-Scott, who was given little game time this season.

[Chris]

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2020:

@Chris said in Chiefs 2020:

Highlanders have signed Jermaine Ainsley a TH prop from the Rebels
They will not be resigning one of their props from 2020.

That is expected to be Iosefa-Scott, who was given little game time this season.

Probably, you guys could pick him up maybe.

[Stargazer]

[Cpt Kumera]

Sign up Jordan lay

[Stargazer]

[Yeetyaah]

@Stargazer I still remember how filthy I was at Clarke about jumping on Alaimalo after he scored the try and injuring him for the whole season. In hindsight, he's leaving anyway so 🤷