Chiefs v Highlanders
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@Kiwiwomble said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@Bones said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@Kiwiwomble said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
still no team announcement, we normally do it on thursday....please someone confirm it is thursday, dont think i cold take it still being wednesday
Mckay has snapped and taken the whole team and management hostage.
If he doesn't I will.
fixed it for you
Now it doesn't make sense.
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@Kiwiwomble The game is on Sunday, so the team announcement will be on Friday. Don't be worried, it's is really Thursday, today.
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@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
Edited to add these quotes from the article:
Playmaker Josh Ioane is set to make his first appearance in Super Rugby Aotearoa after a frustrating groin injury, while tough flanker Dillon Hunt appears to have recovered from the eye injury he suffered against the Hurricanes last weekend
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However, the news isn't as good for halfback Kayne Hammington, who fractured a hand in the closing stages of the Hurricanes loss and will miss the rest of the competition, while midfielder/wing Ngatungane Punivai is likely to miss a second game due to concussion.
I'm sorry for Hammington, but I'm happy that Fakatava may finally get some game time!
Maybe Smith plays the full 80
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Ioane starts on the bench, fair enough, gregory swaps wing...can mckay only pass one way? assuming Nareki just needs a break
I think i would prefer we start with coltman so we have dixon on at the end for those clutch lineouts
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Mauger also praised the burgeoning midfield partnership of Sio Tomkinson and Rob Thompson, who will again line up together against the Hurricanes’ formidable Ngani Laumape.
“All of those [Highlanders] midfielders are working well together," Mauger said.
“During lockdown that group committed to an identity and how they wanted to influence our game, and what they wanted to look like through this competition.
“Sio and Rob are the lucky guys who got the early start and both have taken their opportunities and performed really well.
“Obviously, Ngane [Punivai} and Tei [Walden] are there as well. It's tough competition, but we just felt continuity with that selection was really key.”
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1 Aidan Ross (35)
2 Bradley Slater (11)
3 Nepo Laulala (37)
4 Tupou Vaa’i (3)
5 Mitchell Brown (41)
6 Lachlan Boshier (53)
7 Sam Cane (118) (c)
8 Pita Gus Sowakula (24)
9 Brad Weber (81)
10 Kaleb Trask (5)
11 Solomon Alaimalo (45)
12 Alex Nankivell (28)
13 Anton Lienert-Brown (77)
14 Sean Wainui (34)
15 Damian McKenzie (80)Reserves:
16 Samisoni Taukei’aho (32)
17 Reuben O’Neill (7)
18 Ross Geldenhuys (9)
19 Adam Thomson (3)
20 Mitchell Karpik (26)
21 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (37)
22 Aaron Cruden (98)
23 Quinn Tupaea (8)
Unavailable for selection:
Angus Ta’avao (quad), Naitoa Ah Kuoi (concussion)
Season ending: Atu Moli (hips), Laghlan McWhannell (knee), Luke Jacobson (hand), Michael Allardice (shoulder), Nathan Harris (shoulder), Ryan Coxon (thumb), Sam McNicol (ankle). -
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@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@Bovidae I'd like Falcon to see some game time.
What's wrong with him? Is he injured?
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@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@Hooroo Nope, playing club rugby for Clive.
So just a bit too poke to make the squad.
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