Highlanders 2021 coaching staff
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@kiwi_expat said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
@Kiwiwomble more like Sio Tomkinson. McKay wasn't getting selected for the longest while, he'd only started 3 matches in three years since Mauger signed him in 2018.
Well yeah, and those 3 matches he'd been pretty ordinary. Walden disappears off the face of the earth and all of a sudden McKay is a gun....go figure....
Actual footage of McKay being kidnapped.
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
I wonder whether he doesn't get any game time because he's signed somewhere else.
That would be a very petty stance to take, especially when you consider the form in the midfield and the injuries. It would make me distrust Mauger even more. I would hope there's more meat to it than that, but I wouldn't be surprised if not.
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just promote Hammer to the top job
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@kiwi_expat said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
Mauger's problem is said to be man-management and selection related, sources have indicated there is increasing unrest among the Highlanders players with regards to Mauger's contradictory methods, he is alleged to say one thing one week then change his mind. Players are frustrated to find themselves on the outer after being selected one week then suddenly dropped again the next.
Do you think the last game might've changed attitudes towards Mauger?
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@Duluth His selections are finally becoming consistent. For the most part Mauger has his best XV sorted and is sticking with a core group of players, which is a good sign. I'm still hesitant about his coaching as the improvements this year can be more attributed to Brown, rather than Mauger himself.
What we know is that Tony Brown has been in charge of the game-planning/strategy this year, not Mauger. This is the most significant area in which the Highlanders have stepped up this year. They've been playing smarter rugby.
The strategy the Highlanders implemented this year was much the same as what Brown used with Japan at the rugby world cup.
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@kiwi_expat said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
@Duluth His selections are finally becoming consistent. For the most part Mauger has his best XV sorted and is sticking with a core group of players, which is a good sign. I'm still hesitant about his coaching as the improvements this year can be more attributed to Brown, rather than Mauger himself.
What we know is that Tony Brown has been in charge of the game-planning/strategy this year, not Mauger. This is the most significant area in which the Highlanders have stepped up this year. They've been playing smarter rugby.
The strategy the Highlanders implemented this year was much the same as what Brown used with Japan at the rugby world cup.
Tony, if you want the job, we're not really the ones to be campaigning...
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@Snowy all jokes aside, it is really baffling considering sio has become a bit of a card magnet and before collins moved our midfield was really struggling
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@Kiwiwomble It was tongue in cheek, but I agree with you. Collins to centre does seem to have been a bit of an inspired choice though. A full back moving to centre...brave stuff around here.
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@Snowy said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
@Kiwiwomble It was tongue in cheek, but I agree with you. Collins to centre does seem to have been a bit of an inspired choice though. A full back moving to centre...brave stuff around here.
I always thought of him as a midfielder just because that's where he started with otago when Bender was at 15, it was reported when he moved to the blues it was because he wanted game time at his preferred position of 15...which surprised me...and now ive seen it mentioned he's relishing his preferred position in the midfield
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@Kiwiwomble actually come to think of it, I think I was calling him an AB in waiting waaaay back then, he was a gun for a young fella...do I recall right he had blondish/curly hair?
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@Bones ...not sure even i went that far...although i honestly think he'd have a much better rep if he'd just stuck to the midfield
I thought he always had pretty short hair but i did see this, this would have to be debut season
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