Highlanders 2021 coaching staff
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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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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
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
He was talked up as a midfielder when he arrived at the Blues. His best game for the Blues was in the preseason before he played a full match. He was playing at 12 and scored or set up 3 tries in 40mins
He played that entire preseason in the midfield and then was selected at fullback when the real games started.
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@Kiwiwomble I was pretty surprised when he showed up playing average rugby at fullback at the blues a few years later.
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@Duluth said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
@Bones said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
he showed up playing average rugby at fullback at the blues a few years later.
He never reached those lofty heights
It was the blues. Exceeding expectations was frowned upon.
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@Bones said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
@Nepia said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
I remembered him as a young on the rise, well thought of centre back in the day, but I probably only noticed him due to his name.
Nepia is Judith Collins!
Damn, I didn't think @mariner4life's insult would be topped today and you step up and knock it out of the park. She definitely has bigger balls than me I guess.
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@Nepia said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
I remembered him as a young on the rise, well thought of centre back in the day, but I probably only noticed him due to his name.
Me too, but I also remember watching him in the midfield for Otago and wondering what all the fuss was about. Might even have mentioned it on here at the time.
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@Crazy-Horse hard to shine for otago, this year might be the first he gets to play outside a top first five for otago
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@Kiwiwomble hope he goes well. Despite the shit he gets on here, I have never had a problem with Collins (probably because he wasn't the Crusaders fullback). This year at 13 he has looked to me to be a slightly poorer man's version of an in form Goodhue. Hope he continues to improve.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders 2021 coaching staff:
@Kiwiwomble hope he goes well. Despite the shit he gets on here, I have never had a problem with Collins (probably because he wasn't the Crusaders fullback).
oh, I would love to have seen him communicating furiously from the back.
Poor guy - pity that he didn't get good coaches earlier to help him maximise his talent. Bryn Hall's another - could have been so much better for the Blues.
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@nzzp Doubt it tbh. Neither of them were really what we needed and nothings changed there. Bryn suits the Crusaders style of play but would more than likely struggle anywhere else and we have always had far better options than Collins both in the midfield and at the back.
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