Highlanders 2021
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@Bones I hope Thompson wasn’t let go just because on one poor season
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@Kiwiwomble ok... what's your preferred reason?
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@Stargazer and why not eh, I think his run at the ABs is done.
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@Bones Wow, this is getting ugly. Poihipi has played for the Crusaders Development side, or Crusader Knights. As the following excerpt from a story in The Star from a couple of weeks ago on a recently named Canterbury side says:
There are only two players missing Super Rugby exposure - Newell and midfielder Rameka Poihipi.
Should I take it that any player who makes a development team is "Super Rugby level" as you said earlier??
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@Bones said in Highlanders 2021:
@shark said in Highlanders 2021:
Thompson has been a bloody good player for 5-6 seasons. He may have been below par this year but he's still put together a much, much more impressive body of work than Walden.
Yeah who cares if he's playing awful, he was great in 2019. That's really sound thinking. Wonder why he fell off a cliff this year? Almost like he was made to look even better by a player inside him...
You must be all over the NMS signing, I mean how good was he 5 years ago?
His recent sprint training with Owen Franks really paid off
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@Siam said in Highlanders 2021:
@Bones said in Highlanders 2021:
@shark did you not say it was Rameka Poihipi and Isaiah Punivai? Embarrassing.
wow, those guys in their 3rd grade club sides wear the same jerseys as the crusaders! Smart marketing
Wrong Punivai thats is a pic of Ngane not Isia.
Isia played against The Naki not Ngane.
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@Chris said in Highlanders 2021:
@Siam said in Highlanders 2021:
@Bones said in Highlanders 2021:
@shark did you not say it was Rameka Poihipi and Isaiah Punivai? Embarrassing.
wow, those guys in their 3rd grade club sides wear the same jerseys as the crusaders! Smart marketing
Wrong Punivai thats is a pic of Ngane not Isia.
Isia played against The Naki not Ngane.
Yep. You'd have thought the lack of corn rows would have tipped Bones off, but he was so busy beating himself off over finding pics of Poihipi and a Punivai in Crusaders strips that he couldn't let the facts get in the way of his great story.
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Haha! Well I got owned huh.
I guess that's it then. Walden wasn't the best back besides Smith/Ioane and the Highlanders are much better off without him. Where we will struggle is replacing the massive impact Thompson had this year.
Here's hoping whoever replaces Mauger can step up to match his sterling selection policy and guidance.
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Just saw on the socials we havent offered Ash Dixon a new contract.....
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@Kiwiwomble What the hell is going on down there?
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hope its wrong...but yeah...thats what i want to know
this season our stand outs were ash and our loosies....Dillon hunt gone and maybe ash plus some talk of Frizell going
area of weakness was midfield until collins came in and even then we'd only say it performed....let two midfielders go, one of witch didn't play so cant be held at fault and the other has a rare bad season...but we've kept one of the two who played, sio, who can firmly be blamed for poor form and loads of cards/penalties
i hope we havent done t because we havent appointed a new coach...i don't think any new coach would mind having Ash on board
