Highlanders 2021
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@yeetyaah i think short answer is youre probably right,
i think there is an argument to be made that the highlanders and smith have a proven path too the top, smith was behind cowen for his first couple of years...but whether fakatava would buy into the long term path or if he'll want faster results
It might come down to whether Fakatava thinks he can actually overtake smith if he was to move or if he sees hims self as a successor nd so spending another couple of years training with him as a good option
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that cant be a good sign, if we couldn;t land him before resigning the one guy standing in front of him then....
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I know who he’s been in talks with. 🪒
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@chchfanatic congrats
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@chchfanatic well now you have to tell us, that's how it works.
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“But for us Aaron Smith is pretty determined to give him the leg up that [former All Blacks No 9] Jimmy Cowan gave him"
you'd hope nuggie is in his ear like hes a ref
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@winger said in Highlanders 2021:
@bones said in Highlanders 2021:
one getting it right seems to be Holland
Not really. It took him a lOng time to select PUJ. And then after he made the AB's dropped him as a starter for the first match this year
Wasn't he out for most the week as his kid was being born? I think "dropped" is more than a stretch.
Not that I think much of Hollands talent recognition/development capabilities either
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@winger said in Highlanders 2021:
@bones said in Highlanders 2021:
one getting it right seems to be Holland
Not really. It took him a lOng time to select PUJ. And then after he made the AB's dropped him as a starter for the first match this year
Wait what? That wasn't me
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@bobily2 correct, PUJ wasn’t dropped he was away for the birth of his first kid. Expect him to start this weekend.
On Fakatava, hope he comes back to the Canes and teams up with his old mate Flanders. Could be the future AB 8-9 combo.
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@shark said in Highlanders 2021:
@chchfanatic said in Highlanders 2021:
I know who he’s been in talks with. 🪒
Hopefully a barber
He is one himself 😂 according to a bloke that cut my hair a couple times. Reckons he did a few of the Magpie boys haircuts this past season.
To be fair, everything he'd see in the mirror is pretty standard.
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@delicatessen I love the nickname Mark Ozich gave him after seeing his mullet: "Ramen Noodles".
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@mofitzy_ said in Highlanders 2021:
What are Nareki's weakness from an AB POV?
Mainly, not Caleb Clarke or Rieko Ioane. Defensive alignment is pretty dodgy at times, in the past he's been prone to some clangers. He's been steadily improving the last year and a half though.
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@mofitzy_ said in Highlanders 2021:
@bones
Defensive positioning can be improved. He's a small bloke but physical, like Kolbe. Also not a poach as he grew up in NZ.Yeah, I think he's probably just gonna be unfortunate - too many in front of him and enough midgets in the AB's already. Plenty of water to go under the bridge though - that's a handy left boot to have at the back (but not at the expense of Clarke).
