Highlanders 2021
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Otago halfback James Arscott has been bought in as a replacement for Fakatava. The injury list has grown over the last few weeks for the Highlanders with the promising Thomas Umaga-Jensen and Freedom Vahaakolo both ruled out for the season. They have been replaced permanently in the squad by Otago midfielder Josh Timu and Southland utility back Josh Moorby. -
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2021:
damn it
Real shame because Folau Fakatava was playing great footy and looking every inch an All Black.
He's young so hopefully he'll bounce back after surgery.
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2021:
damn it
Not the update anyone wanted to see. Easily in the top two halfbacks in the country.
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2021:
@bobily2 its a tear rather than rupture, my rupture was given 12 months for full recovery so would have thought a tear was faster?
Yea, I didn't make that distinction when reading it. From what I've heard Handre Pollard is looking at over 6/7 months overall recovery time for his tear that occurred late-ish last year. I think Fakatava would likely be out of the NPC then, either way.
I think the stuff article suggested he'd be out for 9 months to a year, but they might not have made the distinction either
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good news
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@akan004 And that's not counting Nehe Milner-Skudder and Solomon Alaimalo, and Koroi being with the AB7s.
(Renton has been a good replacement they've brought in though, and they have Makene and Fomai as decent additions to the squad, too.)
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If I read this article correctly, MMT will be out for SR T-T, but may be back for NPC.
