Chiefs 2021

Tim

@Bovidae LOL. Grammatical error in the headline too.

Yeetyaah

I really hope he goes well.

gt12

@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2021:

I really hope he goes well.

I'm honestly hoping that every young first five goes well at the moment - if we happen to turn up the future at the chiefs, it would be very sweet.

Plus he's (apparently) related to Bruce, so he should really turn out for TAS too, in which case I'll love him forever regardless.

Yeetyaah

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Bovidae

Based on these Jona Mataiciwa is also part of the extended squad.

Yeetyaah

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Yeetyaah

@Bovidae what team does he play for?

Bovidae

@Yeetyaah He was poached by St Kents from New Plymouth, so maybe he is back in the Naki.

Yeetyaah

@Bovidae oh so he hasn't played M10 yet?

Bovidae

@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2021:

@Bovidae oh so he hasn't played M10 yet?

I don't think so. He would be the same age as Wrampling so still young. It looks like Mataiciwa was one of the stars in the Ignite7 series in 2019, so maybe more involved in sevens to date.

Yeetyaah

Here he is playing for BoP. Dev side maybe?

Bovidae

Mataiciwa might have ended up at the sevens base at the Mount.

There are three young outside backs in the WTG (Wrampling, Naholo and Mataiciwa) so good to include some emerging talent from the region. No Lalomilo Lalomilo though?

Bovidae

The game of three halves will kick off at 12pm (NZT).

Gallagher Chiefs vs Hurricanes

Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Samisoni Taukei'aho
Sione Mafileo
Naitoa Ah Kuoi
Samipeni Finau
Viliami Taulani
Lachlan Boshier
Luke Jacobson
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi
Bryn Gatland
Jonah Lowe
Quinn Tupaea
Sean Wainui
Gideon Wrampling
Chase Tiatia

Reserves:
Sekope Lopeti-Moli
Reuben O’Neill
Joshua Iosefa - Scott
Stan Van Den Hoven
Kaylum Boshier
Lisati Milo-Harris
Rivez Reihana
Mathew Skipwith-Garland

Gallagher Chiefs vs Blues

Oliver Norris
Bradley Slater
Joe Apikotoa
Stan Van den Hoven
Josh Lord
Simon Parker
Mitchell Karpik
Kaylum Boshier
Xavier Roe
Rivez Reihana
Etene Nanai-Seturo
Rameka Poihipi
Alex Nankivell
Mathew Skipwith-Garland
Shaun Stevenson

Reserves:
Sekope Lopeti-Moli
Reuben O’Neill
Joshua Iosefa - Scott
Samipeni Finau
Viliami Taulani
Lisati Milo-Harris
Bryn Gatland
Gideon Wrampling

https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/gallagher-chiefs-named-for-pre-season-fixture-against-the-hurricanes-and-blues

Bovidae

Excluding the ABs, the others missing are:

Harris
Ross
Moli
Ta'avao
Brown
Sowakulu
Trask
Sullivan

Stargazer

So, can we conclude from the fact that the Chiefs have tagged Sky Sport, that it will be televised? The game still doesn't appear in the online tv guide ...

taniwharugby

@Stargazer maybe they tagged them to let them know the game is on?

Stargazer

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300228183/super-rugby-chiefs-coach-clayton-mcmillan-plays-first-hand-with-teams-for-game-of-three-halves

Bovidae

The team to play the Hurricanes is the more experienced of the two, but I wouldn't read too much into the overall selections in pre-season games.

One thing that did stand out to me was the locking combos in each game. Ah Kuoi and Finau are on the shorter side while Lord and Van den Hoven are both 2 m locks. I would have thought you would selected a shorter and tall lock together.

Marty

@Bovidae Perhaps an opportunity to directly compare 'talls' and 'shorts' side by side in the same game?

Donsteppa

@Marty said in Chiefs 2021:

@Bovidae Perhaps an opportunity to directly compare 'talls' and 'shorts' side by side in the same game?

Yep, perhaps a chance to put the pressure on the 'shorts' to step up at lineout time without a tall/safe go to, and see how they perform. Also to test how the tall locks go at a power game (as such) around the park.

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