Unlucky Players not to get a SR Contract
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Fletcher Smith. Better than a lot of the first fives that have been named in squads.
Tyrone Thompson. Looks a great prospect and would be a good dev addition.
Johnny Cooper (at a push). Good prospect, but his first year in M10 and he barely got to start.
Josh McKay. Gets a lot of stick on here and rightly so sometimes. His M10 cup was great and was dangerous in open play.
Tony Lamborn. Carries like a beast and brings some mongrel.
McClutchie. Again, better than a lot of the first fives named in teams. We're probably gonna lose him forever.
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Otago wing Freedom Vahaakolo is another player who many would consider unlucky not to earn a full contract. I've heard from a few Highlanders fans this morning who are staggered Sam Gilbert and Scott Gregory are preferred to someone like him.
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From a Magpies perspective, I'm mostly pissed off by McClutchie not getting a contract. Hopefully, he'll get a development contract somewhere and/or ends up in a WTG.
I think Kianu Kereru-Symes could be a good addition to a squad, too.
Geoff Cridge and Tom Parsons are unlucky, too.
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@Tim after the season he has had, Gregory lucky he signed a multi year contract last year, plus is signed as a mid fielder not an OB.
Hopefully the Highlanders coaches watched our games to realise he ain't a FB, cos ours haven't.
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@bobily2 said in Unlucky Players not to get a SR Contract:
Eklund, Lindenmuth, Coxon
You could make a very handy team of rejects this year.
you certainly could.
With my optimistic hat on, I think the lack of player drain will start to tell - NZ rugby will grow in strength, quality and depth again. All we need are some good coaches to be world beaters again
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I am staggered at the blues signings especially outside backs. Why would Kneepkens move up there to join a queue a mile long when he would likely start for his home franchise. And how can Eklund rate behind the 3 chosen. But Leon Mcdonald talked about 10 extra players signed up as cover for Abs. If so then that might be the reason for a lolly scramble of signings and crazy omissions. I think NZRU needs to take a good long look at what is happening if it has lead to this.
I am sad if Fletcher Smith has been forced to look overseas for a contract. He just might be a star signing with his skillset. Besides him I didn't see Kurt Eklund Tom Parsons Samepeni Finau Tamati Tua Josh McKay Aaron Carroll Mitch Jacobsen or Rameka Poihipi. All should be compelling choices as full squad members in my view. -
@ARHS Apparently Ekland is covering at the Blues at the start of the new season for an injured Vikena then has a full 2 year contract with them from 2022. Maybe Parsons is retiring then as he is now 34.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Unlucky Players not to get a SR Contract:
@ARHS Apparently Ekland is covering at the Blues at the start of the new season for an injured Vikena then has a full 2 year contract with them from 2022. Maybe Parsons is retiring then as he is now 34.
you'd think so.
Amazing how Parsons is great as a squad hooker. Great team man, gives it 100%, sets standards. Not quite there on the field, but as a no 2 or 3 he's just fine.
Well done to the coaches for actually bolstering an area of weakness
