Unlucky Players not to get a SR Contract

[Stargazer]

@pukunui I wish I knew how to make a highlights video (and had the time to make one). I'd spam the Super Rugby franchises with a McClutchie highlight reel.

[mikey07]

@Stargazer no point sending it to Holland you should know this by now 😂

[Machpants]

Rugby pass take

Super Rugby 2021: The hapless men who missed out on contracts - and the players who might be counting their lucky stars

Amongst the almost 200 players selected for NZ Super Rugby sides for 2021, there are certainly a few men who will count themselves lucky to have been offered a contract for next year - and plenty others who will feel somewhat aggrieved.

[Steven Harris]

@Machpants Tamati Tua was on the Blues Radar , but is booked in to have surgery this week and will not be returning until the start of the 2021 Mitre 10 Cup..
Northland Skipper Jordon Olsen is a tad unlucky was outstanding during the Mitre 10 Cup campaign, but like Tony Lamborn who has represented the USA, Olsen played international rugby for Canda last year ..

In my opinion , the 2 unluckiest players not to pick up super contracts are Adrian Choat and Lincoln Mclutchie

If Salesi Rayasi was Auckland’s best player , then Choat was the next best ..as for Mclutchie , I am still trying to figure this one out , the man has X Factor , and can open up any defence

[Stargazer]

Ken Laban agrees.

[Machpants]

@Stargazer whelp that's that theory fucked then

[Stargazer]

@Machpants Which theory is that?

[Machpants]

@Stargazer said in Unlucky Players not to get a SR Contract:

@Machpants Which theory is that?

Any theory supported by Ken

Edit: is probably a fake tweet tho, he didn't mention which schools McClutchie went to

[mikey07]

@Machpants Leave Ken alone he’s a good Wainui boy the best thing is he never mentions it 😂

[cgrant]

How old is Bryn Evans ? I have nothing against him as he is solid and experienced but the likes of Parsons, Cridge and Tucker are surely very disappointed.
And what about Dalzell ? Off to Japan ?
K. Boshier and S. Parker were already contracted but they can feel lucky as players like Roots and Choat were outstanding during the M10 Cup IMO and would have been excellent choices.

[Nepia]

@cgrant said in Unlucky Players not to get a SR Contract:

How old is Bryn Evans ? I have nothing against him as he is solid and experienced but the likes of Parsons, Cridge and Tucker are surely very disappointed.
And what about Dalzell ? Off to Japan ?
K. Boshier and S. Parker were already contracted but they can feel lucky as players like Roots and Choat were outstanding during the M10 Cup IMO and would have been excellent choices.

Bryn Evans selection is stupid. He shouldn’t be there ahead of his two teammates or any of the spate of locks leaving the country. (Agreed, nothing against Evans, he was awesome for the Magpies in his heyday).

WTF kind of system sees Hickey and Evans get spots but not McClutchie and Parsons.

And there’s no way fatty Savea is one of the top midfielders in the country.

[pukunui]

There seems to be an obsession with experience. Even if the vast majority of the experience that player has is playing shit rugby and not winning anything.

[Machpants]

@Nepia said in Unlucky Players not to get a SR Contract:

@cgrant said in Unlucky Players not to get a SR Contract:

How old is Bryn Evans ? I have nothing against him as he is solid and experienced but the likes of Parsons, Cridge and Tucker are surely very disappointed.
And what about Dalzell ? Off to Japan ?
K. Boshier and S. Parker were already contracted but they can feel lucky as players like Roots and Choat were outstanding during the M10 Cup IMO and would have been excellent choices.

Bryn Evans selection is stupid. He shouldn’t be there ahead of his two teammates or any of the spate of locks leaving the country. (Agreed, nothing against Evans, he was awesome for the Magpies in his heyday).

WTF kind of system sees Hickey and Evans get spots but not McClutchie and Parsons.

And there’s no way fatty Savea is one of the top midfielders in the country.

Fatty Savea is in as an outside back, even worse! He may well be playing an Argentinian ChocolateBar as a fellow ‘midfielder’ - dangerous combo

[taniwharugby]

Paul Cully's take:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300174157/super-rugby-the-10-unluckiest-players-to-miss-out-on-contracts

[African Monkey]

@pukunui Yeah don't know why myself. Most of them are well past their best and everyone has experienced ABs in their squads anyway. Is that not enough experience right there?

[Tim]

@taniwharugby Kind of annoying to read a press article that doesn't mention a player (Tua) having a serious operation like a shoulder reconstruction.

[taniwharugby]

@Tim I expect Cully just went over a list of players he thought were unlucky, without checking if there was a reason for thier omission.

Lambourn has played for the US, so has to be an exception to be included in a Super team doesnt he?

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Does that also apply to players with NZ citizenship and born in NZ?

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer probably not, but really i have no idea anymore why some of the decisions that are made, are made, which is why I asked.

[Machpants]

@Stargazer said in Unlucky Players not to get a SR Contract:

@taniwharugby Does that also apply to players with NZ citizenship and born in NZ?

Yes it does. Same as the many PI kiwis, if you make the national team, you are now not eligible for ABs - which is the criteria