Auckland Rugby 2021
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A message sent to me from a contact , he’s a hard out Auckland supporter ..
Meihana Grindlay told by Auckland that they want to spend 18 months to 2 years longer developing him before playing at NPC. Has signed with the Chiefs and Taranaki for 2 years. While Auckland sign and bring in Solomons Kata
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@steven-harris said in Auckland Rugby 2021:
A message sent to me from a contact , he’s a hard out Auckland supporter ..
Meihana Grindlay told by Auckland that they want to spend 18 months to 2 years longer developing him before playing at NPC. Has signed with the Chiefs and Taranaki for 2 years.
Surely not a full Chiefs contract?
Grindlay is still a work in progress. At schoolboy level he could use his size and power to run over people but there wasn't much subtlety to his game. So, like Kata.
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@steven-harris said in Auckland Rugby 2021:
A message sent to me from a contact , he’s a hard out Auckland supporter ..
Meihana Grindlay told by Auckland that they want to spend 18 months to 2 years longer developing him before playing at NPC. Has signed with the Chiefs and Taranaki for 2 years. While Auckland sign and bring in Solomons Kata
What the F..K..!Didn't you say recently you've known Ieremia for a long time? One of the biggest criticisms of him has been that he is reluctant to give younger players a chance. It'd be interesting to know Ieremia's reasoning
With the Hookers picked I'm a little concerned the Alama won't be picking Vikena very often
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By position:
Prop
Hodgman
Jordan Lay
Anae
Renata
H Tuipulotu
Ta'avao
Tu'ungufasiHooker
Vikena
Apisai
AbelLock
Scrafton
Kalapu
Lane
DalzellLoose Forward
Choat
Gibson
Reidlinger-Kapa
S Tuipulotu
Vai
Jones
Ekuasi
Peita
IoaneHalfback
Ruru
Funaki
WyeFirst Five
Plummer (c)
HollinsheadMidfield
Evans
Heem
KataWing
Rayasi
Lam
Clarke
Tuivasa-SheckFullback
Sullivan
Trainor -
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What 23 to you guys expect for the first game?
1 Hodgman
2 Vikena
3 Renata
4 Dalzell
5 Scrafton
6 Choat
7 Gibson
8 S Tuipulotu9 Ruru
10 Plummer
11 Rayasi
12 Evans
13 Heem
14 Lam
15 Sullivan16 Apisai
17 Lay
18 Tu'ungufasi
19 Kalapu
20 Ekuasi
21 Funaki
22 Hollinshead
23 Kata/Reidlinger-Kapa -
@tim Looks about right.
With Alama in charge again and with all the disruption/noise I'm expecting another frustrating campaign like last year (whilst they very nearly won the comp they didn't play particularly well all year - it was a lot of individual brilliance bailing them out) - on paper that's a useful team though.
Could be a in a bit of a hole early with Canterbury and Ta$man first up.
Hopefully Zarn's head is ok. Don't want to be risking that.
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@kiwimurph said in Auckland Rugby 2021:
@tim Looks about right.
With Alama in charge again and with all the disruption/noise I'm expecting another frustrating campaign like last year (whilst they very nearly won the comp they didn't play particularly well all year - it was a lot of individual brilliance bailing them out) - on paper that's a useful team though.
Could be a in a bit of a hole early with Canterbury and Ta$man first up.
Hopefully Zarn's head is ok. Don't want to be risking that.
Significant drop in the loose forward quality thanks to AB callups and Alama's drama. Could be a struggle if we get injuries there.
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@steven-harris So he packed a sad like a lot of youngsters do these days and left? What happened to proving yourself instead of just expecting opportunities to be handed to you on a plate haha.
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@african-monkey when the offer is Super plus NPC, id say thats a very very easy decision. and the right one, without doubt
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@african-monkey said in Auckland Rugby 2021:
@steven-harris So he packed a sad like a lot of youngsters do these days and left? What happened to proving yourself instead of just expecting opportunities to be handed to you on a plate haha.
Snowflakes,When I was playing you had to earn your spot, you didn't run off somewhere else, it made you a better player fighting to get what you wanted,and when you won your spot you went harder as you didn't want to lose it to anyone.
