Highlanders 2022
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@southernmann That's why Renton is not a good example. He was signed. So were Cridge and Lowe. They all got injured while at the Canes, and then didn't get opportunities when they were fit again.
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Anyway, Kereru-Symes has already several seasons of NPC under his belt. He has already had two years with the Canes on a development contract; just unlucky there was such a queue at the time. Now the queue, or at the least the quality in the queue, is gone. But he has also been with the Highlanders for a short while. And the Blues. He was rated by the other players while there. -
@stargazer said in Highlanders 2022:
@canes4life Quite a statement. Do you have any other examples of Hawke's Bay players who weren't signed by the Canes because they couldn't "push their case" due to injury (during NPC)? McClutchie isn't one of them; Fakatava wasn't. Mikaele-Tu'u wasn't. Makene wasn't. Falcon wasn't.
Neither was Israel Dagg
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you would think it must be pretty serious, who are going to bring in to alternate with Lentjes
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2022:
you would think it must be pretty serious, who are going to bring in to alternate with Lentjes
Too soon for Withy so maybe shoulder tap Lamborn.
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@bovidae thats what i was wondering about Withy..seeing as Lentjes had a huge injury only last season
lamborn seems to be everyones answer to everything, i was wondering about slade mcdowell, hes been in the environment before, only 23
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I thought the complaint against speights hadn’t been upheld…but here we are anyway, doesn’t look bad at least
edt: i went back and looked at the statement when we announced Speights and they talk about a new four year deal
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@kiwiwomble Speights logo relegated to the collar. I find the whole thing funny tbh. I do think advertisement of alcohol is a little glorified and having a large Speights logo on your clothes doing a charity or kids event is kinda weird. But holy shit the Facebook comments are hilarious, people losing their shit over a printed logo on a rugby jersey, Speights isn't even brewed in Dunedin anymore. SBS is at least a southern company.
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@yeetyaah yeah, some people embarrassing themselves, Speights may have started in Dunedin but long ago was bought out and most speights isn't even brewed in dunedin anymore
for me i think it depends on the actual logo design, doesn't actually say what it is so i think mostly it was a if you know you know kind of deal, and they didn;t have it on the kids jersey or anything, so i thought it was fine....BUT, im definitely not going to kick off about it and if i was going to kick of it would be if the new sponser was a shit design...like a green box or something, which its not so all good
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didn;t realise this was a thing but good news
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@kiwiwomble I'd say it's happened multiple times by every team but this has actually been announced for the first time? Idk there's some confused people in the comments who didn't read the article.
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@kiwiwomble who knew..?🤷🏻♂️
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@steven-harris yeah, i guess i vaguely remember when there was the regig to "private" ownership they were for like 5 years or something...but thought it might have been news beforehand if it was anything other than a forgone conclusion
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Some background.
This is from the NZR website:
Expressions of interest for Super Rugby Licences
Expressions of interest were called for in December 2011 for four of the five licences. The Highlanders were not part of the original process, although NZR commenced the process for the Highlanders in 2014.More about this: https://super.rugby/superrugby/news/nz-franchises-to-be-licensed-from-2013/
From an article in the NZH:
The license has been awarded for a period of three years with a right of renewal for five more years.
From earlier this year:
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@stargazer said in Highlanders 2022:
@macmanus Back just in time from injury, with Dixon now ruled out.
Jacob Devery is the current starting hooker for the Magpies. Why not him for the Landers ?
Introducing the Speight's Highlanders for 2021! | Highlanders Rugby Club Limited Partnership
