Chiefs 2022

[Yeetyaah]

@bovidae did see that fella. I don't think it's Florence but wouldn't complain if it was.

[Bovidae]

@yeetyaah I don't think it's him either. That player looks taller.

[muddyriver]

@bovidae sam McNamara northland

[Bovidae]

@muddyriver said in Chiefs 2022:

@bovidae sam McNamara northland

I forgot it was mentioned that a couple of Northland players were in the WTG.

[Yeetyaah]

@bovidae where's that info?

[Bovidae]

@yeetyaah

@steven-harris said in Northland 2021 review:

Sam McNamara and Liam Hallam Eames have picked up wider trading training squad contracts with the Chiefs

[Yeetyaah]

Couple of screenshots from a Chiefs Tiktok vid. Mitch Jacobson and Tom Florence. Unsure who the big lad with the cornrows is.

[Bovidae]

@yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2022:

Unsure who the big lad with the cornrows is.

Apisai?

Mason looks to have grown some more.

[Yeetyaah]

@bovidae

You're right it is him, this is from Apisai's Instagram story.

[Yeetyaah]

Lmao missed this somehow

[Yeetyaah]

Rob Cobb and George Dyer also feature in that clip with Apisai.

[Bovidae]

@yeetyaah That looks like Dyer packing down in the scrum.

[Bovidae]

The most recent photos show a couple of other players are training at the moment.

[Yeetyaah]

Nikora Broughton confirmed in the top pic.

Veveni Lasaqa is also with the Chiefs, second pic was on their Instagram story.

[Bovidae]

@yeetyaah Who do you think the player with the dreads is that is packing on the side of the scrum is? I suppose it could be Ah Kuoi if someone else is at lock.

The guy standing next to Moli looks like Solomone Tuku’afu. There must be a huge contingent of extras there.

[Higgins]

@bovidae Their wage bill must be getting up if they have almost as many injury replacements training as they do contracted players. Incidentally who fronts the costs of bringing in all the extras

[Bovidae]

@higgins

I think each franchise has to pay the salaries for the WTG but NZR may contribute to the wage bill in the preseason as the absence of the ABs is not of the SR team's doing. The Chiefs have 10 ABs missing. I'm not sure on the injuries of other squad members.

Some of the players are U20 so probably only there for experience, and will likely continue to train with the main squad.

[Bovidae]

From training today.

[Bovidae]

https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/national-development-and-replacement-players-join-gallagher-chiefs-for-pre-season-training

Replacement Players:
George Dyer (Waikato)
Hamilton Burr (Waikato)
Hamish Dalzell (Auckland)
Jared Profit (Taranaki)
Lalomilo Lalomilo (Bay of Plenty)
Leni Apisai (Auckland)
Liam Coombes-Fabling (Waikato)
Liam Hallam Eames (Northland)
Logan Crowley (Taranaki)
Mitchell Jacobson (Waikato)
Rob Cobb (Waikato)
Sam McNamara (Northland)
Solomone Tukuafu (Waikato)
Taniela Filimone (Manawatu)
Tom Florence (Taranaki)

National Development Players:
Adam Lennox (Taranaki) - halfback
Josh Bartlett (Bay of Plenty) - LH prop
Mason Tupaea (Waikato) - LH prop
Nikora Broughten (Bay of Plenty) - loose forward
Veveni Lasaqa (Bay of Plenty) - openside

[OleOleOle]

@bovidae this doesn;t identify the WTG players, unless i'm mistaken. I assume they are part of the Replacement Player group. I had heard that Jacobsen and Burr had picked up WTG contracts.