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The Kaino and Tupou injuries were described as minor and they were being given an extra week to recover. So hopefully they are available now.
Papalii was 6 weeks
Any idea about the others?
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@pukunui said in Super Rugby News:
I saw that incident with kirikiri. Surprised they didn't have a look at it. It was after he had come back from his yellow too. Not the smartest thing to do after already sitting on the sideline for 10 mins.
Yeah Seuli was doing his best to get the ref to look at it but he oddly got ignored.
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Anyone heard the rumours about SBW to Roosters? Apparently he is not in the AB world cup plans.
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@crazy-horse Haven't heard it, but no loss. Move Jordie to 12 and all's good. Or back to Crotty combined with ALB like in 2016.
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@crazy-horse Seems hard to believe. Not the Roosters part but the 'not in World Cup plans' part. He was the first choice 12 last year but all of a sudden in the space of an offseason is no longer in the plans?
@Stargazer Another option is Laumape to 12. Especially as Crotty gets injured almost every test.
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@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby News:
@crazy-horse Seems hard to believe. Not the Roosters part but the 'not in World Cup plans' part. He was the first choice 12 last year but all of a sudden in the space of an offseason is no longer in the plans?
@Stargazer Another option is Laumape to 12. Especially as Crotty gets injured almost every test.
I'd like to see Laumape and Goodhue get plenty of minutes in black this year, they look a good fit in terms of attributes.
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@kiwimurph it wouldn't suprise me if SBW is not in their plans. I thought he was getting in the way last year on attack and he had a few brain explosions. He is also getting older and slower. Combine that with a lack of rugby backline instincts and he could fall out of flavour quickly, especially if the younger options start putting their hands up.
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@crazy-horse I think Hansen & Co seemed pretty happy with him last year, he draws alot of defenders to him...that said, his lack of knowledge of some of the basic rugby rules seem to have popped up moreso in the past year than prior.
On Friday he dummied at the back of a ruck (although he probably saw the French 9 do that last year when he got carded for another rule he didnt know)
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Aug 6, 2017 - Sonny Bill Williams is reportedly likely to make an eventual return to the Sydney Roosters. ... with Roosters chairman Nick Politis last week. The 32-year-old is said to have no plans of retiring once his current contract with the New Zealand Rugby Union ends after the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11899398
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@mikedogz always gonna be speculation with SBW...currently he is contracted with NZR upto and including the RWC, after which, who knows what will happen...he will likely be on 60+ tests (3 RWC's) by then, so if he chooses to buggar off after that, I dont think many should begrudge him that (but many will)
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I posted it in another thread didnt realize it was being discussed here ,
As much as he looks a bit out of sorts to some of us ,
it would be a massive call to get rid of him now , even if he had slipped in their pecking order , how the fuck do you know what happens over the next year or so with form and injuries ,
remember the Beaver , you never know who will be required , the more hands on deck the better I wouldve thought .
