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[Tim]

@canes4life Last year announcements were staggered.

All I know about this year is that the Blues announcement is at midday.

[taniwharugby]

@southernmann

[SouthernMann]

@taniwharugby he's playing the game. I think the Highlanders Facebook post doesn't just say he's coming back, it screams it from the rooftops.

[Stargazer]

@tim said in Super Rugby News:

@canes4life Last year announcements were staggered.

All I know about this year is that the Blues announcement is at midday.

Just posted on twitter: Crusaders team naming is at 10am.

[Stargazer]

Highlanders team announcement is at 11.30am.

[Canes4life]

So maybe it goes Crusaders 10am Chiefs/Canes 10:30am Chiefs/Canes 11am Highlanders 11:30am & Blues Midday?

[Yeetyaah]

@canes4life Where is the Chiefs announcement? I've seen the rest.

[Stargazer]

@yeetyaah Have the Canes posted on their social media at which time they'll announce the team? I haven't seen it.

[Yeetyaah]

@stargazer Oh maybe I haven't seen that one either, my bad haha.

[Bovidae]

Not NZ-related news but Duane Vermeulen will play for the Bulls in the 2019 Super rugby season. He will obviously be a key player for the Boks next year.

[Daffy Jaffy]

Chiefs - 8am
Crusaders - 10am
Highlanders - 11.30am
Blues - Midday
Hurricanes - according to the radio now at 9:30am not 1.30pm as stated in the herald?

[Bovidae]

No Quinn Tupaea or James Tucker.

Will Ataata Moeakiola be playing the ABs? Not familiar with him.

[Bovidae]

2019 Gallagher Chiefs squad

Props

Kane Hames ( Ta$man)
Aidan Ross (Bay of Plenty)
Reuben O’Neill (Taranaki)
Nepo Laulala (Counties Manukau)
Atu Moli (Waikato)
Sosefo Kautai (Waikato)
Angus Ta’avao (Taranaki)

Hookers

Nathan Harris (Bay of Plenty)
Liam Polwart (Bay of Plenty)
Samisoni Taukei’aho (Waikato)

Locks

Brodie Retallick (Hawke’s Bay)
Tyler Ardron (Bay of Plenty)
Laghlan McWhannell (Waikato)
Michael Allardice (Hawke’s Bay)
Fin Hoeata (Taranaki)

Loose forwards

Mitchell Brown (Taranaki)
Taleni Seu (Auckland)
Sam Cane (Bay of Plenty)
Mitchell Karpik (Bay of Plenty)
Lachlan Boshier (Taranaki)
Luke Jacobson (Waikato)
Pita Gus Sowakula (Taranaki)

Halfbacks

Brad Weber (Hawke’s Bay)
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (Taranaki)
Jonathan Taumateine (Counties Manukau)

First five-eighths

Damian McKenzie (Waikato)
Tiaan Falcon (Hawke’s Bay)
Jack Debreczeni (Northland)

Midfielders

Alex Nankivell ( Ta$man)
Anton Lienert-Brown (Waikato)
Tumua Manu (Auckland)
Bailyn Sullivan (Waikato)

Outside backs

Solomon Alaimalo ( Ta$man)
Sean Wainui (Taranaki)
Ataata Moeakiola (Japan)
Etene Nanai-Seturo (Counties Manukau)
Shaun Stevenson (North Harbour)
Marty McKenzie (Taranaki)

[Daffy Jaffy]

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[Duluth]

Lets keep the squad discussion in the individual team threads. It keeps it in one place and makes it easier to read

Chiefs thread:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/2465/chiefs-2019/

[Stargazer]

Hurricanes squad: https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/news/article/hurricanes-opt-for-continuity-in-naming-exciting-2019-squad/

Hurricanes 2019 thread from this post: https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/273987

[Stargazer]

Crusaders squad, see Crusaders 2019 thread from https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/274026

https://crusaders.co.nz/news/1278-five-new-names-in-2019-bnz-crusaders-squad

[Bovidae]

Some are suggesting that players can't be signed to a SR contract in their first year out of school. That would explain the likes of Tupaea and Flanders missing out, and they would likely be on a development contract.

Caleb Clarke was picked by the Blues but didn't play much.

[Canes4life]

Can they still play?

[Stargazer]

@bovidae I think they're wrong. Flanders is from the same Hastings BHS 1st XV squad as Folau Fakatava, who's even younger than Flanders, and Fakatava has apparently been signed by the Highlanders.