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[Machpants]

@Chris Sure does have a downside, but not as bad as going like SA - the Bulls saying they are going to run out of players due to all their top ones going over seas after RWC.

[Chris]

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[Yeetyaah]

@Chris Will be a good move for him I think. Dunno if Marty will stick around for another year.

[Chris]

@Yeetyaah Yes Mate totally understandable.He needs regular game time, It will be interesting who the Crusaders pick up probably a Young First Five, Which is Good for NZ Rugby to develop a youngster in that environment.

[Machpants]

Ioane will get a good hurry up too, hopefully bring the best out of them both

[Stargazer]

Although I understand it from the Highlanders pov, I hoped they'd go for young blood like McClutchie.

[Yeetyaah]

@Stargazer Isn't he supposed to be the heir to Beauden's throne?

[Stargazer]

@Yeetyaah

He should be but it depends on

• whether they re-sign Garden-Bachop
• whether they re-sign James Marshall
• when Fletcher Smith comes off-contract and whether they re-sign him if that's this year
• whether the Canes are finally going to develop players from the Bay including by giving them game time

[Yeetyaah]

@Stargazer Surely Garden-Bachop is gone, he's meh IMO. Smith is decent so they'll probably keep him around. Marshall is more of a fullback isn't he?

[Stargazer]

@Yeetyaah

Surely Garden-Bachop is gone, he's meh IMO

Yes, but he is from Wellington

Marshall is more of a fullback isn't he?

Yes, but they use him as 10 cover as well.

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer with Beauden most likely taking a sabatical next year they will most likely end up with all three (Bachop, Smith & McCLutchie).

If they are going to get rid of anyone, it should be Smith. Garden Bachop looked alot better than he did before his injury.

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life Ideally, from a learning perspective, the Crusaders sign him (they probably won't), so he can learn off Mo'unga and - if he stays - with O'Gara as his coach. If BB isn't at the Canes, he doesn't have a good senior player to train with. But I don't know whether he'd be better off at the Chiefs; he may get more game time behind MMac (if he's staying); not sure whether they'll re-sign Falcon.

[Yeetyaah]

I'd take either Smith or Hunt at the Chiefs over MMac any day.

[Canes4life]

The Crusaders have that young kid from Aussie in their system, surely they will bring him through.

[Chris]

@Canes4life This young Player
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[Canes4life]

@Chris that's the one. How's he going down there? Anyone know?

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life He should now be in the Ta$man Academy. You'd expect him to be in the Ta$man U19 squad this year.

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer surely then if they have put that much effort into getting him over from Aus, they wouldn't then go and sign McClutchie.

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life In experience, McClutchie is well ahead of him, having played Mitre 10 Cup. It depends entirely on how much experience they're looking for in their third first five-eighth. Something we don't know; so everything is just speculation. If you read my earlier post, you will have noticed that I said between brackets "they probably won't".

[Chris]

@Stargazer I don't have much faith in Cameron ,So experience would be a good option. Random thought Bateman as 3rd back up 10 he did play there for the Crusader Knights