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@Stargazer Isn't he supposed to be the heir to Beauden's throne?
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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
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@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?
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@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.
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@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.
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The Crusaders have that young kid from Aussie in their system, surely they will bring him through.
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@Canes4life This young Player
[link text](link url)https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/08/10/star-queensland-schoolboy-campbell-parata-signs-with-crusaders -
@Chris that's the one. How's he going down there? Anyone know?
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@Canes4life He should now be in the Ta$man Academy. You'd expect him to be in the Ta$man U19 squad this year.
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@Stargazer surely then if they have put that much effort into getting him over from Aus, they wouldn't then go and sign McClutchie.
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@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".
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@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
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@Chris Bateman could be a stop-gap, but it's not really a solution. He turns 32 in June.
Edit: I wouldn't write off Cameron just yet. Maybe he'll have a blinder of an NPC season this year and show us what the coaches are apparently seeing in him.
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@Stargazer yeah but the Canes have already lost Fakatava so wouldn't be suprised if we lost him to a team like the Crusaders.
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@Stargazer as well as Cameron Parata,Fegus Burke, and Chay Fihaki sit within the Crusaders system.
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@Stargazer Hes a First Five here is an article signing for The Crusaders
[link text](link url)https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/08/10/star-queensland-schoolboy-campbell-parata-signs-with-crusaders
