Chiefs v Waratahs

[Grooter]

@Bovidae Jesus that's a big ward, was looking forward to see Wrampling in this leg of the comp alas, poor josh ioane moves north but is hampered by injuries

[KiwiMurph]

Given the unavailabilities that's still a pretty useful 23 the Chiefs have put out.

[Bovidae]

I don't remember being that impressed with Inga Finau so I am surprised he is in the 23 when he wasn't part of the initial WTG. I assume it is because he can play on the wing, but I am sure Taniela Filimone could too.

[Yeetyaah]

Ehh man so many injuries, sad to see as the squad depth looked good preseason. Never seen much of Inga Finau.

[Bones]

Is that the kind of injury toll where you have to wonder what the hell is going on with the trainers?

[Chris]

@FakatavaFuture said in Chiefs v Waratahs:

@Chris nice to see finau get a shot off the bench, I'm sure fellow cantab poihipi has got him up to speed in the environment

Finau played pretty well against MP off the bench for the Crusaders last time he got a chance.Good luck to him I hope he goes well.

[Bovidae]

The other thing is that the Chiefs don't have a 3rd halfback in the touring party so we better hope either Ratima or Roe don't get injured in these 2 games.

[kiwi_expat]

@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs v Waratahs:

Ehh man so many injuries, sad to see as the squad depth looked good preseason. Never seen much of Inga Finau.

Seems to have been a consistent trend since we began the interborder stuff, physical toll of consecutive derbies.

The Highlanders & Chiefs unavailability list has been pretty unreal in these last three seasons (2020, 2021, 2022)

[Duluth]

Waratahs

Angus Bell, Dave Porecki, Harry Johnson-Holmes, Jed Holloway, Hugh Sinclair, Charlie Gamble, Michael Hooper, Will Harris, Jake Gordon (c), Tane Edmed, Alex Newsome, Jamie Roberts, Izaia Perese, Mark Nawaqanitawase, Will Harrison

Reserves: Tom Horton, Tetera Faulkner, Archer Holz, Geoff Cridge, Rahboni Warren-Yosayaco, Jack Grant, Ben Donaldson, Dylan Pietsch

[NTA]

@Duluth no Foketi due to a family funeral. Bummer.

[Stargazer]

[TheMojoman]

Ordinarily you'd say Chiefs by 15-20PTS but with so many injuries the Tahs will probably run them pretty close. A pity because when full squad is available the Chiefs rival the Crusaders and Blues.

[ARHS]

@TheMojoman If Nick Berry is ref, this could be a nail-biter, as the Chiefs have struggled to adjust to his rulings previously, and Hooper is experienced at getting ref support.

[antipodean]

[KiwiMurph]

Nice calm day here in Melbourne. More of the same expected for the rest of the weekend so should be really good conditions for all games.

[Duluth]

@KiwiMurph said in Chiefs v Waratahs:

Nice calm day here in Melbourne. More of the same expected for the rest of the weekend so should be really good conditions for all games.

Are you going to any of the other games, or just the Blues one?

[KiwiMurph]

@Duluth said in Chiefs v Waratahs:

@KiwiMurph said in Chiefs v Waratahs:

Nice calm day here in Melbourne. More of the same expected for the rest of the weekend so should be really good conditions for all games.

Are you going to any of the other games, or just the Blues one?

Going to all 4 games Saturday/Sunday. Given it's a public holiday ANZAC Day Monday it works really well.

[KiwiMurph]

Chiefs captain Sam Cane eyes head-to-head clash with Waratahs star Michael Hooper

Chiefs captain Sam Cane is eager to go head-to-head with Waratahs star Michael Hooper as Kiwi and Australian teams meet in Super Round.

[bobily2]

Atu Moli has replaced Norris at 17

[Bovidae]

@bobily2 said in Chiefs v Waratahs:

Atu Moli has replaced Norris at 17

I expect Ross to play big minutes.

Hopefully it isn't anything major for Norris, even covid would mean he probably wouldn't be available for next week. Cobb might be getting a trip over in that case.