BOP 2022

Donsteppa

@Stargazer said in BOP 2022:

@Duluth said in BOP 2022:

@ARHS

Kitiona Vai has potential. Good pickup for BOP.

One of the advantages of the NZ 7's program being based in the region

I see Gillies Kaka has returned from Japan and gone to the dark side as well. No doubt also linked to NZ 7s; not necessarily because he'll be playing for the AB7s again, but because his partner is in the BF7s.

I had a chuckle when I saw that name appear. Tiatia now playing for the Magpies and Kaka now with the Steamers might seem back to front this season

trooa

@Donsteppa We'll swap back gladly.

bayimports

@trooa said in BOP 2022:

@Bovidae Regular headgear wearer so likely

lol, i suspect they rotate when the other is not concussed

ACT Crusader

For @mariner4life just in case he ~~doesn’t care~~ hasn’t seen the thread

😎

ACT Crusader

@trooa I’d have TTT ahead of Dobie. Dobie is still pretty young and TTT was starting to find something towards the end of Super rugby.

ARHS

I hope Chiefs can sign both Nanai and Cashmore to plug the backline holes. Add DMac, George Dyer and either Mitch Jacobson or Nikora Broughton and I would be happy with the squad for 2023.

bayimports

@ACT-Crusader said in BOP 2022:

For @mariner4life just in case he ~~doesn’t care~~ hasn’t seen the thread

😎

troll get back under your chch bridge of rememberance

bayimports

@ARHS said in BOP 2022:

I hope Chiefs can sign both Nanai and Cashmore to plug the backline holes. Add DMac, George Dyer and either Mitch Jacobson or Nikora Broughton and I would be happy with the squad for 2023.

true, high hopes that Broughton kicks on this year too, was very impressive on debut last year.

bayimports

@trooa said in BOP 2022:

Best 23 something like this (not including 7s players)
1 Hetet
2 Eklund
3 Mafileo
4 Sangster
5 Selby-Rickit
6 Ah Kuoi
7 Norris
8 Finau
9 Dobie
10 Cashmore
11 Nanai
12 Finau
13 Walton
14 Narawa
15 Trask
16 Rangi
17 Kumeroa
18 Thwaites
19 Kapeli
20 Broughton
21 TTT
22 Hawera
23 Ah Wong

Tough team to pick. Kapeli being named at lock makes picking the locks/flankers even harder than it already was. Backs are a lottery and likely decided by form in pre-season. Narawa could play 13 or 15 but wanting Cashmore to get regular gametime meant Trask to 15.

I dont really want Trask at fullback unless through injury, I would love to just see him focus on his core role at 10

ACT Crusader

@ARHS said in BOP 2022:

I hope Chiefs can sign both Nanai and Cashmore to plug the backline holes. Add DMac, George Dyer and either Mitch Jacobson or Nikora Broughton and I would be happy with the squad for 2023.

Not here to troll, promise, but there is a bit of noise on Cashmore coming from south of the Cook Strait…

mariner4life

@ACT-Crusader said in BOP 2022:

@ARHS said in BOP 2022:

I hope Chiefs can sign both Nanai and Cashmore to plug the backline holes. Add DMac, George Dyer and either Mitch Jacobson or Nikora Broughton and I would be happy with the squad for 2023.

Not here to troll, promise, but there is a bit of noise on Cashmore coming from south of the Cook Strait…

BOP is the land of milk and honey. and we are also super inclusive so we will take in refugees escaping impoverished shitholes to create a better life for themselves.

ploughboy

@ACT-Crusader said in BOP 2022:

@ARHS said in BOP 2022:

I hope Chiefs can sign both Nanai and Cashmore to plug the backline holes. Add DMac, George Dyer and either Mitch Jacobson or Nikora Broughton and I would be happy with the squad for 2023.

Not here to troll, promise, but there is a bit of noise on Cashmore coming from south of the Cook Strait…

chiefs have two quality 1st five coming through unfortunately for cashmore he is probably a year to early given who and what the chiefs already have signed

bayimports

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Bovidae

@ploughboy said in BOP 2022:

chiefs have two quality 1st five coming through unfortunately for cashmore he is probably a year to early given who and what the chiefs already have signed

Yep, Gatland still has one more year unless they release him early. Add DMac, Trask and Reihana. And then there is Ioane.

ARHS

@Bovidae said in BOP 2022:

@ploughboy said in BOP 2022:

chiefs have two quality 1st five coming through unfortunately for cashmore he is probably a year to early given who and what the chiefs already have signed

Yep, Gatland still has one more year unless they release him early. Add DMac, Trask and Reihana. And then there is Ioane.

OK did not realise Reihana was staying. I thought there was a gap for a trainee 10.

Bovidae

@ARHS said in BOP 2022:

OK did not realise Reihana was staying. I thought there was a gap for a trainee 10.

I honestly don't know about Reihana's contract situation. Someone confidently told me he wouldn't be in this year's squad, but he was. No reason that the Chiefs couldn't offer Cashmore a WTG contract for 2023 with the promise of a full contract in 2024.

trooa

Team tomorrow gives us a little more insight in to what we'll see next week. Kapeli at 8 & Ah Kuoi at 6 positive. Hawera 10 & Trask at 15. Would like some more info on how bad the injured players are.

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Question: the Bay of Plenty Toa squad, is that the BOP Development team or the BOP U19 team?

bayimports

@Stargazer said in BOP 2022:

Question: the Bay of Plenty Toa squad, is that the BOP Development team or the BOP U19 team?

U19 @Stargazer