BOP 2022

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.

KiwiPie

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Stargazer

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

Stargazer

@bayimports Thanks!

trooa

U20 team now as no Jock Hobbs. Ngawha (Development) named this week after a sub-union competition last few weeks. They play Ngati Porou on Saturday.

ZVB88

Have been enjoying the competition this year very impressed with Trask at 10 and front row rotation Narawa having his best season to date as well ....C'mon the Bay

Higgins

Time for the Mafia to mobilise and show the BoP RFU who is boss. THe game needs more people like Hori BoP involved and miserable acts should not be enacted againt them.

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'Everyone loves him': Why Steamers icon Hori Bop pays for his own tickets

'I'm a big, fat, funny clown, and that's not the image they probably want to have.'

KiwiPie

@Higgins They don't trust him as he cannot be controlled. And to be fair, he really can't!

Stargazer

Does anyone know why Wednesday's game v Northland starts at 4.05pm, instead of the evening kick-off time of 7.05pm?
I'm sorry if it already has been discussed.

Bovidae

No lights at Tauranga Domain.

Stargazer

@Bovidae Geez. Okay, and obviously they have to play there because the turf in Rotorua is being/has just been replaced. I assume they have no other field with lights and with enough crowd capacity.

KiwiPie

@Stargazer said in BOP 2022:

@Bovidae Geez. Okay, and obviously they have to play there because the turf in Rotorua is being/has just been replaced. I assume they have no other field with lights and with enough crowd capacity.

Only Bay Park and that isn't set up for rugby any more. At least with daylight saving this weekend, they can have the game as late as 4pm.