Highlanders 2023
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2023:
so if we have smith and fakatava/arscott who have done apprentices under him and therefore know how to play like him, lets give gilbert a run in the pseudo 10 role we saw last year, play making form 9/10, a big 10 running at 10 and 12 (TUJ) means we can have a smaller 13 like timu and outside backs like nareki and kori
I'd say the first choice wingers are fairly locked down at the moment with Nareki and Lowe. Doubt he would have signed a three year gig to hold tackle bags.
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@SouthernMann agreed, not sure i said otherwise
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@SouthernMann Mate wouldn't that young Cam Millar be a great chance of getting a contract at 10, surely would be better than Marty Banks is these days.
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@Dan54 said in Highlanders 2023:
@SouthernMann Mate wouldn't that young Cam Millar be a great chance of getting a contract at 10, surely would be better than Marty Banks is these days.
Will be dependant on the length of contract they gave to Banks. At the moment Millar is signed from 2024, along with a number of younger players. Will be likely the entire group will be with the squad though. Millar might get an early upgrade if Hunt still has concussion issues or if Banks was just given a one year contract.
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@SouthernMann Cheers ta mate, didn't realise Millar was signed from 24, I think Clan have very big problems if they need to rely on Banks for much, his best days are well and truly passed, much as I was a fan, I thought even in NPC he looked to be just going through motions. They badly need another 10 in the squad, and hopefully got one up sleevs.
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@Dan54 said in Highlanders 2023:
@SouthernMann Cheers ta mate, didn't realise Millar was signed from 24, I think Clan have very big problems if they need to rely on Banks for much, his best days are well and truly passed, much as I was a fan, I thought even in NPC he looked to be just going through motions. They badly need another 10 in the squad, and hopefully got one up sleevs.
First five is a massive issue, amongst several the franchise will face next year. None of the side's first fives would even be close to the country's top 10 in that position. Sam Gilbert who didn't get near the jersey for Otago shapes as the best fit. Reading the PR from last year on Banks, it does seem possible he just signed a one year deal. Even if his playing days are behind him, I hope the side keeps him around in an off field role.
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@Crucial i would have Ioane back, still think he has something to offer and looked lively during the NPC, the biggest card against him at 10 for us though is Millar was favoured ahead of him all year so do you just bring him in early...i also dont hate that idea, thought he looked very solid and a real sharpshooter with the boot would be nice
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@SouthernMann Banks is all signed up. Was a two year deal, Jeff Wilson spoke about this at the end of last season, he is coming back, hence why Millar signed for 2024.
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@friedrugby i like Banks in general, seems like a good bloke...but in regards to actually playing next year...down vote
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2023:
@friedrugby i like Banks in general, seems like a good bloke...but in regards to actually playing next year...down vote
Sums up how I feel Kiwi.
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@Dan54 said in Highlanders 2023:
@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2023:
@friedrugby i like Banks in general, seems like a good bloke...but in regards to actually playing next year...down vote
Sums up how I feel Kiwi.
Who do you guys nominate as the next average player cult hero then? Every Otago team has to have one doesnt it?
Hotton, Brown, Laney, Banks, Ellis, Latta, Forster.....
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@SouthernMann heard on the weekend that North Harbour Utility Moses Leo has signed with the Highlanders for 2023
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2023:
@Crucial maybe thats where we're going wrong, even in 2015 we had guys like banks and wheeler (before being past their prime)...dont know who we have currently
The quintessential battler in 2015 was the barracuda Richard Buckman. @Steven-Harris Leo sounds a bit of a punt. But could pay off. They neex to go after someone and give them a nudge. No one is screaming pick me. So why not.
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Also, seems the following wingers have signed for new teams, and we only managed Jonah Lowe and Moses Leo...
CRUSADERS:
Springer
PatafiloHURRICANES:
SinkinsonCHIEFS:
Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens
K Naholo (Supposedly some work ethic issues there so perhaps a good dodge)Not to mention the others who were off-contract, but re-signed. I get that you don't just go down to New World and pick them up off the shelf, but surely we could have offered what we offered to Lowe to one of these other guys and got it over the line? Guaranteed minutes in that back three if you are any good.
