Highlanders 2023
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@SouthernMann Fell through unfortunately. Must be because of Mitch Hunt being back in time or something..
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@HLD2023Champions When the Landers had PPP, Nareki and Hunt firing on all cylinders, they made it to the final.
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@HLD2023Champions said in Highlanders 2023:
@SouthernMann Fell through unfortunately. Must be because of Mitch Hunt being back in time or something..
Whatever the question is, Hunt is not the answer.
He's the type of player that most teams would love in their squad in case of emergencies but he's not a playmaker to build a campaign around.
You dont even make the semi finals without a decent 10 and if the rest of your squad doesnt have the class of others, that makes it extra difficult. -
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Looking good for Fakatava it seems, hope he keeps progressing. Shame about Holland dislocting kneecap though.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/130989826/highlanders-halfback-folau-fakatava-takes-next-steps-in-all-blacks-fitness-bid -
@Bovidae said in Highlanders 2023:
That article also lists the Highlanders NDC players:
- Hooker Jack Taylor
- No 8 Semisi Taeiloa Tupou
- No 10/No 15 Finn Hurley
- No 10 Ajay Faleafaga
- Loose forward Will Stodart
Really interested to see how these guys develop. I think they are investing a fair bit in Jack Taylor. Henry Bell will be back next year. Our current hooking stocks are fairly limited and short term. So Taylor needs to have long-term potential. Hurley has the potential to be a Hunt, Robbie Robinson or at best a Damian McKenzie. Could be any one of those three. Tupou looked like a million bucks in high school footy, but it tends to be a lottery how those guys develop. Faleafaga is a big hope for mine. Could be a quality long-term 10. Stodart is interesting, might be stuck behind Haig with Otago at six.
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@SouthernMann All were in the NZ U19s that toured SA last year. Hurley is a midget so that will be a problem the higher he goes up the levels.
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@Bovidae said in Highlanders 2023:
@SouthernMann All were in the NZ U19s that toured SA last year. Hurley is a midget so that will be a problem the higher he goes up the levels.
Big time midget. Talent only takes you so far when you are that small conpeting against giants. Plus, the Highlanders have had their dair share of midgets
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Highlanders have signed an English battler at 10, as an i jury replacement for prop Luca Inch. Freddie Burns, 32 from the Leicester Tigers is on his way down to Dunedin. Not getting a lot of game time at the Tigers, rated below 39-year-old Jimmy Gopperth and Handre Pollard. But, heck worth a go.https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/surprise-signing-highlanders
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@SouthernMann Not a bad signing if not for at least the international experience to pass on to the younger 10s coming through.
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That ODT article is behind a pay-wall. Here's the Highlanders' media release:
Former English International to join the Highlanders | Highlanders Rugby Club Limited Partnership
English first-five Freddie Burns will join the Highlanders for the 2023 edition of DHL Super Rugby Pacific. Burns, currently playing for Leicester Tigers in the English Premiership has agreed terms with the Highlanders, and with the support of Leicester, will land in New Zealand prior to the first...
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This is the Leicester Tigers media release about the release of his contract.
Squad announcement: Freddie Burns
Leicester Tigers have agreed terms with Freddie Burns for an early release from his contract with the club to pursue an opportunity in Super Rugby with the Highlanders in New Zealand.
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