Highlanders 2023
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@Kiwiwomble Don't really care how they format it, but they need to try something. TUJ and Timu don't work as a midfield at this level, even if both have been decent individually. Need some pace and finesse... if you want TUJ could play 13.
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@friedrugby i think i would be most likely to give him a rest after one more game, as he's had injuries before and try 12 Gilbert 13 timu
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I'm all for Gilbert going into the midfield. He is probably the quickest in tbe squad. So, would be an interesting move.
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@cgrant one of the issues for me is we're just not playing well enough to get our outsides into the kind of space needed to work as a second playmaker (in the case of Gilbert) or to make meters in the case of our wings
im starting to think we need to get Gilbert where the action is (12) and this work well with the idea of projecting TuJ a little
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The spanner in the works could be the fact Gilbert went off injured at halftime on the weekend. If we move Gilbert to the midfield, I'd be tempted to keep Timu in the team, on the wing. In reality, all these changes are hardly going to help the side turn the corner.
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@SouthernMann said in Highlanders 2023:
The spanner in the works could be the fact Gilbert went off injured at halftime on the weekend. If we move Gilbert to the midfield, I'd be tempted to keep Timu in the team, on the wing. In reality, all these changes are hardly going to help the side turn the corner.
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@SouthernMann said in Highlanders 2023:
The spanner in the works could be the fact Gilbert went off injured at halftime on the weekend. If we move Gilbert to the midfield, I'd be tempted to keep Timu in the team, on the wing. In reality, all these changes are hardly going to help the side turn the corner.
no...but without this type of discussion this whole thread is just us being sad about losing again....
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Well, another week, now we are highly likely to see another re-jigged squad. Players likely to be injured for next week; Burns, Hunt, Ma'u, Tu'u Parkinson, Nareki and Gilbert. Unsure about Lowe, Timu, Thwaites and Gregory.
There will be some very green faces running out next weekend. At full strength we would have to work hard to compete, our line up next weekend is a long way away from what could be our top line side. I think the Force should be going into next weekend quite confident.
My guess at the next squad;
de Groot
Marshall
Ainsley
Holland
Dickson
Frizzell
Harmon
RentonOverall the forward pack can hold its own against pretty much anyone in the competition.
Smith
Millar
Dawai
Umaga-Jensen
Timu/Te Hiwi
Lowe/Bogado
Connor Garden-BachopApisai
Johnstone
PJ Sheck
Will Tucker
Withy
Fakatava
???/Faleafaga/some provincial rugby battler who isn't in America?
Te Hiwi/not sureThe backs and the replacements are looking really dire.
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@SouthernMann said in Highlanders 2023:
The backs and the replacements are looking really dire.
Might be worth going for a 6/2 split? Could get more value out of the extra forward?
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@Duluth said in Highlanders 2023:
@SouthernMann said in Highlanders 2023:
The backs and the replacements are looking really dire.
Might be worth going for a 6/2 split? Could get more value out of the extra forward?
Yeah can get another of Lentjes or Broughton on the bench. They'll be better than Mr question mark
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@SouthernMann Has PJ Sheck been called into the main squad now? I saw he played for the Bravehearts yesterday.
Scott Gregory is out for another 6-8 weeks unfortunately.
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@HLD2023Champions said in Highlanders 2023:
@SouthernMann Has PJ Sheck been called into the main squad now? I saw he played for the Bravehearts yesterday.
Scott Gregory is out for another 6-8 weeks unfortunately.
I would assume he is training with the squad and available if he had a run with the development team
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The news on the injury front is more positive.
Pari Pari Parkinson is out after leaving the field visibly groggy against the Chiefs, while No 10/No 15 Freddie Burns is in doubt, which means Southland-born playmaker Cam Millar could be in line for a Highlanders debut in front of a home crowd.
Mitch Hunt, Sam Gilbert, Jonah Lowe and Josh Timu are all a chance to play, and Billy Harmon will captain the team.
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i was away over the weekend, havent watched the game and not sure i want to...all seems too painful, glad i thought twice about suggesting PPP in the Bolters thread
probably jinxing it...but god id love one of those once in a generation performances where someone just comes out and redefines a position (DC 2005 v lions)...millar to score +30
