Crusaders 2023
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@Toddy yep, this is supposed to be elite rugby, not like a club team getting thier super players back just for the finals.
I still think all the wtg players should be able to be called on by any team through the year.
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@SBW1 said in Crusaders 2023:
Wonder if they could bring in Levi Aumua. MP are out of the playoffs, he is with Ta$man at NPC.
That would be pushing it.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Crusaders 2023:
@SBW1 said in Crusaders 2023:
Wonder if they could bring in Levi Aumua. MP are out of the playoffs, he is with Ta$man at NPC.
That would be pushing it.
Is that an attempt at a joke?
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@taniwharugby said in Crusaders 2023:
I still think all the wtg players should be able to be called on by any team through the year.
This I can agree with. As long as they didn't play more than say 4-5 games with one other team And I thought this was the rule anyway. Surprised Sheck can't be called up by the Crusaders.
But Afoa playing in the finals is against the rules. My view it's a very good rule that should be enforced
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Not sure of the exact details of the deal done with Japan, it wouldn't be surprising if it did allow for bringing players over from Japan to Super rugby. Not sure how it would work, if we had more access to those players it would help when depth is tested.
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@Billy-Tell said in Crusaders 2023:
@Crazy-Horse said in Crusaders 2023:
@SBW1 said in Crusaders 2023:
Wonder if they could bring in Levi Aumua. MP are out of the playoffs, he is with Ta$man at NPC.
That would be pushing it.
Is that an attempt at a joke?
Huh?
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@SBW1 said in Crusaders 2023:
Someone will be thinking exactly like that and he would be a big boost for our chances in the finals. It is the sort of thing that would happen in the NRL.
Are you talking about Aumua? As a Saders supporter I would be embarrassed if they tried to get him.
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@SBW1 Aumua is contracted to MP until the end of the 2023 SR season. Not until the end of MP's participation in it. It's not going to happen and rightly so. It might have been different if he'd been signed by MP on a short-term injury replacement contract and had only played a few games for them, but he's still on a full contract with them.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Crusaders 2023:
@Billy-Tell said in Crusaders 2023:
@Crazy-Horse said in Crusaders 2023:
@SBW1 said in Crusaders 2023:
Wonder if they could bring in Levi Aumua. MP are out of the playoffs, he is with Ta$man at NPC.
That would be pushing it.
Is that an attempt at a joke?
Huh?
Bringing in a prop - that would be pushing it
It’s the kind of humour I would attempt…
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As long as no rules are bent, they can add in who they want.
Other teams have suffered injuries over the years and had to deal/not deal with it. No reason the Saders can't do the same.
Chiefs had a couple of seasons using backrowers as locks, in years gone by the Saders have stockpiled meaning that others have had weak depth.
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@Chris said in Crusaders 2023:
@Crucial said in Crusaders 2023:
locks, in years gone by the Saders have stockpiled meaning t
Mate I think The chiefs are guilty of that one with Locks at least.
They are. They learned their lesson from previous seasons.
I’m not criticising the Saders just saying that squad situations happen and sometimes you’re on the right side sometimes the wrong. Sometimes you have depth to cover sometimes you don’t.
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@Tim said in Next Blues, Crusaders, Hurricanes coach discussion:
Weird, so to Colin Mansbridge understanding the Crusaders region & their 'DNA' is more important than previous success, surely he must be conscious of the fact Penney was the worst NSW Waratahs coach in Super Rugby's history?
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@Stargazer said in Crusaders 2023:
@Chris-B Yeah, that's what I was thinking, but I remembered that Messam case and then there's that media article. So now I'm not so sure what the rules are at the moment.
I think the rules are you have to be resident in NZ from end ofMarch or some such thing to play in finals, it's not to do with games played but resdidency, suppose it to stop players sneaking home as soon as their team knocked out of finals up north. It's not like Afoa was flown home just for Crusaders, he just left his digs in France 3 days early, he didn't just suddenly decide to come home, he was on his way anyway.
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Are all Crusaders supporters happy with that announcement?
