Magpies 2023
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@Canes4life No, unfortunately not.
By the way, there's a really tall lock in the Napier Boys' 1st XV squad at the moment: George Prouting. And I mean really tall! His older brother Angus is tall, too (but a bit shorter than George), and played at lock for them until last season. This season, they've moved him to no. 8 and he's easily their best forward, at the moment.
If George becomes just as good, and bulks up, we could have another good option at lock in a few years time.
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@Stargazer good to know, we really need some big, athletic locks in our engine room. Hopefully like Gus Brown, he isn't eventually signed by competing franchises.
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@Canes4life said in Magpies 2023:
@Stargazer good to know, we really need some big, athletic locks in our engine room. Hopefully like Gus Brown, he isn't eventually signed by competing franchises.
Excuse me, this is a Hawkes Bay thread so you using the words "we" and "our" in reference to Hawkes Bay players when discussing a Hawkes Bay team is not tolerated or accepted.
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I'll retreat back to my Wellington Lions thread then and will see you all on the 30th of September when we lock away the Shield for the summer again.
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@stargazer Goodness, debut was six years ago, my hasn't time flown by since that eminently forgettable season (including that unfortunate season opening reversal against Wellington 26 - 36)? I put the root cause right at Mr. Philpott's doorstep!
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@Stargazer Given Coronation Park (usual home of the HB 7s) is in Waipawa you will have travelled about 70km too far north if you are intending to travel up to watch the game. Dannevirke play their rugby at the aptly named Rugby Park if my memory serves me correctly.
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@Billsy111 I don't know anything either, but I expect they're going to do the same as last year: drip-feeding the squad in the lead-up to the full squad announcement (early August, I presume). Last year, they announced a signing/squad member every week-day. So I guess we'll have to wait a few more weeks.
I find it frustrating that we don't know whether we've signed at least one of the Sullivan brothers (Bailyn more likely than Zarn, I think). I think the HBRU should throw us a bone.
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I've been keeping an eye on our players in the MLR and have noticed that in the last few rounds, Kianu Kereru-Symes has been playing at prop (LH). He used to play at prop for HBHS and only changed to hooker after he left school. Would that be a solution for our potential lack of depth at LH prop? Not a permanent change, just as a back-up in case of injuries?
By the way, if you'd like to watch him and Joel Hintz play for NE, their next game is tomorrow (Monday) at 2.30pm. It's streamed for free at the Rugby Network. You'll have register, but it won't cost you anything.
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@Stargazer said in Magpies 2023:
I've been keeping an eye on our players in the MLR and have noticed that in the last few rounds, Kianu Kereru-Symes has been playing at prop (LH). He used to play at prop for HBHS and only changed to hooker after he left school. Would that be a solution for our potential lack of depth at LH prop? Not a permanent change, just as a back-up in case of injuries?
By the way, if you'd like to watch him and Joel Hintz play for NE, their next game is tomorrow (Monday) at 2.30pm. It's streamed for free at the Rugby Network. You'll have register, but it won't cost you anything.
The Rugby Network is also available for free on Samsung Smart TVs - but it's a hard watch if you have a large screen tv as it broadcasts in what at best looks like 720p.
I consider him as one of our best in the squad at the moment.
