Highlanders 2024
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@Bones nope, just a typo
@friedrugby said in Highlanders 2024:
@Kiwiwomble Haha, there is no way we sign Telea.
i was just responding to you saying "Leaves Hodgman, A. Ioane or Mark Telea"
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Mark talea that'll be awesome. Might just wake up to a million bucks in the bank acc too. Let's also pour cold water on us chasing a prop as well. Wasted energy.
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@Kiwiwomble hah yeah, just seems to be so many people doing it, I thought I'd missed something.
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@Bones said in Highlanders 2024:
@SouthernMann said in Highlanders 2024:
talea
Is this a new in joke I'm missing?
Is this a new in joke I'm missing?
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If we keep saying his name it might happen?
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@SouthernMann said in Highlanders 2024:
If we keep saying his name it might happen?
Well yeah, but...
Talea:
Telea:
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@Bones said in Highlanders 2024:
@SouthernMann said in Highlanders 2024:
If we keep saying his name it might happen?
Well yeah, but...
Talea:
Telea:
Shall we just call him Marc then? Much easier to spell.
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@Crazy-Horse I like what you did there
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of all the typos or misspelt players names on the forum....this feels like one of the smallest and easiest to overlook
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@Kiwiwomble tell that to the good people of Romenia
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The Blues have just listed off a bunch of players who are leaving... notably, no Akira Ioane & Mark Telea. Alex Hodgman however is now confirmed as departing, though the comments seemed to think he was going to Japan. Surely we haven't actually signed Akira Ioane. Cannot see why we would want him, and more importantly, why he would want to come here. Steve is generally pretty accurate, but having a hard time believing this rumour is true.
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@frugby said in Highlanders 2024:
The Blues have just listed off a bunch of players who are leaving... notably, no Akira Ioane & Mark Telea. Alex Hodgman however is now confirmed as departing, though the comments seemed to think he was going to Japan. Surely we haven't actually signed Akira Ioane. Cannot see why we would want him, and more importantly, why he would want to come here. Steve is generally pretty accurate, but having a hard time believing this rumour is true.
i would guess...IF we have got AI...and i dont think we have...we would want him simply because we're losing frizell, and the management is thinking "senior 6 out the door? better get one in"
I'm not his biggest fan...this would feel very nonu like vibe wise and im not sure how well he would work in dunners...but you never know
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@Bones You keep saying this, but I never said Frizell has been good this year. He was garbage aside from a stretch at lock. I guess if the choice was between Hugh Renton and Akira Ioane (I think that is what it would be) then I could potentially have my arm twisted. But there is more to this than just rugby. Why is he coming? How will it work off the field? Is it all to do with money? It just seems like a sticking plaster, for a guy who has been in and out of the All Blacks because he is inconsistent. Entirely possible he never plays for the ABs again. Reckon the new regime (including Ryan) will give him far less scope.
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@Kiwiwomble I think Haig is the Frizell replacement though, which is why they got it locked in early. Harmon, Withy, Broughton and in theory Renton will be the most used loosies next year... which is why I lean towards it more being instead of Renton, which could be why he has not be re-signed publicly. Perhaps Broughton was signed in the knowledge MMT might look off-shore, so was done a year early. There is plenty of planning done...
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Tangitau from the Blues is my big interest point. If he isn't going to the 7s, I want our grubby mits on him.
However, centre is still a massive problem for us next season.
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how old is haig? he's not a straight up replacement for a 25 cap all black in frizell, long term maybe.
i say again....i dont think we have AI...but if we have then i guess i can see why they would take the oportunity to bring him in, even if that wasn't always the plan
