Highlanders 2024
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@frugby oh gosh 🤦 this always happens with the Highlanders, a couple of huge signings in JRK, Tavatavanawi, ect, to guys like Ricky Jackson and Telea 😅
Still hoping there’s a chance we’ve signed Meihana Grindley…
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@HLD2023Champions said in Highlanders 2024:
@frugby oh gosh 🤦 this always happens with the Highlanders, a couple of huge signings in JRK, Tavatavanawi, ect, to guys like Ricky Jackson and Telea 😅
Still hoping there’s a chance we’ve signed Meihana Grindley…
Pretty hard to sign 15 world-beaters... if you'd offered me this squad to start this season at the end of last I'd have bit your hand off. Massively upgraded in the outside backs, and I don't think we have got considerably worse anywhere except for depth at halfback... Smith only played about half our games last year anyway.
Our hookers last year were rubbish, so at the very least these guys are going to be on par.
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@frugby it’s exciting in some areas, but unfortunately the reality is we are going to be looking at a very similar season to last season, if not worse.
An injury to one of the very few key players we now have left and we are in trouble.
In saying that, I am excited by what is being built and the key here is making sure we retain the young talent being invested in. Sprinkled with a signing here and there and who knows where we could be in another year or 2. Let’s hope!
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Acadaemy players confirmed. Including three players from elsewhere in the country. https://thehighlanders.co.nz/news/highlanders-introduce-promising-class-of-2024/
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Is Quintin related to Fabien?
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@SouthernMann Well, #f&ckerdyf@ck, the Highlanders have poached another one of our best young players! Another one lost to the HB Academy! Happy for Josh Augustine to get the opportunity, but it shouldn't have been in Dunedin.
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@Crazy-Horse Yes, younger brother.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders 2024:
Is Quintin related to Fabien?
He's a smaller version of his big brother.
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2024:
@SouthernMann Well, #f&ckerdyf@ck, the Highlanders have poached another one of our best young players! Another one lost to the HB Academy! Happy for Josh Augustine to get the opportunity, but it shouldn't have been in Dunedin.
Irish Paul reckons two may be tied to Southland. So he couple be a stag! The question is, would the Hurricanes have given him the same acadamey opportunity the 'Landers have?
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@Bovidae said in Highlanders 2024:
@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders 2024:
Is Quintin related to Fabien?
He's a smaller version of his big brother.
so still quite sizeable for a flanker https://www.therugbyagents.com/player/620102108a7ed
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders 2024:
@SouthernMann Well, #f&ckerdyf@ck, the Highlanders have poached another one of our best young players! Another one lost to the HB Academy! Happy for Josh Augustine to get the opportunity, but it shouldn't have been in Dunedin.
surely just following in a long line of HB players who get their shot down south?
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@nostrildamus said in Highlanders 2024:
@Bovidae said in Highlanders 2024:
@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders 2024:
Is Quintin related to Fabien?
He's a smaller version of his big brother.
so still quite sizeable for a flanker https://www.therugbyagents.com/player/620102108a7ed
Looking at the CV and age, doesn't appear to be this Holland
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@Kiwiwomble Hopefully, he'll return to play for HB once he is ready for playing NPC. I have nothing against him playing for the Highlanders in SR.
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@Stargazer thats fair, has he signed for otago or anything?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2024:
@Stargazer thats fair, has he signed for otago or anything?
All of the players will be signed to either Otago or Southland. Irish Paul said two will be going to Stag country.
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@Landers92 said in Highlanders 2024:
@frugby it’s exciting in some areas, but unfortunately the reality is we are going to be looking at a very similar season to last season, if not worse.
An injury to one of the very few key players we now have left and we are in trouble.
In saying that, I am excited by what is being built and the key here is making sure we retain the young talent being invested in. Sprinkled with a signing here and there and who knows where we could be in another year or 2. Let’s hope!
I don't think it is a season like last. If we keep the key signings fit, we'll go fine, because our issue has never been in the forwards, it has been the backs and an inability to score tries.
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Hey team, just an update on the Highlanders player signings. I’m almost certain they’ve signed 118kg Tongan Flanker Lui Naeata. 29 years old, played most of his rugby in Japan.
Cheers.
