Highlanders 2024
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2024 Squad Announcement | Highlanders Rugby Club Limited Partnership
The Highlanders will usher into the fold a swag of new players for the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific competition. Some have already made brief appearances last season such as halfback Nathan Hastie, loose forward Oliver Haig, hooker Jack Taylor and midfielders Jake Te Hiwi and Matt Whaanga. Several...
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@SouthernMann be interested to see how your 10s go, but hopefully they go alright.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2024:
@Stargazer does he have to be leaving? can play both cant they?
No, that's impossible. Japan League One and SRP are played at the same time, although the Japanese comp starts sooner.
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@Stargazer am i imagining that players uses to be able too? have they moved the japanese season?
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In terms of a top side. 1. de Groot 2. whoever has the best pre-season 3. Mau/Ainsley 4. Parkinson 5. Holland 6. Withy/Haig (I have a lot of faith in Haig) 7. Harmon (c) 8. Renton/Broughton 9. Fakatava 10. Patchell 11. Nareki 12. Gilbert 13. Tele'a 14. Tavatavanawai 15. JRK 16. A Hooker 17. Johnstone 18. Ainsley/Mau 19. Hicks (Tucker and Dunshea injured) 20. Withy/Haig/Renton/Broughton 21. Hastie 22. Millar 23. Bogado
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@SouthernMann hmmm, could be a long season unfortunately.
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@SouthernMann thats probably not too far off, maybe Bogado at 14? was impressed last year
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I want to say that looking at the forward pack...i think they compete with anyone and all the question marks are on the backs...and the backs are where we have made the most moves...but that feels optimistic...and i was optimistic last year.....
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@Canes4life said in Highlanders 2024:
@SouthernMann hmmm, could be a long season unfortunately.
The goal is fairly simple for mine have a positive win-loss ratio. Look strong against non-NZ teams. Win some home games against NZ sides. This side will never going to go out and blitz the competition. It is about having realistic and measureable goals.
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@SouthernMann because the playoffs are top 8 the Landers should be fine, probably a similar season to last year on the cards.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2024:
@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders 2024:
@SouthernMann thats probably not too far off, maybe Bogado at 14? was impressed last year
I want to say that looking at the forward pack...i think they compete with anyone and all the question marks are on the backs...and the backs are where we have made the most moves...but that feels optimistic...and i was optimistic last year.....
The peoblem with the backs is that if we have some injuries we could see a backline like... 9. Arscott 10. Faleafaga. 11. Lowe 12. Te Hiwi 13. Whaanga 14 Timu. 15 CGB. Our starting side isn't the big problem. It is the depth and while it has improved. It can still have quite a pronvical look to it
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@Canes4life said in Highlanders 2024:
@SouthernMann because the playoffs are top 8 the Landers should be fine, probably a similar season to last year on the cards.
No. As mentioned. There shpuld be improvement. This is a better side and the competition is weaker.
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@SouthernMann it's not a stronger side. You've lost two All Blacks and you're strongest centre in TUJ. Even the Rebels squad is arguably better.
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@Canes4life said in Highlanders 2024:
@SouthernMann it's not a stronger side. You've lost two All Blacks and you're strongest centre in TUJ. Even the Rebels squad is arguably better.
Opinions are like body parts. We all have them. We have also got rid of a lot of dead wood. It is a stronger side.
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@Canes4life our last round robin game against the blues our 15 and 14 was Hunt and Gregory we failed to score a Try in that Game, this season we have Tavatavanawai and Kneepkens.. an upgrade, Nug is a loss obviously but honestly Frizell only turned up under Jase Ryan in recent years.
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@Canes4life said in Highlanders 2024:
@SouthernMann it's not a stronger side. You've lost two All Blacks and you're strongest centre in TUJ. Even the Rebels squad is arguably better.
what is with peoples need to come in and continuously just point out were shit...always have been...always will be...and we're not allowed to be positive
We have lost some better individuals but i think the overall level has come up
champion team v a team of champions idea
smith is arguably the best half back in history...but we had to rest him regularly and he was a little prone to try and do everything himself when he wasn't surrounded by players as good as he was
TUJ is a fav of mine...disappointed hes gone...but he was injury prone
Frizzel is a dick who got overtaken by Withy for a large part of last season
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@Kiwiwomble we all want the Landers to be strong, I just don't think it's a stronger side to last year. Probably similar in strength to be fair when you take into account who's left, who's injured and who's come in. That's just my opinion.
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@Canes4life and your allowed to think that and you said that...but why just tell @SouthernMann they were straight up wrong like he'd said up was down? thats not just having an opinion
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@Kiwiwomble I was just arguing the fact it's not a stronger side but allgood. If you guys think it is then that's only a good thing.
