Chiefs 2024
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@gt12 said in Chiefs 2024:
I imagine that @Duluth could provide some stats, but my feeling is that Vaa'ii is a bit of a suitcase type player.
Now that the regular season is over in SR, according to the stats on super.rugby he's among the best locks running around in NZ. And those stats encompass attack (like metres run, amount of carries, passes, offloads, defenders beaten), defence and lineout work.
Strange on the other hand is literally fourth quintile...
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@antipodean said in Chiefs 2024:
@gt12 said in Chiefs 2024:
I imagine that @Duluth could provide some stats, but my feeling is that Vaa'ii is a bit of a suitcase type player.
Now that the regular season is over in SR, according to the stats on super.rugby he's among the best locks running around in NZ. And those stats encompass attack (like metres run, amount of carries, passes, offloads, defenders beaten), defence and lineout work.
Strange on the other hand is literally fourth quintile...
Straight to the AB 23 then.
I've been quietly impressed by Vaii - our ruck work and lineout haven't been half as creaky as I imagined they would be.
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Vaii has been for quite awhile a very good SR player.
Yes he hasn't taken a lot of that form into the international game where I guess most people judge him and write him off, but as an SR player he's always been reliable and efficient for a couple of years now.
Hopefully this year he makes the step up in the international arena.
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@Windows97 said in Chiefs 2024:
Vaii has been for quite awhile a very good SR player.
Yes he hasn't taken a lot of that form into the international game where I guess most people judge him and write him off, but as an SR player he's always been reliable and efficient for a couple of years now.
Hopefully this year he makes the step up in the international arena.
I think he's played considerably better this year than in the past and stepped up in quite a few areas, taking over Brodie Retallick's excellent work in the loose. Question marks remain about his effectiveness at the breakdown but we'll see!
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@Windows97 The thing to remember about Vaai is that he is only 24. His best years as a Lock should still be ahead of him.
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Commiserations chiefs fans, despite reaching the final we have looked off the pace throught the season, so who will be leaving Thompson? Stevenson? And who should we target next year. I felt lock and backup props were out biggest weakness and get backup hookers who can throw straight in the lineout, in the outside backs id like to see us sign codemeru Vai from sevens he is ten times the player coomble fabling is
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Stevenson has been incredibly disappointing.
We’d be better with ENS at 15 I think.
For next year, a better back up 7, some fit locks and a better backup hooker (assuming we lose Thompson).
I think we over achieved this year after some of the injuries we’ve had. Fuck me, we had Tupou at lock (he went well, but he’s hardly good enough for anywhere except MP).
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@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs 2024:
Said this a while back but from what I've heard, Leroy Carter is joining the Chiefs next year.
Halfback or wing?
Stevenson is signed until 2025. He had such on-off season with injuries/concussion that it affected his form.
I would think that Florence is also gone with Brown signed. If Sanerivi is to be the 3rd hooker he needs to get regular playing time at NPC level, presumably for Auckland. He was only the no.3 hooker at Taranaki, and sometimes played at flanker.
The final showed the absence of the likes of Retallick and Cane to provide that hard edge. 2023 was more of a missed opportunity.
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@junior12 said in Chiefs 2024:
I think Fiti Sa might step up from the development contract to a full-time deal next season pending how his start to the NPC season goes
Is he injured at the moment? Sa plays for Varsity in the Waikato club competition but I haven't seen his name listed. Maybe he is playing in Taranaki.
Sa is a big unit but still has plenty of developing to do. He has also had a few injuries, hence coming back as one of the Chiefs NDC players this year.
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