Super Rugby 2025
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@darylmitchell said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Canes4life Dallas McLeod & Daniel Rona make Saders/Chiefs best 23 - not Leroy Carter & old man O'Connor FFS.
Some of the selections are obviously debatable. Who covers Reihana at the Saders then? Havili? We all saw how that turned out this year.... not good at all.
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby 2025:
I would not be surprised if Brown is in the no.20 jersey as he provides better cover at 7 than Parker.
nah, McMillan rates Parker and has played him at 7 plenty before, he was also on the AB XV tour - he will be in the 23 for sure.
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2025:
RESERVES: 16. HENRY BELL 17. JOSH BARTLETT 18. SOSEFO KAUTAI 19. TK HOWDEN 20. NIKORA BROUGHTON 21. JAMES ARSCOTT 22. SAM GILBERT 23. MICHAEL MANSON
I am glad you slipped Manson in there in 23, can’t forget that promised bench spot he’s been given.
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@Canes4life Nice work, but in the Blues front, Ta'avao will start ahead of Sheck.
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@African-Monkey said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Canes4life Nice work, but in the Blues front, Ta'avao will start ahead of Sheck.
Nice, I knew I was forgetting one of the Blues props.
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@Canes4life good work - that's impressive
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One player I was super impressed with when he finally got back on the field during the NPC was Harry Godfrey his touch line conversion against Auckland from the wrong side of the field was sensational and his individual try against Bop in the quarter final was box office
Would love to see Godfrey given a run in the 10 jersey first five for the Canes pre season for me he looks more of a 10 than a 15 where as Ruben Love looks more of a 15 than a 10 imo -
@Steven-Harris said in Super Rugby 2025:
One player I was super impressed with when he finally got back on the field during the NPC was Harry Godfrey his touch line conversion against Auckland from the wrong side of the field was sensational and his individual try against Bop in the quarter final was box office
Would love to see Godfrey given a run in the 10 jersey first five for the Canes pre season for me he looks more of a 10 than a 15 where as Ruben Love looks more of a 15 than a 10 imoHe's definitely has x-factor written all over him, it will just be whether the Canes want a more conservative 10 running the show in Cashmore, or someone like Godfrey who has that real attacking mindset.
I vote for Godfrey, the Canes play an attacking brand of footy anyway, so why not have a 10 to complement that style of rugby.
A playmaking axis of Roigard, Godfrey and Love would be fun to watch.
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@African-Monkey We'll see, Ta'avao is getting old and has already been surpassed by Reneta.
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@Canes4life 💯..it’s quite an irony that when Godfrey was on the field for HB they looked more threatening.
I have just that got that feeling that he’s got another ceiling -
@Steven-Harris said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Canes4life 💯..it’s quite an irony that when Godfrey was on the field for HB they looked more threatening.
I have just that got that feeling that he’s got another ceilingHe was great after he came back into the side at 15 after we'd been running that non tackling Welsh dude, but as this discussion is about 10 let's not pretend he was good there in the game he played in that position.
Jury is still out on him as a 10, cracking fullback though.
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@Tim said in Super Rugby 2025:
@African-Monkey We'll see, Ta'avao is getting old and has already been surpassed by Reneta.
I'd still have him ahead of Sheck though. He kind of gets a bench spot by default to start the season anyway.
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Steven-Harris said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Canes4life 💯..it’s quite an irony that when Godfrey was on the field for HB they looked more threatening.
I have just that got that feeling that he’s got another ceilingHe was great after he came back into the side at 15 after we'd been running that non tackling Welsh dude, but as this discussion is about 10 let's not pretend he was good there in the game he played in that position.
Jury is still out on him as a 10, cracking fullback though.
Yeah in that game against North Harbour I think it was, he was pretty disappointing in the 10 jersey.
If the Canes persist with him at 10 he’s going to have a few shockers but hopefully his performances will get more consistent over time. They just have to back him and ride the waves. No better player to play outside than Roigard.
