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@frugby said in Super Rugby 2025:
This prompts an interesting question for next year... if he really does want to be an AB, he probably switches to a different side - what's his landing spot? Canes? Crusaders? Chiefs?
Canes are probably the one that need wingers the most tbh. Our only half decent wing is Naholo.
It seems stupid though that Ardie can play for them and be an AB but he has to move. Maybe we start picking guys out of Moana as well?
He's the form Super winger alongside Tangitau this year.
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@canefan said in Super Rugby 2025:
@frugby said in Super Rugby 2025:
This prompts an interesting question for next year... if he really does want to be an AB, he probably switches to a different side - what's his landing spot? Canes? Crusaders? Chiefs?
Unprecedented? Is the author not old enough to remember Frank Bunce turning out for Manu Samoa in the RWC before changing his blue jersey to black?
you know the answer to this. Modern rugby media is young wiht little to no analysis and plenty of clickbait
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@canefan said in Super Rugby 2025:
@frugby said in Super Rugby 2025:
This prompts an interesting question for next year... if he really does want to be an AB, he probably switches to a different side - what's his landing spot? Canes? Crusaders? Chiefs?
Unprecedented? Is the author not old enough to remember Frank Bunce turning out for Manu Samoa in the RWC before changing his blue jersey to black?
Alama Ieremia even more recently than that. Played for Samoa in 1993, the All Blacks the year after
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@Duluth said in Super Rugby 2025:
But the line was: "Taumoefolau eyes unprecedented switch from Tonga to the All Blacks"
I still think its probably wrong because Alatini made that move
Fair enough. All I saw was Frank Bunce.
Alatini played for Tonga in 1995, was it a test match ? to make matters more niggly it appears three of his brothers have played for Tonga too !
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2025:
@frugby said in Super Rugby 2025:
This prompts an interesting question for next year... if he really does want to be an AB, he probably switches to a different side - what's his landing spot? Canes? Crusaders? Chiefs?
Canes are probably the one that need wingers the most tbh. Our only half decent wing is Naholo.
It seems stupid though that Ardie can play for them and be an AB but he has to move. Maybe we start picking guys out of Moana as well?
He's the form Super winger alongside Tangitau this year.
There are agreements on the number of ABs that can play for MP (3?) or maybe more correctly players unavailable for Tonga or Samoa. And it is a good look for Ardie to go and help MP whiclst still being an AB. It's a bad look for NZR to 'steal' (yes they're mostly kiwis and based in NZ and paid for by NZ but optics) a MP player. So the players have the sense to sign somewhere else to pursue their ABs dream.
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@Machpants said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2025:
@frugby said in Super Rugby 2025:
This prompts an interesting question for next year... if he really does want to be an AB, he probably switches to a different side - what's his landing spot? Canes? Crusaders? Chiefs?
Canes are probably the one that need wingers the most tbh. Our only half decent wing is Naholo.
It seems stupid though that Ardie can play for them and be an AB but he has to move. Maybe we start picking guys out of Moana as well?
He's the form Super winger alongside Tangitau this year.
There are agreements on the number of ABs that can play for MP (3?) or maybe more correctly players unavailable for Tonga or Samoa. And it is a good look for Ardie to go and help MP whiclst still being an AB. It's a bad look for NZR to 'steal' (yes they're mostly kiwis and based in NZ and paid for by NZ but optics) a MP player. So the players have the sense to sign somewhere else to pursue their ABs dream.
That makes sense, it's just a pain for them that they have to shift, especially if they are thriving at Moana, which is great for the comp.
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@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Machpants said in Super Rugby 2025:
@Canes4life said in Super Rugby 2025:
@frugby said in Super Rugby 2025:
This prompts an interesting question for next year... if he really does want to be an AB, he probably switches to a different side - what's his landing spot? Canes? Crusaders? Chiefs?
Canes are probably the one that need wingers the most tbh. Our only half decent wing is Naholo.
It seems stupid though that Ardie can play for them and be an AB but he has to move. Maybe we start picking guys out of Moana as well?
He's the form Super winger alongside Tangitau this year.
There are agreements on the number of ABs that can play for MP (3?) or maybe more correctly players unavailable for Tonga or Samoa. And it is a good look for Ardie to go and help MP whiclst still being an AB. It's a bad look for NZR to 'steal' (yes they're mostly kiwis and based in NZ and paid for by NZ but optics) a MP player. So the players have the sense to sign somewhere else to pursue their ABs dream.
That makes sense, it's just a pain for them that they have to shift, especially if they are thriving at Moana, which is great for the comp.
cf Aumua
