Exodus 2017
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@No-Quarter I dunno if Cane has as firmer grasp on the jersey, I'm a big fan, but I think Matt Todd made much more of his chances than either Cane or Savea last year, especially as a starter.
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@taniwharugby said in Exodus 2017:
@No-Quarter I dunno if Cane has as firmer grasp on the jersey, I'm a big fan, but I think Matt Todd made much more of his chances than either Cane or Savea last year, especially as a starter.
That and the fact he's just an injury away from definite selection.
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@MajorRage That hit on Heaslip would now earn him a yellow. Even with SH refs.
I doubt whether the way Cane is liked or disliked up north will be an important factor in his selection, if it is a factor at all. The selectors seem to like him and that will be the reason why they pick him. My guess is that if the two first tests are won, either Savea or Todd will get a start in the 3rd test.
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@Frye said in Exodus 2017:
Cane's tackle was on Robbie Henshaw.
It's a cardinal rule that NZ players don't profess to know the names of the opposition they're playing/non-tiddlywinks tackling.
Indeed, a number of NZ players [edit: and fans] thought they were playing Iceland in Chicago. Last November...
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@Crucial said in Exodus 2017:
@Frye said in Exodus 2017:
Cane's tackle was on Robbie Henshaw.
Talks Oirish, name starts with an 'H'. Same diff.
Nothing quite says "I'm an authority on NH rugby" like getting the guys name wrong.
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@Stargazer Not the point. They whinge about him because they don't like him. They don't like him because he's good. Hence, he'll start.
@Pot-Hale @Frye Nothing deeper in my mistake there than simply typing the wrong name ... never profess to be an expert on NH rugby, just wrote the wrong blokes name. Cane was the important point, not who he hit.
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@MajorRage said in Exodus 2017:
They whinge about him because they don't like him. They don't like him because he's good. Hence, he'll start.
McCaw syndrome. First diagnosed in Australia but caught on further north.
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Not Liam Coltman.
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Must admit I don't know this player ...
Waikato first-five Jason Robertson has signed with Japanese side Tokyo Gas until the end of the year. Tokyo Gas plays in one of the regional leagues (that's the third tier of the rugby competition in Japan), the Top East League to be specific.
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@Stargazer Robertson made his Waikato debut in the Ranfurly Shield game vs Thames Valley last year. By coincidence I was standing next to his parents (I didn't know that until they started cheering for him). I don't remember him starting too many games in the NPC but he made an impact off the bench in the C-M game. As the article says he has a number of players ahead of him at 1st 5. He was one of the key players in the University club team in recent years.
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You are a very naughty man @taniwharugby
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Whetu Douglas off to Treviso!
It's a pity Whetu Douglas had to farewell the Crusaders in such strange circumstances. Just over a week ago Crusaders coach Scott Robertson stated No 8 Douglas was going to remain in Christchurch for another six weeks, having been granted permission to remain as injury cover for wounded loosies Jed Brown and Mitchell Dunshea. (...) Now we have learned his days with the Crusaders are numbered. He is off to join Italian club Treviso, who are coached by former All Blacks fullback Kieran Crowley. Crowley and Treviso are the big winners in this. They signed Douglas on the back of his efforts with Waikato and the NZ Maori sides last year, something that wasn't made public until recently. And despite the Crusaders' best efforts to arrange for him to stay they couldn't come to terms with Treviso. "Whetu had signed a contract with Treviso before he came down to the Crusaders and we were hoping to have him for the whole season," Robertson said. "Now he has to, in simple terms, honour that contract. He left us this week with a lot of disappointment on and off the field. Everyone knows, and he will say it, he exceeded expectations."He would have loved to have stayed. But that is just the way it worked out." You cannot blame Treviso for sticking to their guns. Without being privy to the contract details it is difficult to know how much leverage Douglas had in terms of extending his stay with the Crusaders, but a deal is a deal. Given Crowley thought he had secured Highlanders first five-eighth Marty Banks late last year, but is now watching him play for the Dunedin club from afar, he may have vowed to ensure Douglas didn't slip from his clutches. Robertson indicated the Crusaders hoped Treviso would allow Douglas to delay his departure from New Zealand. Now he has been packing his bags and preparing to shift his whanau to Italy. Ta$man's Ethan Blackadder, the son of former coach Todd Blackadder, briefly joined the squad as injury cover this week after impressing with his robust efforts for the Nelson club this year.Damn you, Marty Bloody Banks!
