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Tamaiti Ellison looks to be a good addition to the coaching staff, our defense was outstanding tonight

Shame to lose him, he's a great talent.

As a Crusader's supporter, I'm not concerned about this news. We have such a log-jam of quality back-three players coming through such as Jordan, Fiyaki & Fainganukuu.

I am however extremely concerned and worried about the quality and depth of our ...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/sup ... ighlanders

You've got to feel bad for Jager, he's been so unlucky with injuries lately..

Thank goodness the Canes got rid of Ben May and Chase Tiatia.

Our Locks and 1st 5 is of major concern still.

Worst in the competition by a mile

Haha, no way.. the Chief's squad is considerably weaker.

Hurricanes will probably finish 3rd or 4th this year. It will be very tight-tussle between ...

Not really much you can glean from that, other than Fainga'anuku playing the second half at centre. Clearly that's a consideration.

No Dallas McCleod in either team, does this mean Razor sees him and Goodhue as his preferred midfield? This game seems to be for giving the fringe players a go, so ...

That's a shame for Sanders, but hardly a surprise. He had a good year last year, but the guy's a permanent sicknote.

I don't think we lose much from our best 23.

Did you watch last year's comp? Sanders was arguably the Crusader's standout loosie in 2020. He certainly performed a lot better ...

I agree, Kaleb Trask looks to be the best pick of the lot. He has the most potential based on what I've seen so far. The others just aren't consistent enough performance-wise year upon year & are already well into their mid 20's by now..

2021 Jersey's are out, glad to be rid of that terrible blue/grey away strip

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JPNZ wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:33 am Absolutely stunning day here in the garden city, not that warm either 20c currently but no rain in sight for tonight's Black Clash.

yeah mate, such a welcome relief.. the last few days have been fucking cold for the middle of Summer..

Why Scott Robertson wanted a fourth assistant:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300209899/super-rugby-why-crusaders-coach-scott-robertson-wanted-a-fourth-assistant

"Personally, [a fourth assistant] allows me to step back a bit and see the big picture stuff, rather than be hands-on ...

Tamati Ellison joins as Assistant to replace Mark Jones

Former All Black Tamati Ellison has joined the Crusaders coaching staff for the 2021 Super Rugby season.

Ellison, 37, will fill the coaching position vacated by Welshman Mark Jones, and will assist with team defence and position-specific ...

Josh McKay is a good signing for us given the season ending injury to George Bridge. McKay plays a similar role, able to cover wing and fullback. It will be hard work for McKay to break into the starting XV given the depth the Crusaders have in their outside backs, but as we know Super Rugby ...

Can Rene Ranger play 12? I seem to remember him playing inside Anthony Tuitavake for the Blues. If he can play 12 then perhaps Goodhue could switch to his best position of centre? In saying that, if Ian Foster sees Goodhue as a no.12 for the AB's then an argument could be made to leave Goodhue at ...

JPNZ wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:33 pm Ranger in the midfield will be good to watch

bold to assume he'll get game time at all?? Crusaders already have McCleod, Punivai & Fainganuku who can play 13. This seems more like an injury cover / non-playing senior mentor role (like Carter at Blues last year) to me.

Could this be the start of McKay's newfound development as the Crusader's eventual starting 10 post Mo'unga as I was alluding to a few weeks ago? Is Razor planning to someday reunite the incredibly successful Chch Boy's High 10-15 axis of McKay-Will Jordan?? Quite possibly the two fastest players in ...

Crusaders nab Rene Ranger & Josh McKay ahead of Super Rugby Aotearoa 2021 campaign.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/sup ... -crusaders

Hope the Canes can keep on from where they ended up last year, though a bit worried with Booth out for first part as I don't know a lot about other 9s. So 9-10 axis (which is major part of team) is a worry, but I don't have incredibly high hopes.

I don't think NZ has ever had worse depth at SR ...

How do you hope your teams will fare in 2021?

Crusaders: I think we will be contenders for the Super Rugby Aotearoa title again in 2021. I thought we over-performed this year, and I wasn't honestly expecting to win it. Despite losing Ennor and Bridge for basically the entire SRA season I ...

How do you hope your teams will fare in 2021?

Crusaders: I think we will be contenders for the Super Rugby Aotearoa title again in 2021. I thought we over-performed this year, and I wasn't honestly expecting to win it. Despite losing Ennor and Bridge for basically the entire SRA season I think ...

I think many who are looking after the sick, wounded and starving mostly have a faith background.

That's a really poor generalization and certainly not true, the higher up you go in the medical field the less religious individuals you'd encounter, because you know.. higher education leads to ...

monkey wrote: Thu Dec 24, 2020 7:00 am Merry Christmas to all the NPR boredies who are of the Christian faith.

What about the NPR boredies of Hindi, Buddhist, Islam & thousands of other denominations?

Let's just stick to Happy Holidays, it's 2020 FFS, religion has no ethical place in modern society.

Where Scott Robertson's coaching future lies: 'there's going to be a point where I'm just going to say 'thanks' and go another direction'..

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/where-scott-robertsons-coaching-future-lies-theres-going-to-be-a-point-where-im-just-going-to-say-thanks-and-go-another ...

Where Scott Robertson's coaching future lies: 'there's going to be a point where I'm just going to say 'thanks' and go another direction'..

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/where-scott-robertsons-coaching-future-lies-theres-going-to-be-a-point-where-im-just-going-to-say-thanks-and-go-another ...

Give Richie Mo’unga a few years & we’ll see if he’s in the discussion. That boy has the Midas touch, he’s won 4 titles in just his first 5 seasons of Super Rugby. If he can manage another in the next 3 years (and a World Cup Gold Medal to his name) that conversation may start to veer in his ...

It doesn't matter which midfield duo we use, if they aren't given years to develop as a combination then it will be destined for failure. Nonu and Smith took years to reach their potential. Ian Foster is obsessed with rotation and having options, so he has never let a combination settle ...

I only did a cursory check on Wikipedia, but was surprised to read that Peter Umaga-Jensen isn't significantly heavier than any of Laumape, Leinert-Brown or Goodhue. I was under the impression he was a bit bigger.

Peter 's 13, so he probably wouldn't be competing with his brother anyways ...

PUJ is definitely more of a 13.

Another leftfield option try another winger-midfield covert like Ma'a Nonu & Tana Umaga, do we eventually convert the 108kg Caleb Clarke into a 12?

I only did a cursory check on Wikipedia, but was surprised to read that Peter Umaga-Jensen isn't significantly heavier than any of Laumape, Leinert-Brown or Goodhue. I was under the impression he was a bit bigger.

Peter 's 13, so he probably wouldn't be competing with his brother anyways ...

To recapture something like the Nonu/Smith magic in 2023, what about Umaga-Jensen/Ennor?

Tony Brown has been talking up Peter Umaga-Jensen's brother, Thomas, who apparently had come into Highlanders pre-season weighing in as the heaviest midfielder in the country. Perhaps he's the solution to ...

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Give Richie Mo’unga a few years & we’ll see if he’s in the discussion. That boy has the Midas touch, he’s won 4 titles in just his first 5 seasons of Super Rugby. If he can manage ...

Josh McKay has the potential to be that, I strongly feel he should be converted back to a 10, the position where he and Will Jordan (at 15) for Chch Boys High single-handedly laid waste to the entire Secondary Schools competition.

I heard recently that he’d been picked up in the Crusader’s ...

I think we can all agree that our issue won't be the make-up of our wings/back three. We have great depth there, including Chay Fihaki, who looks like star in the making.

Our areas of concern are our backrow, midfield and our backup for Richie Mo'unga. In Burke and Cameron we arguably have ...

I think we can all agree that our issue won't be the make-up of our wings/back three. We have great depth there, including Chay Fihaki, who looks like star in the making.

Our areas of concern are our backrow, midfield and our backup for Richie Mo'unga. In Burke and Cameron we arguably have the ...

I am not sensing much love for Tom Sanders here.

He was our most improved player this season, it was great to see him get a good injury-free run. But who misses out for him to be in our first choice XXIII? He's not really an impact player so he needs to start or nothing.

I’m left wondering ...

So this is my 1st choice XXIII based on this season's form and potential;

15. David Havili
14. Will Jordan
13. Leicester Fainga’anuku
12. Jack Goodhue
11. George Bridge
10. Richie Mo'unga
9. Bryn Hall

8. Whetukamokamo Douglas
7. Tom Christie
6. Grace Cullen
5. Sam Whitelock
4. Scott Barrett
3 ...

Fainga'anuku, McLeod, Chay Fihaki & Punivai are all better options than Havili in the midfield.

I'm not sure why anyone is even suggesting moving Havili from 15. From all the games we've seen him play at 12 (in Crotty's absence) he's lacked penetration and his channel has been aggressively ...

1. Moody
2. Coles
3. Laulala
4. Rettalick
5. Whitelock
6. Ioane
7. Cane
8. Sotutu
9. Smith
10. Mo'unga
11. Clarke
12. Lienert
13. Goodhue
14. Sir William
15. McNuggets~

16. Taylor
17. Tu’inukuafe
18. Tu'ungafasi
19. S.Barrett
20. A.Savea
21. Fakatava
22. Reiko Ioane
23. Beauden Barrett

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/we-are-keen-for-him-to-play-some-rugby-at-10-ian-foster-weighs-in-on-the-all-blacks-dual-playmaker-debate/

“Ever since I started working with Steve Hansen in 2012 we’ve always tried to work on a two-sided attack whether it was Ben Smith, Israel Dagg, Beauden Barrett ...

JM2K6 wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:04 am It's really not contradictory. Robertson has nothing to do with NH rugby.

How is it any different to Henry bringing in Dave Ellis to be NZ's defensive advisor for the 2005 Lions tour?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... ew-zealand

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