Reece out for the season

[Kiwias]

Sevu Reece will miss the entire season due to a knee injury. Bad news for the Crusaders in particular.


https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/20 ... njury.html

[Jb1981]

It’s a big loss. The lack of game time Reece got for the ABs was another thing I had filed under “The Mysteries of Foster”.

[Gumboot]

They had this graphic on The Breakdown the other day:



Carnage.

[Kiwias]

They had this graphic on The Breakdown the other day:



Carnage.

Not sure how they calculate the %.

[Gumboot]

Not sure how they calculate the %.

Neither am I.

[Enzedder]

According to that, the Sadists have 16 players left

[Kiwias]

And the Chiefs have 11 fit players?

40% of 18 is 7.

[Ymx]

I was thinking it could be to do with injuries to starting players. So not all players are counted. Otherwise how could the Highlanders percent be higher. But looking at the list, most of the Saders listed there are starting players.

So I’ve absolutely no idea.

[Grandpa]

I was thinking it could be to do with injuries to starting players. So not all players are counted. Otherwise how could the Highlanders percent be higher. But looking at the list, most of the Saders listed there are starting players.

So I’ve absolutely no idea.

Can you still see the list? I'm getting a "This image no longer exists" image.

[Ymx]

I was thinking it could be to do with injuries to starting players. So not all players are counted. Otherwise how could the Highlanders percent be higher. But looking at the list, most of the Saders listed there are starting players.

So I’ve absolutely no idea.

Can you still see the list? I'm getting a "This image no longer exists" image.

Can you see this one?

[Grandpa]

I was thinking it could be to do with injuries to starting players. So not all players are counted. Otherwise how could the Highlanders percent be higher. But looking at the list, most of the Saders listed there are starting players.

So I’ve absolutely no idea.

Can you still see the list? I'm getting a "This image no longer exists" image.

Can you see this one?

Thanks. I can see that. Those percentages might be total injuries over the season including recovered? Else they don't make a lot of sense?

[JM2K6]

Can you still see the list? I'm getting a "This image no longer exists" image.

Can you see this one?

Thanks. I can see that. Those percentages might be total injuries over the season including recovered? Else they don't make a lot of sense?

"Key" players vs team injured

[Gumboot]

My biggest concerns from those lists are Goodhue, Lienert-Brown and Grace. Coming back from such long injury breaks and then getting dinged again so soon doesn't augur well for their chances of making it through to the RWC.

[Guy Smiley]

My biggest concerns from those lists are Goodhue, Lienert-Brown and Grace. Coming back from such long injury breaks and then getting dinged again so soon doesn't augur well for their chances of making it through to the RWC.

Yes... I'd add Tupaea to that list for the absolute bastardry of his injury, the timing of it and the fuckwittery that caused it. He stands little chance of playing in a WC he looked certain to be involved in because Darcy Swain is a malignant fuckwit.

[Grandpa]

Can you see this one?

Thanks. I can see that. Those percentages might be total injuries over the season including recovered? Else they don't make a lot of sense?

"Key" players vs team injured

Ah ok, so the percentage is showing what percentage the key players make up of the total injured players?

[Grandpa]

My biggest concerns from those lists are Goodhue, Lienert-Brown and Grace. Coming back from such long injury breaks and then getting dinged again so soon doesn't augur well for their chances of making it through to the RWC.

Injuries are funny things aren't they.. they can go years injury free.. and then one injury seems to have a domino effect for some players. They just keep getting re-injured. ALB and Goodhue and even Grace must be long shots now.

[JM2K6]

Thanks. I can see that. Those percentages might be total injuries over the season including recovered? Else they don't make a lot of sense?

"Key" players vs team injured

Ah ok, so the percentage is showing what percentage the key players make up of the total injured players?

The way I read it is: the percentage shows how many injured players they have, either in the expected matchday squad or the wider squad (hard to say). The players listed are notable key players from that list.

[Certain Navigator]

My biggest concerns from those lists are Goodhue, Lienert-Brown and Grace. Coming back from such long injury breaks and then getting dinged again so soon doesn't augur well for their chances of making it through to the RWC.

Yes... I'd add Tupaea to that list for the absolute bastardry of his injury, the timing of it and the fuckwittery that caused it. He stands little chance of playing in a WC he looked certain to be involved in because Darcy Swain is a malignant fuckwit.

Not to mention Reece, whose chances of playing in the RWC are precisely zero due to similar reckless play by Rieko Ioane.

[Kiwias]

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[Kiwias]

"Key" players vs team injured

Ah ok, so the percentage is showing what percentage the key players make up of the total injured players?

The way I read it is: the percentage shows how many injured players they have, either in the expected matchday squad or the wider squad (hard to say). The players listed are notable key players from that list.

That makes sense. Cheers

[Grandpa]

Ah ok, so the percentage is showing what percentage the key players make up of the total injured players?

The way I read it is: the percentage shows how many injured players they have, either in the expected matchday squad or the wider squad (hard to say). The players listed are notable key players from that list.

That makes sense. Cheers

Yes, does make sense finally.. the key players were a red herring...

[Torquemada 1420]

Just realised he won't make RWC either. Assumed it was only Soup.

[Kiwias]

Just realised he won't make RWC either. Assumed it was only Soup.

He is out for the entire season

[Ymx]

My biggest concerns from those lists are Goodhue, Lienert-Brown and Grace. Coming back from such long injury breaks and then getting dinged again so soon doesn't augur well for their chances of making it through to the RWC.

Yes... I'd add Tupaea to that list for the absolute bastardry of his injury, the timing of it and the fuckwittery that caused it. He stands little chance of playing in a WC he looked certain to be involved in because Darcy Swain is a malignant fuckwit.

He’s quite rightly very peeved.

'I'm still pretty angry about it': Injured All Black Tupaea resentful over Swain cleanout

By Ben Smith

All Black second five-eighth Quinn Tupaea has opened up about his recovery from the ACL injury he suffered in last year’s Bledisloe Cup clash in Melbourne.

The 23-year-old was competing a ruck when Wallabies lock Darcy Swain took a low angle to clean him off the ball, hitting the knee area which caused Tupaea to collapse awkwardly with two other Wallabies on top of him.

Tupaea suffered a serious knee injury as a result which has put his World Cup hopes in jeopardy and six months through the recovery he revealed to 1News he still holds resentment over the incident.

The cleanout caused multiple ligament damage and a torn ACL which has been a painful process to recover from, resulting in lingering feelings of anger and resentment for the No 12.

“I’m still pretty angry about it,” he told 1News.

“It’s been tough to let it go – I wouldn’t wish this injury on anyone.

“It’s a terrible injury to go through. It’s probably going to be a long time before I can let it go.

“The start was pretty slow and painful… The first six weeks I struggled to leave the bed and the couch.

“I was stuck at home, I didn’t leave the house for six weeks.”

Swain was yellow carded at the time for the incident and handed a six-week suspension for the dangerous play.

The Chiefs midfielder has only just returned to jogging and will still miss the entire 2023 Super Rugby season leaving him in a race against the clock to be available for the Rugby World Cup.

The 14-Test All Black will return to NPC action with Waikato in July in a bid to push for selection but holds doubt over whether he has enough time to do so.

“Before I got injured, obviously, it was my goal to go to the Rugby World Cup but with the All Blacks’ midfield stock at the moment, it’s pretty congested and I’ll be playing no Super Rugby,” he said.

“I’ll be back in time playing for when the World Cup is around but whether I make it… I’m not sure.”

As a result of injuries to Tupaea and David Havili, who was forced off early in the same clash in Melbourne, the All Blacks coaches moved fullback Jordie Barrett into the midfield where he has played since.

The centre partnership of Barrett and Rieko Ioane finished the year as the All Blacks first-choice option.

All of the All Blacks’ most experienced midfielders, Anton Lienert-Brown, Jack Goodhue and Havili, remain sidelined with various injuries but all are expected to return to play ahead of the All Blacks Rugby Championship campaign.

Blues second five-eighth Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is also injured with a hand injury and is expected to miss a month of action.