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Richard Knowler from stuff.co.nz has put out his possible AB 35: OUTSIDE BACKS Will Jordan, Ruben Love, Emoni Narawa, Sevu Reece, Caleb Clarke, Leroy Carter. MIDFIELDERS Rieko Ioane, Billy Proctor, Jordie Barrett, David Havili. FIRST FIVES Beauden Barrett, Damian McKenzie. HALFBACKS Cam...

FWIW cowbells have been prohibited at Sky Stadium (Wellington) for about 10 years...

All 17K tix have been sold. In theory there's room for ~600 more at the open end of the ground but the cost of putting them up & pulling them down exceeds the revenue they'd generate. Fun fact: CruSadists won more games at their "temporary" home than they played at Lancaster Park.

Read during G&GR's holiday that when Blackadder got called off for an HIA v Blues it was actually ScoBar's smart mouthguard that had been triggered. Hopefully they get that right this week, we can't have a healthy player being taken off & a potentially injured one left out there.

Injury lists per rugby.com.au (super.rugby seems to have crashed): Chiefs Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi - Shoulder, TBC Josh Lord - Concussion, TBC Liam Coombes-Fabling - Hamstring, Short-term Anton Lienert Brown - Collarbone, Short-term Malachi Wrampling - Hamstring, Mid-term Simon Parker - Ankle...

Team lists per super.rugby: CRUSADERS (1-15): Tamaiti Williams, Codie Taylor, Fletcher Newell, Scott Barrett, Antonio Shalfoon, Ethan Blackadder, Tom Christie, Christian Lio-Willie, Noah Hotham, Rivez Reihana, Macca Springer, David Havili (c), Braydon Ennor, Sevu Reece, Will Jordan...

Yeah, it's starting to wear a little thin. Hard to recall a full-strength French team coming these ways since the game went pro.

Also posted on Monday that the AU/NZ match is a week prior to Maori AB v Scotland so I can't see any fringe AB of Maori descent being released which really just leaves those of Pakeha, 'nesiaan and/ or mixed heritage e.g. Papali'i, Havili, Iose if not required for AB 36. @zer0 may now want to...

Posted on Monday but appears to have fallen into one of the gaps in G&GR's availability. RMo unavailable for AU/NZ with a broken hand which didn't stop him playing the J-League GF so either he needs surgery or his Club (or their insurer) has nixed it.

"France coach Fabien Galthié says he has “no choice” but to name a weakened squad for next month’s test series in New Zealand." In the meantime he's named a squad for a warmup v an England XV: Forwards: Hugo Auradou, Demba Bamba, Gaëtan Barlot, Tyler Duguid, Baptiste Erdocio, Alexandre...

"The Chiefs have received a big boost for Saturday night’s Super Rugby Pacific final against the Crusaders in Christchurch, with star fullback Shaun Stevenson cleared to play after passing concussion tests."...

I think these guys qualify as superfans...

19:05 NZT Saturday 21/06

Bryn Evans has been added to AB coaching staff as a specialist lineout coach.

Sorry @Strewthcobber you literally missed the cut.