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John Eales (66)
apparently as medical joker for Sean McMahon, can't find anything online about his injury though.
New Zealand Rugby Team Watch
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Sounds promising.
Presumably these will occur in the year before and after a RWC, to account for the Lions tours. For e.g., NZ could end up with a schedule of:
2027: RWC
2028: Tour of SAF
2029: Lions tour
2030: Boks tour
2031: RWC
Then the Boks for 2027-2031:
2031: RWC
2032: ABs tour
2033: Lions tour
2034: Tour of NZL
2035: RWC
Presumably these will occur in the year before and after a RWC, to account for the Lions tours. For e.g., NZ could end up with a schedule of:
2027: RWC
2028: Tour of SAF
2029: Lions tour
2030: Boks tour
2031: RWC
Then the Boks for 2027-2031:
2031: RWC
2032: ABs tour
2033: Lions tour
2034: Tour of NZL
2035: RWC
noscrumnolife
Jimmy Flynn (14)
I think Lord could be a great Test match player. Between Vaa'i, Barrett and Lord they will be fine.
Always going to be hard to follow up Whitelock-Retallick.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Dogroll aside, they're all young so seems fine to me. If half of them were 27+ then yeah would be alarming, but five options <25 is fine imo. In the short term there's also Josh Dickson and even Tuipulotu.
EDIT: jk Dickson has gone to Japan.
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John Hipwell (52)
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Ken Catchpole (46)
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Ken Catchpole (46)
Tahs players could be Seu and Leatigaga. Crusaders one is Brighthouse. Not sure immediately about the others
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Ken Catchpole (46)
That would be huge. Seu is going to Japan but it could just be 1 season, with a late turn up for Moana.
Mike Tindall has 179 caps for gloucester but prettttttty sure it won't be him.
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David Codey (61)
I have Ben Morgan with 171-187 Gloucester caps depending on the source and he just retired so it could be him, though it also seems unlikely.
Freddie Burns was at Gloucester for a fair while but I don't think he got to 179 (wikipedia has 131). Does make some sense given his stint at the Highlanders last year.
Mark Atkinson is getting up near 179 - all.rugby have him at 167.
Hard to find definitive and current list of caps though, so I guess we'll just have to wait until tomorrow. I considered trying to work out the junior wallaby too, but there are just too many options.
Dan54
Tim Horan (67)
Wouldn't be mate, he was a pretty good super player, but never really struck me as higher level than that.
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Ken Catchpole (46)
Ok so waratahs for MP (Moana Pasifika) were EPS prop Latu and u20 Hooker Maka
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
^ if 'canes want him in their SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) setup and/ or 'naki want him in their NPC setup good luck to them (& Beaugan) but NZR shouldn't be signing him through to 2027 IMO.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
If his missus absolutely must bully him into staying in Auckland then he can sit on the bench for the Blues, at the absolute best. If he has actual, current, Super Rugby form. There's no way Perofeta and Sullivan should be sacrificed for him.
That or commute to the Tron.
That or commute to the Tron.
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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Important to remember that the notion of Beaugan going to Japan on a multi-year deal but remaining AB-eligible came from NZR staff not Beaugan. I'd put money on this proposed arrangement having come out of the same office(s).
KiwiM
Nev Cottrell (35)
It's not going to Japan on a multi year deal. It's signing a NZR multi year deal and spending 1 season in Japan