@Landers92 just doing my part to stay on topic 
earlier there was something about some random Hurricanes midfielder being in the sights of Scotland, god knows how that even came about in a Reds v Highlanders thread
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@frugby said in Reds v Highlanders:
DLB for Bartlett is a real puzzler for me... and I just don't like Stodart at lock.
Seems like Stodart is pigeonholed as a lock. If they saw him as an eight you would have expected to have seen him replace Casey at halftime last week.
Lavanini must have arrived in absolutely shit nick. Still unseen in the main side.
@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:
@frugby said in Reds v Highlanders:
DLB for Bartlett is a real puzzler for me... and I just don't like Stodart at lock.
Seems like Stodart is pigeonholed as a lock. If they saw him as an eight you would have expected to have seen him replace Casey at halftime last week.
Lavanini must have arrived in absolutely shit nick. Still unseen in the main side.
From what I’ve heard, they seriously underestimated how unfit he’d be. I think his last professional game was last June? He is 33 and probably has what, 1-2 more good years if he’s lucky?
@jimmyb said in Reds v Highlanders:
@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:
@frugby said in Reds v Highlanders:
DLB for Bartlett is a real puzzler for me... and I just don't like Stodart at lock.
Seems like Stodart is pigeonholed as a lock. If they saw him as an eight you would have expected to have seen him replace Casey at halftime last week.
Lavanini must have arrived in absolutely shit nick. Still unseen in the main side.
From what I’ve heard, they seriously underestimated how unfit he’d be. I think his last professional game was last June? He is 33 and probably has what, 1-2 more good years if he’s lucky?
I'm ok with it as long as he is working as a behind the scenes mentor for our other locks.
Someone with that much test experience will be invaluable for Josh Tengblad and even Fabian. If he is providing it the advice. I thought Oli Haig was great at lock last week.
@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:
@jimmyb said in Reds v Highlanders:
@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:
@frugby said in Reds v Highlanders:
DLB for Bartlett is a real puzzler for me... and I just don't like Stodart at lock.
Seems like Stodart is pigeonholed as a lock. If they saw him as an eight you would have expected to have seen him replace Casey at halftime last week.
Lavanini must have arrived in absolutely shit nick. Still unseen in the main side.
From what I’ve heard, they seriously underestimated how unfit he’d be. I think his last professional game was last June? He is 33 and probably has what, 1-2 more good years if he’s lucky?
I'm ok with it as long as he is working as a behind the scenes mentor for our other locks.
Someone with that much test experience will be invaluable for Josh Tengblad and even Fabian. If he is providing it the advice. I thought Oli Haig was great at lock last week.
Makes sense to me. Guess it’s felt more with the loss of Holland
@jimmyb said in Reds v Highlanders:
@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:
@frugby said in Reds v Highlanders:
DLB for Bartlett is a real puzzler for me... and I just don't like Stodart at lock.
Seems like Stodart is pigeonholed as a lock. If they saw him as an eight you would have expected to have seen him replace Casey at halftime last week.
Lavanini must have arrived in absolutely shit nick. Still unseen in the main side.
From what I’ve heard, they seriously underestimated how unfit he’d be. I think his last professional game was last June? He is 33 and probably has what, 1-2 more good years if he’s lucky?
That's what, 10-12 games with his propensity to be carded?
Josh Bartlett looks ro be warming up and in playing kit.
Could de Groot be scratched? Birth of his child?
@SouthernMann said in Reds v Highlanders:
Josh Bartlett looks ro be warming up and in playing kit.
Could de Groot be scratched? Birth of his child?
You can see him in the huddle that was just on screen I think
I can forgive the handling errors
Humidity is above 90%
NH want us to play TRC at this time of year.....
@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Highlanders:
Proper skills that. Backs could learn.
End over end and back your angles.
