Highlanders 2026
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Well. I'll be logging off at 3.30 on Friday and knocking back a few beers on the couch
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Excited for the Holland x Lavanini locking partnership.
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@upthelanders said in Highlanders 2026:
Excited for the Holland x Lavanini locking partnership.
We have Lavanini? How have I completely missed this?
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@Bones said in Highlanders 2026:
@upthelanders said in Highlanders 2026:
Excited for the Holland x Lavanini locking partnership.
We have Lavanini? How have I completely missed this?
Mate, I think you must have been on a hiatus right around the time Godfrey was ruled out of Super and Lavanini was signed by the Landers.
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Jim and Hugh Renton retained as captains.
Bit bemused we haven't looked past Hugh Renton. Really locks in the loose trio we will likely run.
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@SouthernMann Yeah I'm not sold he's a starter. An absolute weapon in 2023 but he's missed most of the past two seasons due to injury and I think probably needs to string together some solid gametime before being handed captaincy.
Clealry JJ likes what he's seeing in Hugh. But I'd be eyeing up Groota as co captain.
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@jimmyb said in Highlanders 2026:
If you’re going to have two captains, DeGroot and Fakatava make a lot sense than Renton and TT.
I can see the latter two playing a fair bit more minutes than EdG and FF. More likely to go 80, seems like "bigger voices" too.
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@Bones said in Highlanders 2026:
@jimmyb said in Highlanders 2026:
If you’re going to have two captains, DeGroot and Fakatava make a lot sense than Renton and TT.
I can see the latter two playing a fair bit more minutes than EdG and FF. More likely to go 80, seems like "bigger voices" too.
TT maybe, I’m just really not sure about Renton. I’d happy see DeGroot and TT as a pairing
