Skip to content
  • Categories
Collapse

The Silver Fern

  • Tipping
  • Team Sheets
  • Highlights
  • Results
    • All Blacks

      Search every All Blacks Test. Filter results by year, opposition, location, venue, city and RWC stage

    • Super Rugby

      Search every Super Rugby since match 1996

    • NPC

      Search NPC results. Only first division matches from 1976-2005. All results from the 14 team competition (2006-present) are included

Exodus 2017

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Sports Talk
788 Posts 74 Posters 159.8k Views 3 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • UncoU Unco

    @Crucial said in Exodus 2017:

    I'd like to see Shields have a long term crack at 8. He is wasted in the backlog at 6

    I feel like people have been saying this for years yet he never really seems to get close. I think you Shields fans have to come to terms with the fact it's not going to happen.

    As far as Luatua goes, I thought his best chance of getting back into the ABs was if he locked down a lock/loosie role in the squad but oh well, maybe Seu or Fifita can try and pull that off.

    CrucialC Offline
    CrucialC Offline
    Crucial
    wrote on last edited by
    #466

    @Unco said in Exodus 2017:

    @Crucial said in Exodus 2017:

    I'd like to see Shields have a long term crack at 8. He is wasted in the backlog at 6

    I feel like people have been saying this for years yet he never really seems to get close. I think you Shields fans have to come to terms with the fact it's not going to happen.

    As far as Luatua goes, I thought his best chance of getting back into the ABs was if he locked down a lock/loosie role in the squad but oh well, maybe Seu or Fifita can try and pull that off.

    I'm not a Shields fan. Far from it. I have often wondered what the original excitement was.
    I just get glimpses every now and then that he could be far more than an also ran and when I do I also wonder if he is in his best position.
    I just kind of get the feeling that he may click and have a run of good games. He actually looks to me more like the type of loose forward that would do very well in the NH

    BonesB 1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • CrucialC Crucial

      @Unco said in Exodus 2017:

      @Crucial said in Exodus 2017:

      I'd like to see Shields have a long term crack at 8. He is wasted in the backlog at 6

      I feel like people have been saying this for years yet he never really seems to get close. I think you Shields fans have to come to terms with the fact it's not going to happen.

      As far as Luatua goes, I thought his best chance of getting back into the ABs was if he locked down a lock/loosie role in the squad but oh well, maybe Seu or Fifita can try and pull that off.

      I'm not a Shields fan. Far from it. I have often wondered what the original excitement was.
      I just get glimpses every now and then that he could be far more than an also ran and when I do I also wonder if he is in his best position.
      I just kind of get the feeling that he may click and have a run of good games. He actually looks to me more like the type of loose forward that would do very well in the NH

      BonesB Online
      BonesB Online
      Bones
      wrote on last edited by
      #467

      @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

      CrucialC MN5M MilkM 3 Replies Last reply
      0
      • TimT Offline
        TimT Offline
        Tim
        wrote on last edited by
        #468

        Thought that Shields defence was very good last year, and his work rate was up there. Outplayed Dixon and others.

        CrucialC boobooB 2 Replies Last reply
        1
        • BonesB Bones

          @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

          CrucialC Offline
          CrucialC Offline
          Crucial
          wrote on last edited by
          #469

          @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

          @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

          And Fritz has flourished up north. One of Clermont's best.

          1 Reply Last reply
          1
          • TimT Tim

            Thought that Shields defence was very good last year, and his work rate was up there. Outplayed Dixon and others.

            CrucialC Offline
            CrucialC Offline
            Crucial
            wrote on last edited by
            #470

            @Tim said in Exodus 2017:

            Thought that Shields defence was very good last year, and his work rate was up there. Outplayed Dixon and others.

            Agree. maybe it's because when he tries to be more dynamic on attack he doesn't quite get there. That would not be an issue up north where they don't expect their loosies to do much more than defend and hit rucks.

            1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • BonesB Bones

              @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

              MN5M Offline
              MN5M Offline
              MN5
              wrote on last edited by
              #471

              @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

              @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

              Who's that?

              BonesB 1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • MN5M MN5

                @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

                Who's that?

                BonesB Online
                BonesB Online
                Bones
                wrote on last edited by
                #472

                @MN5 said in Exodus 2017:

                @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

                Who's that?

                A Herne Bay hairdresser.

                MN5M 1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • BonesB Bones

                  @MN5 said in Exodus 2017:

                  @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                  @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

                  Who's that?

                  A Herne Bay hairdresser.

                  MN5M Offline
                  MN5M Offline
                  MN5
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #473

                  @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                  @MN5 said in Exodus 2017:

                  @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                  @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

                  Who's that?

                  A Herne Bay hairdresser.

                  Mullet or dreads?

                  BonesB 1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • MN5M MN5

                    @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                    @MN5 said in Exodus 2017:

                    @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                    @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

                    Who's that?

                    A Herne Bay hairdresser.

                    Mullet or dreads?

                    BonesB Online
                    BonesB Online
                    Bones
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #474

                    @MN5 Probably doesn't matter bro, he didn't exist in rugby in the late 90's early 00's.

                    MN5M 1 Reply Last reply
                    1
                    • BonesB Bones

                      @MN5 Probably doesn't matter bro, he didn't exist in rugby in the late 90's early 00's.

                      MN5M Offline
                      MN5M Offline
                      MN5
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #475

                      @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                      @MN5 Probably doesn't matter bro, he didn't exist in rugby in the late 90's early 00's.

                      Explains alot. So a Dion Muir type then?

                      #livinginthepast

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      1
                      • TimT Tim

                        Thought that Shields defence was very good last year, and his work rate was up there. Outplayed Dixon and others.

                        boobooB Do not disturb
                        boobooB Do not disturb
                        booboo
                        wrote on last edited by booboo
                        #476

                        @Tim said in Exodus 2017:

                        Thought that Shields defence was very good last year, and his work rate was up there. Outplayed Dixon and others.

                        Outplayed Dixon? Damning with faint praise

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        1
                        • BonesB Bones

                          @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

                          MilkM Offline
                          MilkM Offline
                          Milk
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #477

                          @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                          @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

                          Yeah, that's spot on. Shields a little more reliable defensively?

                          BonesB 1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • MilkM Milk

                            @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                            @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

                            Yeah, that's spot on. Shields a little more reliable defensively?

                            BonesB Online
                            BonesB Online
                            Bones
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #478

                            @Milk said in Exodus 2017:

                            @Bones said in Exodus 2017:

                            @Crucial Reminds me of a Fritz Lee type player.

                            Yeah, that's spot on. Shields a little more reliable defensively?

                            Yeah, probably hits a little harder...but the trade off being those massive mammary hands.

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • StargazerS Offline
                              StargazerS Offline
                              Stargazer
                              wrote on last edited by Stargazer
                              #479

                              Piers Francis has signed with Northampton Saints!

                              http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/news/latest-headlines/2017/mar-2017/saints-sign-another-exciting-player-into-squad/

                              SapetyviS 1 Reply Last reply
                              0
                              • StargazerS Stargazer

                                Piers Francis has signed with Northampton Saints!

                                http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/news/latest-headlines/2017/mar-2017/saints-sign-another-exciting-player-into-squad/

                                SapetyviS Offline
                                SapetyviS Offline
                                Sapetyvi
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #480

                                @Stargazer
                                "Over the past year the 26-year-old has emerged as one of the most exciting talents to be playing in Super Rugby."

                                Great article, haha

                                M CrucialC 2 Replies Last reply
                                1
                                • SapetyviS Sapetyvi

                                  @Stargazer
                                  "Over the past year the 26-year-old has emerged as one of the most exciting talents to be playing in Super Rugby."

                                  Great article, haha

                                  M Offline
                                  M Offline
                                  mooshld
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #481

                                  @Sapetyvi said in Exodus 2017:

                                  @Stargazer
                                  "Over the past year the 26-year-old has emerged as one of the most exciting talents to be playing in Super Rugby."

                                  Great article, haha

                                  Well their hardly going to write "journeyman who never really kicked on with any of the promise shown at age group level" are they?

                                  SapetyviS 1 Reply Last reply
                                  5
                                  • M mooshld

                                    @Sapetyvi said in Exodus 2017:

                                    @Stargazer
                                    "Over the past year the 26-year-old has emerged as one of the most exciting talents to be playing in Super Rugby."

                                    Great article, haha

                                    Well their hardly going to write "journeyman who never really kicked on with any of the promise shown at age group level" are they?

                                    SapetyviS Offline
                                    SapetyviS Offline
                                    Sapetyvi
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #482

                                    @mooshld well now that I think of it wouldn't nice that way

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    0
                                    • J Offline
                                      J Offline
                                      jauzy019
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #483

                                      Liam Squire chased by french club Toulouse.

                                      A 1 Reply Last reply
                                      0
                                      • SapetyviS Sapetyvi

                                        @Stargazer
                                        "Over the past year the 26-year-old has emerged as one of the most exciting talents to be playing in Super Rugby."

                                        Great article, haha

                                        CrucialC Offline
                                        CrucialC Offline
                                        Crucial
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #484

                                        @Sapetyvi said in Exodus 2017:

                                        @Stargazer
                                        "Over the past year the 26-year-old has emerged as one of the most exciting talents to be playing in Super Rugby."

                                        Great article, haha

                                        Excitement is in the eye of the beholder quite obviously.

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        0
                                        • J jauzy019

                                          Liam Squire chased by french club Toulouse.

                                          A Offline
                                          A Offline
                                          akan004
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #485

                                          @jauzy019 said in Exodus 2017:

                                          Liam Squire chased by french club Toulouse.

                                          This would be a big loss if he decides to go. Depth at six and eight at test level is not great, can't afford to lose Squire.

                                          Billy TellB 1 Reply Last reply
                                          0
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Search
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Search