do you know what the lastest is on our injuries Darwin?
I'm not worried about loosing the perseason games, i'm worried our first 15 hasn't played together yet.
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It is not looking too good on the injury front I'm afraid. Last I heard the following players look like they may miss the first game: Fia, King (Kees Meeuws - now scrum coach - was on the bench for the last warm-up game as they were short of tighthead props), Hoeata (out for at least another month), Haskell (not injured, but only just back from Japan), Slade (still struggling with his groin in think?), Treeby, Piutau (out for at least another month - Chiefs WTG member Phil Burliegh in with the squad at the moment as cover), Lynn, Ellison (just returning from Japan - yes we have no midfield back left!), and Poki (knee). That's a third of the squad out before the season has even started !
For the Chiefs game I'd expect a 22 along the lines of:
MackIntosh, Hore, Murray, Bekhuis, Crosswell, Thomson, Hardie, Manu, Cowan, Sopoaga, Gear, Burleigh/Dickson, B Smith, Veainu, Baker
Reserves: Rutledge, Ellison, Rettallick, Tiejtens, A Smith, Noakes, Dickson/Burleigh/Popoalii
EDIT: Just saw
this Article in the ODT: basically says everything I've just written down!