Whitelock to lead Crusaders
31 Jan 2013
George Whitelock will skipper the Crusaders in their warm-up game against the Hurricanes in Timaru.
Richie McCaw is on a six-month sabbatical, and prominent All Blacks such as Kieran Read, Dan Carter and Israel Dagg will only be introduced in the next couple of weeks.
Whitelock leads a team that includes a number of new faces, with Joe Moody, Codie Taylor, Dominic Bird, Shane Christie, Jordan Taufua, Jeremy Su’a and Kieran Fonotia all set to get their first run for the Canterbury franchise.
Crusaders – 15 Tom Marshall, 14 James Schrader, 13 Kieran Fonotia, 12 Robbie Fruean, 11 Shayne Anderson, 10 Tyler Bleyendaal, 9 Jeremy Su’a, 8 Jordan Taufua, 7 Shane Christie, 6 George Whitelock (c), 5 Joel Everson, 4 Dominic Bird, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Joe Moody.
Subs: Paea Fa’anunu, Adrian Barone, Mitch Graham, Ben Funnell, Jimmy Tupou, Matt Simons, Luke Whitelock, Matt Todd, Andy Ellis, Tyrone Elkington, Kolio Hifo, Stephen Burt.
17 Comments
31 Jan 2013, 10:31 am
go canes..
31 Jan 2013, 10:36 am
will be interesting to see how the crusaders go at the breakdown with richie not there.
and by that I mean….will these okes get blown off the park. Refs too kak bang to send Richie off.
31 Jan 2013, 10:46 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl-2:
What a bitter attitude you take comfort in.
31 Jan 2013, 10:56 am
@Brads-3:
maybe, but stats prove my opinion of the situation.
Consistantly the most penalized player in the comp over a number of seasons with a yellow every 2-3 seasons or so?
Yet someone like Stegmann (anobody player in the greater context of who is who) will get sent to the bin every 2-3 games or so yet concedes fewer penalties over a season historically?
31 Jan 2013, 11:08 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl-4:
Wow, you have stats, not just an attitude.
Please post those so that we can all share your rage.
31 Jan 2013, 11:15 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl-4:
I am going to assume you will come up empty on the stats front, and you will be just another anti McCaw groupie who clutches at straws to explain away his genius.
31 Jan 2013, 12:49 pm
what happen to hype over Matt Todd? the next McCaw?
31 Jan 2013, 22:12 pm
@greatest13gerber-7:
Hes named in the reserves, could still be in the top 5 of Nz opensides, but his name seems to be fading out of Ab selection with Sane Cane, John Hardie and possibly Ardie Savea moving ahead of him.
1 Feb 2013, 00:47 am
@Brigadier Van Zyl-2: I had to lol at the irony last year when the Chief fans went crazy at McCaw’s cheating in the semi, they were all like ‘I had never noticed that before!’.
1 Feb 2013, 00:54 am
@Big Hit-9:
Can’t think of any diehard Chiefs fans here on Keo….who are you quoting?
1 Feb 2013, 02:17 am
@Te Rangatira-10: fan comments on an article on one of the NZ news sites
1 Feb 2013, 02:51 am
@Big Hit-11:
hehe….yep Big Hit, it always depends what perspective you’re seeing the game from. Had a Crusaders fan have a go at me for defending the Chiefs disgusting
attacks on Richie in that semi. I don’t know about a Chiefs fan suddenly realizing what Richie gets up to, but I do know in order to negate him you have to commit some bodily harm.
1 Feb 2013, 02:53 am
@Te Rangatira-12:
Oh… forgot my quote marks around the disgusting to semi, not my words.
1 Feb 2013, 03:05 am
@Te Rangatira-12:
hehe, that would be right……….
1 Feb 2013, 06:51 am
@Big Hit-9:
@Te Rangatira-12:
hehehe
beautiful…
1 Feb 2013, 09:39 am
I understand Whitelock’s first effort into player bonding was to take the entire squad out to kill some game in the shape of deer and pig.
It did not go down so well for some members of the squad from all accounts.
1 Feb 2013, 12:21 pm
More importantly the best winger in the world is out, possibly for the season. Jane. Ratshiiiiieeeet
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