Blues 2025
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@Daffy-Jaffy Wellington & NZ under 20 prop Bradly Crichton did a tour of the Blues facility yesterday
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2025:
That likely explains picking 7 props in the squad plus 3 extras at training.
Tupaea, Faleafa and?
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@Steven-Harris aren't they looking at a French prop,from Toulon,?
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Is this Terrell Peita at Blues training?
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@Daffy-Jaffy grainy pic, but it does look like him and it looks like the tattoo he has on his right forearm
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'To be honest, I hated rugby': How the nephew of TJ Perenara ended up at the Blues
The 2024 NPC final was a bittersweet occasion for new Blues singing Reon Paul. The Bay of Plenty winger received his blazer after representing the province for the 15th time.
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@Daffy-Jaffy Terrell Peita and Liam Hallam Eames have been called into the Blues training squad ,there’s a few players carrying injuries
I would imagine only onboard for preseason games -
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So non-All Blacks full squad players not there are -
Renata, Sheck, Ake, McWhannell, Christie, Beehre, Sotutu, Clark, Spencer.
Points of interest to me are -
Lam at 12, yay!
Choat at 6 both halves.
Evans at 13 rather than 12.
Forbes on the Wing, he played about 50% of his games for Glasgow there.
Sullivan at 15, Cotter said he may be tried in the midfield this season.
Tupaea at Tighthead, he has only ever played Loosehead for Waikato ( and has never started, always been in 17).
Looks like young Nathanial Pole is the important 4th Hooker backup. I do like how Cotter backs youth.
All the new players picked in this years squad are 19 - 23 years old.Edit: also Hamdahn Tuipulotu on the bench, adding to the parade of extra props involved at training. Makes me a bit concerned about the health of the squad props.
