Blues v Chiefs
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@Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:
Media release:
https://chiefs.co.nz/news-item/new-faces-to-feature-in-gallagher-chiefs-season-opener/
With our Test players only rejoining us late in the pre-season, we’ve opted to bring the majority of them back via the bench. That rewards those who have worked relentlessly over the last few months, and allows us to inject some experience later into the game. It’s a long season and a particularly tough opening six weeks leading into our bye. We will need to be smart around how we manage our squad and our selections this week are a reflection of that”.
Boshier over Brown astounds me.
That was 150 words to say 'we've given this one away'
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@Duluth From what I saw of him at for blues u20 he is quite small but very mobile with a high work rate. Him and his brother both loved to run with the ball and they defended superbly. He did some good things around the field in the final preseason game were he played 2 qtrs after Mullens went off. Vaai and Lord will no doubt put his throw under a lot of pressure when he comes on. Expect Ricky to play allot of minutes.
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absolutely love the two AB 10s starting at 15...
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Referee: Damon Murphy
Assistant Referees: Reuben Keane & Ben O'Keeffe
TMO: Brett Cronan
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@Duluth said in Blues v Chiefs:
Any opinions on Nathaniel Pole? I don't think he's played any NPC yet?
Was he injured during NPC? Otherwise it's frustrating if he didn't play considering Auckland
gifted minutes to a journeyman no hoper like Apisaicould have used him (woops forgot Apisai went to Wellington) -
@mariner4life said in Blues v Chiefs:
absolutely love the two AB 10s starting at 15...
Nah I'm sure the ab ten be playing ten for Toshiba, teams not out yet
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Chiefs:
Hopefully Chiefs themselves show up unlike their last two visits to the Garden
Great chat but
Showing up for my team when they're shit > not showing up at all.
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This from the Blues makes me wonder if maybe ticket sales aren't going well?
"To celebrate Ofa’s 150th game he’s gifting everyone a discount on this weekends game 💙
Use the code OFA150 at checkout for 33% off your ticket
Offer ends midnight Friday" -
@Daffy-Jaffy Listening to sports nation this morning it sounded like ticket sales were great for their opening game. Also sounds like they are taking this crowd thing seriously and thinking of ways to attract more people. Eg $10 for kids 5-16 years old and a kids combo which includes a seat, food and a drink for $18(relatively cheap these days).
Pretty cool to see them doing that for Ofa which also encourages more people to turn up. The more interest and bums on seats early in the season the better.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues v Chiefs:
This from the Blues makes me wonder if maybe ticket sales aren't going well?
"To celebrate Ofa’s 150th game he’s gifting everyone a discount on this weekends game 💙
Use the code OFA150 at checkout for 33% off your ticket
Offer ends midnight Friday"Eden park is unlikely to sell out, so why not get close to a full as possible?
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@mariner4life said in Blues v Chiefs:
absolutely love the two AB 10s starting at 15...
I trongly suspect by end of the year, we will see one of the AB's 10s is starting this game
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@Landers92 said in Blues v Chiefs:
sounded like ticket sales were great
Good to hear, Ofa deserves a big crowd.
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This is the Blues side from when Ofa made his debut in early 2013:
Charles Piutau
Frank Halai
Francis Saili
Jackson Willison
Rene Ranger
Chris Noakes
Piri Weepu
Peter Saili
Luke Braid
Steven Luatua
Ali Williams
Culum Retallick
Angus Ta'avao
James Parsons
Tom McCartneyKeven Mealamu
Ofa Tu'ungafasi
Anthony Boric
Brendon O'Connor
Jamison Gibson-Park
Baden Kerr
Albert Nikoro
