Blues v Chiefs
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@Tim said in Blues v Chiefs:
Blues ball carrying will be well down on last year, with Sotutu and Ioane absent. At least Tuipulotu is available.
The form and fitness of Suafoa is key. He was slightly off the pace in the NPC (he had a decent excuse)
He needs to carry well and he might need to play 80mins finishing at lock
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@Tim said in Blues v Chiefs:
Blues ball carrying will be well down on last year, with Sotutu and Ioane absent. At least Tuipulotu is available.
Yeah will be very interesting to see Clark and Suafoa tomorrow. We really need them and Segner to step up this year if we wanna go deep in this comp with the absence of Akira and Sotutu currently injured.
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Sotutu and Ioane were also huge parts of our maul attack and defence, and the lineout.
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@Tim will give others opportunities while also seeing how good Coventrys coaching is.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues v Chiefs:
@Tim will give others opportunities while also seeing how good Coventrys coaching is.
He's the Moana forwards coach.
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@Tim said in Blues v Chiefs:
Sotutu and Ioane were also huge parts of our maul attack and defence, and the lineout.
They were, and their size and aggression in close will be hard to replace. It went a long way for us last season on our way to the title.
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@African-Monkey haha I meant Cotter...
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I wonder if the new focus on speeding up play as a result of 30 secs allowed to set scrums and lineouts will limit the effectiveness of Vern ball this year.
Blues player I'm most interested in is Clark - a lot of talent but has work to do in defence and in tight.
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@Machpants Matt Damon saying players need to roll. No one's on the Chiefs side. What a spastic.
