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  • TimT Away
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    Tim
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    Westie Pies pre season vs Hurricanes

    Thursday, 15 February 2018

    Kick off 4pm

    Hosted by North Harbour & Mahurangi Rugby Club

    Venue: Warkworth A&P Showgrounds

    Entry by gold coin donation

    The Blues will play the Hurricanes at Mahurangi Rugby Club on Thursday 15 February, with both teams embarking on their Super Rugby season the following week… read more.

    Blues Rugby

    Blues Rugby

    The official home of the Blues rugby team. Buy tickets and merchandise, get the latest news, view results and go behind-the-scenes with our players.

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    Any Cantabs got an opinion on Canterbury and Sydenham prop Jack Straker?

    Sounds like he plays both sides.

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    @tim said in Super Rugby News:

    Any Cantabs got an opinion on Canterbury and Sydenham prop Jack Straker?

    Sounds like he plays both sides.

    @tim said in Super Rugby News:

    Any Cantabs got an opinion on Canterbury and Sydenham prop Jack Straker?

    Sounds like he plays both sides.

    He’s a good player. Nice pickup by the blues.

    Watched most of his club games last year, was pretty certain he’d graduate to the crusaders squad eventually.

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    @sammyc Cheers dude!

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    #2831

    We can now see who has been nabbed for NZ teams and O/S super franchises (Treeby, Mayhew, Foketi, Parker, Millar, Leitch).

    There are a few useful names unaccounted for. Does anyone know which of these below are contracted offshore, injured, or on sevens contracts? Or, who is pursuing educational or family priorities?

    S Prattley, B Guyton, M Vaega, D O'Donnell, B Mitchell, H Renton, J Parete, K Mewett, M Jacobsen, S Reece, J Skeen, L Vaeno, J Te Rure, Z Guildford, M Emerson, J Nareki, N Waa, C Gawler, M Tuitama.

    O'Donnell, Reece, Guildford and Vaeno all played at Provincial sevens, so presumably are still around.

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    @arhs

    If you look at the Chiefs website they were over in the BOP recently for a training and fan meet and I assume will be on their way to KC. Maybe they haven't been as active as with Rennie but they have been around the region. I personally don't do facebook or follow on twitter but for those active on social media they have promoted those trips.

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    @bovidae

    Thanks. Yes, I am a dinosaur that does not use twitter, and rarely facebook. I guess the media methods are changing.

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    Update on Canes' injuries:

    Boyd's named 32 players to meet the Crusaders in Greymouth. That doesn't include No 8 Blade Thomson (shoulder) or lock Michael Fatialofa (knee) who were due to be back by now.

    Their absence is offset by centre Matt Proctor's return from a shoulder injury.

    As for the team's injured All Blacks, Jordie Barrett (shoulder) has been geared towards playing the March 10 home clash the Crusaders, with Milner-Skudder (shoulder) hopefully back in the latter half of the season. Milner-Skudder has been working hard in the gym and, along with a badly limping Coles, came in from leave to mingle with fans during the team's recent open training session in Levin.

    Coles had surgery on his ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament in December and the best-case scenario is that he might return for the last two weeks of round-robin, in July.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/101078122/hurricanes-coach-chris-boyd-understands-and-respects-need-for-abs-lengthy-leave

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    Scott Higginbotham handed Reds reins

    The Reds have announced that veteran number eight Scott Higginbotham has been appointed as their captain for the 2018 Super Rugby season.

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    @tim
    alt text

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    @antipodean Yeah, I immediately thought of this:

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/89116592/former-wallaby-scott-higginbotham-arrested-in-brisbane-as-australian-rugby-unions-integrity-unit-investigates

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    Putting a convict in charge makes good sense from a historical perspective.

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    @sammyc @Tim

    I see Straker has signed with Northland for M10 Cup.

    http://www.taniwha.co.nz/newsarticle/58254

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    @taniwharugby Another interesting Northland signing:

    Jack Debreczeni

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    According to the Chiefs, this is the starting XV for today's game:

    Aidan Ross, Liam Polwart, Angus Ta'avao, Michael Allardice (c), Dominic Bird, Lachlan Boshier, Mitch Karpik, Taleni Seu, Jonathan Taumateine, Tiaan Falcon, Solomon Alaimalo, Johnny Fa'auli, Sean Wainui, Tim Nanai-Williams, Charlie Ngatai

    The rest of the players listed are the subs.

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    $25 per ticket is pretty farking steep for a preseason game.

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    @tim that's fucking crazy. Rebels v Crusaders regular season game in Melb is under $20 including booking fee.

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    @tim

    Which is why I've been chasing around this morning to get our season passes. I wasn't paying $25 for a pre-season game so needed the pass for free entry. Others in our group needed their passes for the sevens. The Chiefs should have been more organised and the courier company's service has been very poor. I ended up having to collect from their depot.

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    @taniwharugby

    Another Sydenham front row club graduate.
    Club player of the year for the last 2 years.
    A really nice guy.
    Hope he does well.

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