Auckland vs. North Harbour - The Battle of the Bridge
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@canes4life Forget Hunt, we want Papali'i.
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Papalii is Hansen’s man..I would not be looking at anyone else if you are looking for a specialist 7
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@steven-harris I agree with Papali'i over Hunt. Just whether Hansen thinks he is too young or not.
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You give a guy rap,and then he comes up with a rookie error
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@steven-harris Hence why I think the guy is too young. He could be a non playing apprentice, they did that with Ardie and it has paid dividends.
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Has Olmstead been signed by the Blues..?,he may not be an Akira Ioane but the man just keeps working..!
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@steven-harris he'd be my starting Blues 6.
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@kiwimurph deserved the card,standing suspiciously offside and knocks the ball out of the halfbacks hands.i was reaching for card out of my pocket..!
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Can anyone give me the likely Blues 1st 15 for next year??
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I would pick Rayasi ahead of Melani Nanai in Blues starting XV every day of the week and twice on Sunday ..
I find Nanai for all his brilliant footwork and speed makes far too many errors and poor decisions,has no kicking game to match
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@canes4life I would start with Black given his experience,but your next cab off the rack is Plummer,after watching the cart horse Collins trotting around yesterday,Is Perofeta a better fullback option..?
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I would go 9. Pulu/Nock 10. Black 11. Ioane 12. Williams 13. Manu 14. Rayasi/Duffie 15. Stevenson??
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@canes4life I think Stephenson has another season with the chiefs..
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@steven-harris Doesn't mention he's signed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2018–19_Super_Rugby_transfers#Chiefs
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I was thinking whilst watching.
You can see why the Blues struggle.
Parsons is Blues starter and he looked like a club player out there.
Taramai was constantly in the Blues 23 and he did nothing apart from knock a restart on.
With players like this and Collins the Blues struggle.
One of the big factors in coaching is being able to select well.
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@canes4life the ole Wiki only alerts to the announced signings,I think over the next couple of weeks the rumour mill goes into overdrive..if I had a wish list for the Blues,Rayasi,Stephenson and Olmstead would me on that list,not sure what the status on Robbie Abel is,but I would take him before Apisai ,but according to Wiki he has another year to run with the Blues..?
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@kiwimurph just need a pack that works their arses off,the Blues pack always seems second or two behind at breakdown..
I think guys like Papalii and Gibson bring a ton of energy,that’s why I am big on Olmstead,perfect man to have in a squad situation..
Hopefully a better forward coach will help..
Sometimes it’s easy to look for answers and afford blame on players that are perceived as not quite being up to this level..
But dare I say it,I have seen many a player leave the Blues franchise and become world beaters at other franchises
Bryn Hall is a great example,he would always cop a lot from Blues supporters that I know,put him in a team that work their arses off..and he gets to develop his game..
