Blues 2019

[taniwharugby]

@duluth am sure Taramai could too

[Tim]

@duluth Ouch!

[Duluth]

@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019:

@duluth am sure Taramai could too

Hopefully he isn't signed?

We know Tupou is signed

[Tim]

@taniwharugby Double ouch!

[Duluth]

At 6 it will be interesting to see who has been added

Papalii should start at 6 (until Gibson is injured..)

Olmstead? Umaga was looking at Robinson in the Northland v Waikato game. Maybe they both got contracts

[KiwiMurph]

@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019:

@duluth am sure Taramai could too

not on the basis of the Battle of the Bridge....

[taniwharugby]

@kiwimurph NPC means nothing!

[KiwiMurph]

@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019:

@kiwimurph NPC means nothing to Tana!

Fixed

[Tim]

@kiwimurph Pretty sure Duluth was being sarcastic.

[KiwiMurph]

@tim just making sure in case Tana reads this

[Tim]

Robbie Abel left the Brumbies earlier this year.

Chris Dutton  /  Jul 15, 2018  /  Brumbies

'We won't recruit rockstars': Dan McKellar keen to develop Brumbies

The Brumbies have already turned their attention to building a squad for the future.

[KiwiMurph]

Robbie Abel has been named in the Maori All Black squad.

I wonder if that's a hint that he's hanging around NZ for Super Rugby?

[KiwiMurph]

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Experienced Super Rugby trainer Phil Healey has been named to join the Blues with coaches Tana Umaga, Tom Coventry and Leon Macdonald.

Healey, former Chiefs strength and conditioning coach and currently at Glasgow Warriors in Scotland, will join the Blues for the next two years to lead the club’s strength and conditioning programme.

Healey was head strength and conditioning coach at the Chiefs for nine years and a key part of their two Super Rugby titles along with reaching the playoffs five times. He has spent two years with Dave Rennie at the Glasgow Warriors in UK and will return to New Zealand with his family before the start of the 2019 pre-season.

[Nepia]

@kiwimurph The Blues probably shoud have tried for Rennie as they appear to be assembling the rest of his team.

[Duluth]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/107923737/blues-hopeful-evan-olmstead-thriving-in-aucklands-no-dickheads-environment

Olmstead likely to be in the Blues

[KiwiMurph]

@duluth What the fuck are the Blues waiting for? Sign him. FFS the place is a shambles.

On another note interesting to hear his comment about no dickheads being in the Auckland team. Wonder if Hansen is reading this article.....

[Crucial]

@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:

@duluth What the fuck are the Blues waiting for? Sign him. FFS the place is a shambles.

Don’t they have to get NZRU approval? Have to make a case to include an overseas player.
They’ve told him they’re interested and he has said he is too. Sounds like paperwork being done before an offer.

[KiwiMurph]

@crucial said in Blues 2019:

@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:

@duluth What the fuck are the Blues waiting for? Sign him. FFS the place is a shambles.

Don’t they have to get NZRU approval? Have to make a case to include an overseas player.
They’ve told him they’re interested and he has said he is too. Sounds like paperwork being done before an offer.

Wouldn't you think you'd communicate that to him instead of the player not hearing anything and being concerned?

[taniwharugby]

@crucial they should, but not sure how strict they are these days.

If they are looking at a 27 year old Canadian I hope they are also looking at someone like Tom Robinson too.

[KiwiMurph]

@taniwharugby They could sign both if they hadn't already signed Jimmy Tupou....cheers Tana!