Blues 2019
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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. -
Olmstead likely to be in the Blues
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@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. -
@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?
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@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.
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@taniwharugby They could sign both if they hadn't already signed Jimmy Tupou....cheers Tana!
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@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:
@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.....
I get the feeling an Auckland dickhead is a different beast to your typical dickhead. 😁
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@bones 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.
On another note interesting to hear his comment about no dickheads being in the Auckland team. Wonder if Hansen is reading this article.....
I get the feeling an Auckland dickhead is a different beast to your typical dickhead. 😁
The bar is higher.
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Really enjoyed the article on Olmstead,was really interesting reading about some of the teams he has been part of compared to what he’s experiencing with Auckland .
Sounds like Auckland have finally got their culture in the right place.
To me Olmstead has been one of the unsung hero’s for Auckland in the Mitre 10 Cup,wether in a number 6 jersey or in the middle row,they guy never plays a bad game and has a great work ethic ..
From a Northland piece,would love to Tom Robinson get a contract with the Blues,on saying that, you would have no arguments from me if Olmstead got the nod..hope they take both of them,but I suspect with Jimmy Tupou having already signed..probably not enough room for both,either way I do think both will pick up contracts ,maybe one of them not with the Blues. -
@steven-harris if you count Tupou as the fifth lock with Pat T, Cowley-T, Scrafton and Goodhue , then there should be still 3 loosie positions open after Papalii, Akira, Gibson and Sotutu. Unless they already re-signed Taramai and/or Pryer and Preston?(god forbid). That would also mean no Whetton who was outstanding until injured.
For me I thought the Auckland players they needed to pick up quickly were Able, Ormstead, Whetton, Renata, Manu, and Rayasi. Scarily there are rumors of Whetton, Rayasi and Renata to the Canes and Manu to the Chiefs. That would leave us with not as good players and once again no depth once injuries strike. Its a worry. -
@daffy-jaffy Coventry did mention there weren't many spots available
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@kiwimurph sadly most teams have so few spots available come the end of NPC, a number often filled by kids who have yet to prove themselves, cant see this changing anytime soon though.
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@daffy-jaffy would be really surprised if Pryor has been re signed ,talk around Northland he’s heading oversees.,on Preston,is he on a 2 year deal..?
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