Blues 2019

[Tim]

@Dice beat me too it.

Young halfback Brad McNaughton there too.

[KiwiMurph]

Apparently it is a sell out. Cool.

[nzzp]

Hoping Akira has come back fit and fizzing ... could be his world cup this year

[Duluth]

Blues tries from the Blues twitter account:

[Machpants]

@nzzp said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):

Hoping Akira has come back fit and fizzing ... could be his world cup this year

The Scotsman thinks so

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12200250&ref=rss

[Tim]

Sounds like the Chiefs have conceded a lot of penalties.

[Tim]

[KiwiMurph]

Sounds like Blues are doing a lot of rolling mauling.

[Duluth]

[Duluth]

6 tries now

[Tim]

[Tim]

[Duluth]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/110336961/blues-coach-leon-macdonald-ticks-key-boxes-in-preseason-victory-over-chiefs

[Tim]

MacDonald has already had to call in Northland's Matt Matich and Auckland's Adrian Choat as loose forward cover, with co-captain Blake Gibson out likely a month with an ankle sprain from the training exercise with the Chiefs in Waiuku last Friday, Jed Brown also on the sideline, Jimmy Tupou still working back from his ACL and Dalton Papalii not available till the opening round under the All Blacks protocols.

So Olmsted's cover for Tupou. Might see the Auckland trio of Papalii, Ioane, and Olmsted for the first two or three weeks.

An in-form Clarke would free up Ioane to play centre ...

[Tim]

Looked like Akira Ioane had his arm in a gauze sling. Hopefully just a strain.

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim with all the mentions of no injuries i'd say it is a precaution.

[Stargazer]

@Tim Yeah, just saw this on his instagram:

[Tim]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12200260

[MN5]

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[KiwiMurph]

Cool little write up on the gameday experience in Kaikohe.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12200323