Blues 2019

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim link to podcast?

Edit - found it

The Short Ball

[pakman]

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

@Bones Ah got it thanks. I guess he meant' George Moala. I read somewhere that he is going really well in France.

Charlie F is on record as saying Moala is one strong hombre.

[Crucial]

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

I think that Leon MacDonald said on the Short Ball podcast that Perofeta will be out for 16 weeks.

Maybe the one thing Rangi change is the luck factor?

Luck deserted Lam, SJK got frustrated by the lack of it and Umaga tried to ignore it.

[Duluth]

Most of the players not required for the Super Rugby clash, including several coming back from long term injury, will take part in the match between Blues A and Hurricanes A on Saturday. The match, starting at 1pm on Saturday, will be at Marist Rugby Club, Dunkirk Rd,Panmure with the Blues A team coaches by George Konia and Ben Afeaki

Blues A
Marcel Renata, Luteru Tolai, Mikey Tamoaieta, Scott Scrafton, Evan Olmstead, Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa, Adrian Choat, Hoskins Sotutu; Lewis Gjaltema, Daniel Kirkpatrick, Tomas Aoake, Tanielu Tele’a, Levi Aumua, Mark Tele’a, Hawaii Ahokovi
Reserves: Mike Sosene-Feagai, Lua Li, Rob Cobb, Danny Drake, Glenn Preston, Brad McNaughten, Wiseguy Faiane, Harrison Groundwater, Temo Mayanavanua, Hauwai McGahan, Leka Tuungafasi

I'll probably watch this game and post a few updates

[KiwiMurph]

Scrafton - nice!

[KiwiMurph]

[Tim]

@Duluth Good to see Mike Sosene there.

[Tim]

Joining Gibson and Perofeta on the unavailable list are Leni Apisai (neck), Jed Brown (calf), Ezekiel Lindenmuth (knee), Sam Nock (calf), Jacob Pierce (ankle), Jimmy Tupou (knee), Jordan Trainor (thigh), Matt Duffie (hamstring) and Scott Scrafton (knee).

[Tim]

George Konia:

He's Back! George Konia Returns to Northland Rugby

George Konia Returns to Northland as Mitre 10 Cup Assistant Coach and Community Skills Coach. George has been...

[KiwiMurph]

Interesting - 12 months ago Preston was the Blues starting 6 and there was a lot of preseason hype around him. Now he can't even start for Blues A.

[taniwharugby]

@Tim thats an old article isnt it?

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Posted on 2 April 2018 on Northland's FB page

[African Monkey]

@KiwiMurph Yes he had an awful 20 minutes against the Highlanders before getting injured. Might see some gametime due to having the 2 most injury prone loosies in the world with Gibson and Brown in the squad.

[Tim]

@taniwharugby Yep, but some good background on the coach.

[Steven Harris]

@Tim there’s a few on the blog that would not have seen that article on Konia..interesting to see Wiseguy Faiane on the bench for the Bs..

[MN5]

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

@Tim there’s a few on the blog that would not have seen that article on Konia..interesting to see Wiseguy Faiane on the bench for the Bs..

.....and I thought Starsky and Hutch ( league players ) were terrible names....

[taniwharugby]

@Tim ah ok I didnt realise he was dev team coach...always amusing he was Whitcombes assistant at northland but when he went to Jaoan, whitcomb was his assistant.

[Tim]

We'll probably lose tomorrow, but let's enjoy this memory tonight:

[Crucial]

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

We'll probably lose tomorrow, but let's enjoy this memory tonight:

How can you be so chill with the prospect of gloating Cantabs on the horizon?

[Kirwan]

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

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

We'll probably lose tomorrow, but let's enjoy this memory tonight:

How can you be so chill with the prospect of gloating Cantabs on the horizon?

Because the worst coach we’ve ever had is no longer in control, life is good.