Reds v Blues
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@Canes4life I note you ignore to respond on the Canes evergreen winning ways. They're soooo good though eh. I mean, look at those titles and semis in the last decade.
No wonder other teams aren't worth your or @hydro11 time.
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@Canes4life said in Reds v Blues:
@Stargazer I'm suprised Umaga hasn't chased his twin nephews.
Peter is never healthy though, although IF he has a healthy run, he could turn out to be a bargain. We have a few open spots for next year.
Thomas Umaga-Jensen has been poor for the Highlanders though. And in the NPC last year, a rookie Billy Proctor passed him.
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@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Blues:
No wonder Gregory wants to go to the Highlanders.
He's got some big Li size boots to fill.
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@KiwiMurph no wonder nobody wants to come to the Blues, not just Gregory..!.
Even Tom Robinson’s dad Alister is questioning wether signing with the Blues was a good idea..(true story) -
@Steven-Harris it was hardly a bad idea. What was he going to do, play club rugby?
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@Steven-Harris Well he can take the easy way out and join a better side (any NZ team), or stay loyal and try and help the Blues turn things around.
Every side has their shit years (we've had plenty), but we've just gotta hang tough and enjoy the rollercoaster (which has been going down and down for a while now).
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@Bones more of hindsight comment, now that his stakes have gone up,I would imagine a couple of other franchises would be looking a lot more attractive
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@African-Monkey was only a year ago we where hearing about a possible shift for both Ioane boys..was it not..?
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@Steven-Harris said in Reds v Blues:
@Bones more of hindsight comment, now that his stakes have gone up,I would imagine a couple of other franchises would be looking a lot more attractive
Would imagine a couple of other franchises would have said "Tom who? No we've got an All Black thanks".
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@Steven-Harris Yeah, and they stayed loyal, which suggests they want to help turn things around. They could have fucked off and taken the easy way out by joining a successful franchise with guaranteed finals footy every year but they didn't and they deserve credit for that.
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Score?
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@ACT-Crusader 29-28 Reds.
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@ACT-Crusader Reds 29 - 28 Blues
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@Steven-Harris not any different to the fact I had heard Sam Nocks dad tried to encourage him away from signing for Northland, but Sam had grown up wanting to play for Northland, similarly Robinsin with Northland and Blues.
Still a bit of emotion tying players these days.
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@taniwharugby there’s been a ton of damage made by Blues management over the years and thats primarily why players don’t come to the Blues ,there’s a perception that the whole organisation is damaged goods that continues to make poor decisions on and off the field.
Players want to further aspirations, to win a title and hopefully make the All Blacks.
they don’t work with union partners and boy don’t get me started with Andy Dalton who managed Auckland and the Blues at the same time...because that really worked well..
As for Redman and his cronies, if they had any decency ,they would be calling a press conference this morning and resigningFeel incredibly sorry for Leon McDonald,
They have been in positions to win so many games this year, but the cold sharp reality of it all as a collective on the field they are not smart enough or mentally tough enough..
It’s amusing to think during Kirwin’s era they made such a big deal about having a permanent training base and how that would be the real turnaround once they moved into the Alexandra Park facility.
So much for that move.Poor old Tana Umaga, looks a forlorn figure on the touch line these days, hope wherever he ends up he lands on his feet.
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@Steven-Harris said in Reds v Blues:
k facility.
Blues atm are a laughing stock Wonderful ability to lose games they could have won this season: Reds Hurricanes Crusaders Jaguares Bulls
If they win just 2 of these matches they're a Top 8 side
Watching them was so frustrating So many mediocre players making dumb errors #13 rushing out of the line missing tackle allowing for 1st Reds try Scrafton coming in at the side to give a pen away in last 10 years I could go on
Blues & Highlanders are likely to struggle next year and be amongst worst sides in Super Rugby
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@Jaguares4real and they deserved to be laughed at, there’s no point hiding from the fact individuals at some point during many of the Blues games make the dumbest of errors...
You could collectively go through each individual player and find an error..
Ofa is an impressive scrummager when he gets his hit right..we saw that against the Bulls last week, missed the first 3 hits before he finally got it right in the 4th scrum.
He got beaten again on the hit on a real important scrum on the Reds own 22..2 piggy back penalties later the Reds are over for the winning try..
But you know what, it’s just a series of moments on the back of many others ,because at 21-5 up it should never have been in a situation where they were chasing the game with a minute to go..
